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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.
Facing the monastery is a stone bench erected by the wife of the painter William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), who painted some of his major works at this spot. The bench is inscribed with biblical verses in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and English. [7] Since the 4th century, the monks of Mar Elias have cultivated olives and grapes. [8]
Chernihiv is famous for its three monasteries: Yeletskyi Monastery, St. Elias Monastery, and Trinity Cathedral Monastery. The monasteries are south of the city center in the area of Boldyni Hory . [ 8 ]
St. George Monastery, Mahardah; Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kafr Ram, Homs; St John the Baptist Monastery, Aleppo; Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, Saidnaya; Convent of Our Lady, Saidnaya [6] St. Elias Monastery (Deir Mar Elias), Saidnaya; Cherubim Convent (Deir Cherubim-Shirubeim), Saidnaya; Saint Thekla Convent , Maaloula; Saint George ...
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. It belonged to the Church of the East and then to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Mount Saint Elias, the second highest mountain in Canada and the United States; Saint Elias Mountains, a mountain range in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon; Mount Carmel in Haifa, also known as Mount Saint Elias (Jebel Mar Elyas) Saint Elias Monastery (Shwayya, Lebanon)
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Mar Elias (Aramaic 'Saint Elias' or 'Lord Elias') may refer to: 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