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The stones of the monastery are hewn from the cliff, and, from a distance, the monastery dissolves into its background, seeming to rise beyond the cliff as a natural continuation. Elias or Elijah, the Old Testament prophet, is a Christian saint also venerated by Muslims and especially the Druze.
In 1986, the Monastery was established as a Carmel of the Byzantine Rite under the jurisdiction of the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, which delegates its authority to the Bishop of Dijon, [7] making it the fourth Byzantine-rite Carmel in existence, after Sofia (Bulgaria), Harissa (Lebanon) and Sugarloaf (Pennsylvania). [8]
Lavra, a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits Metochion , an ecclesiastical embassy church within the Eastern Orthodox tradition Stauropegion , a monastery or parish not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop, but directly under the primate or Holy Synod of a particular Church.
There is an altar in the monastery which is claimed to be that which Elijah built in God's honour, but that is unlikely, as it is not made of the local limestone. [ 33 ] Druze venerate Elijah, and he is considered a central figure in Druzism , [ 34 ] and due to his importance in Druzism , the settlement of Druze on Mount Carmel had partly to do ...
Elijah (alternate spelling of Elias), a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament and the Qur'an; Mar Elias Educational Institutions, a set of Educational Institutes in Ibillin, Israel; Mar Elias Monastery, a Greek Orthodox Monastery between Jerusalem and Bethlehem; Mar Elias, a street in Beirut
The Monastery of Saint Elijah, or Dair Mar Elia (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ; Arabic: دير مار إيليا), was located in Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Established in the late 6th century, it was one of Iraq's oldest monasteries.
Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the ...
Elijah, an Old Testament prophet sometimes revered as a Christian saint; Elias I of Jerusalem (died 516), 5th-century Patriarch of Jerusalem; Elias and companions (died 309), group of Egyptian Christian martyrs (d.309) Ignatius Elias III, a Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch who is a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church