St Kannoubine Monastery
byDeir Qannoubine served as a fortress palace for the Maronite Patriarchs from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The monastery can be reached by…
Kannoubine Valley
St Elisha Monastery
byYou go down to the venerable Deir Mar Elyshaa by the road of the Holly Valley, surrounded by the most spectacular natural scenery imaginable….
Mar Antonios Qozhaya
byThe Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great (Mar Antonios al-Kabir) is situated at a height of 950 meters above sea level in the celebrated…
Hawqa Monastery
byThe monastery is composed of a sanctuary and a few hermitages. It was built during the 13th century in a voided rock face transformed…
Dario Escobar, an hermit in the Holly Valley
byKannoubine Valley is a world apart, and one of the most amazing places in Lebanon and the world. The beauty and the holiness…
Hiking down into the Holy Valley
byOur trip today will be to Hawqa Monastery in Kanoubine Valley. The Holy Valley had different hiking roads that are mostly known to locals…
The Maronites
byThe Maronites, Eastern Catholics, derive their name from the celebrated Saint Maron [350-410 A.D.] who lived in Apamea in what is now Syria. There,…