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Taalabaya (Arabic: تعلبايا), is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History. In 1838, ...
The Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Elias – Shwayya (or Deir Mar Elias Shwayya; [1] Arabic: دير مار إلياس شويّا البطريركيّ) [2] is a stauropegic monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, [3] perched atop a sandstone cliff in the Matn District, thirty-one kilometers from Beirut.
The Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիա – Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) is a cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church in Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Construction was funded in 1928 by Pope Pius XI. [1]
Saint Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in downtown Beirut, [1] Lebanon, dedicated to Saint Elias, completely restored after the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) on previous constructions dating to a Choueirite convent from the 19th century. Its plan followed the Byzantine style.
In October 1790, a Catholic bishop of Zahlé assisted at a council held in the Convent of Saint-Sauveur. [4] The Diocese of Zahle is identical with that of Forzol, under which name it often appears. Since the 1849 Council of Jerusalem, the bishop bears the titles of Forzol, Zahle, and Beqaa. Since 1768 his residence has been at Zahle. [5]
The territory of the archeparchy includes Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and its environs; much of Mount Lebanon governorate (to the north Antelias, Jounieh, and Byblos; to the east Baabda, Broumana, and Bikfaya) and south to part of Chouf District. [2] The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful in 2015.
St. Elijah's Church, ... St Elias Orthodox church, Budhanoor, Kerala; Iraq. Dair Mar Elia, a monastery near Mosul; Israel ... Lebanon Cathedral of Saint Elias and ...
Among the former bishops is certainly the best known Gabriel of Blaouza, who was elected patriarch of the Maronite Church in 1704 succeeding Estephan El Douaihy; he is linked to the foundation of Antonin Maronite Order. Germanos Farhat, a man of culture and scholar of Arabic, was the first bishop born in Aleppo and probably the first to reside ...