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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.
Taalabaya (Arabic: تعلبايا), is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History. In 1838, ...
Cathedral of St. Louis in Beirut (Latin Church) Saint George's Cathedral in Beirut (Maronite Church) Cathedral of St. Elias Beirut (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) Cathedral of St. Maroun in Zgharta; St. Elie-St. Gregory the Illuminator Patriarchal Cathedral in Beirut (Armenian Catholic Church) Cathedral of St. John Mark in Byblos (Maronite ...
Saint Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in downtown Beirut, 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.
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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]
Its eparchial seat is the city of Sidon, where is located the Saint Elias Cathedral. The territory is divided into 104 parishes and in 2014 there were 156,000 Maronite Catholics. History. The eparchy dates from the beginning of the Maronite Church, united to the See of Tyre. The first information about the Eparchy of Sidon is related to 1626 ...
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.