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🕇Monastery of Saint John Maron in Kfarhay - Batroun (Kfarhay is a Syriac... (Batroun)

March 02, 2017 by norayammine
🕇Monastery of Saint John Maron in Kfarhay - Batroun (Kfarhay is a Syriac... (Batroun) 🕇Monastery of Saint John Maron in Kfarhay - Batroun (Kfarhay is a Syriac word which means "The Pure Place")... Most resources state that the monastery was probably built during the 7th century around the year AD 676 by Patriarch Youhanna Maroun (John Maron) who moved over the relics of “the head of Saint Maron” into it; thus the Monastery became the first See of the Maronite Patriarchate... ______________________________________________ #StJohnMaron #SaintOfTheDay #monastery #مار_يوحنا_مارون #kfarhay #batroun #myLebanon
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