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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Olivier Callot and Pierre-Louis Gatier argued that several of the temple sites might have been mistaken for monumental tombs as Roman mausoleums such as Saidnaya have been found in Lebanon. [10] Taylor held the view that the religious architecture was the responsibility of "the hand of a single master builder" but was not able to answer the ...
Our Lady of Bdadoun church is known to have been built as a dwelling first in the 17th century. It has been rebuilt many times since, last time being in 1870 after the 1860s civil strife in Mount Lebanon. St. Antoine (مار انطونيوس). Current belief is that it was established as a church in 1903 and was supported by the Abi Roufayel ...
The Holy Mother of God Church in the Armenian monastic complex. Mar Abda Church, built in 1587 [9] Jesuit Convent, built in 1833 [9] Saint Elias Chwayya Monastery, a Maronite and Greek Orthodox complex with a church, built in 1590 [9] Armenian seminary and summer retreat of the Catholicos of Cilicia [10] Our Lady of Deliverance