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carries out a large number of activities. School and teaching, exhibitions and concerts, conferences, prayers, social activities... The superior of the monastery animates through his activities the whole region.
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and its suburbs and treat the village as a summer destination to get away from the heat and bustle of the city.
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head to the village monastery to pray and relax spiritually.
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of the village organizes a four-day festival preceding the
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origin, "Ezr" meaning the support, the column, or even a
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27:Municipality in Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon
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404:Saints Sergius and Bacchus
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614:2016-02-26
583:References
573:Saint Saba
553:Alexandria
509:Christians
507:The first
485:Demography
460:Activities
238:or simply
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741:Bqaatouta
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673:Capital:
604:Localiban
476:monastery
423:Monastery
358:etymology
352:Etymology
326:monastery
302:Christian
183:Time zone
174:Elevation
91:34°3′44″N
907:Sehaileh
882:Mayrouba
776:Faitroun
756:Chnaniir
746:Bzoummar
706:Ajaltoun
701:Aintoura
557:Damascus
549:Albanian
503:Families
470:pilgrims
433:in 1854)
412:Our Lady
262:hectares
155:Keserwan
150:District
1002:Lebanon
912:Tabarja
887:Rayfoun
868:Qattine
801:Ghidras
796:Ghbaleh
761:Daraoun
716:Ashqout
711:Aramoun
676:Jounieh
577:Ghbaleh
569:Aaqoura
537:Aaqoura
525:Aaqoura
521:Hasroun
517:Mamluks
515:by the
491:Jounieh
408:Ghbaleh
374:Aramaic
314:suburbs
306:Ghbaleh
298:Mamluks
276:History
270:Ghbaleh
252:Lebanon
246:of the
131:Lebanon
119:Country
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872:Qleiat
864:Okaibe
849:Kaslik
826:Hrajel
811:Ghosta
806:Ghineh
791:Ghazir
781:Faraya
771:Dlebta
766:Daraya
736:Bkerké
565:Yanouh
561:Ferzol
545:Aleppo
529:Lehfed
449:Chapel
400:parish
393:Church
366:Arabic
294:Muslim
290:Adonis
286:Ghineh
258:Beirut
226:Arabic
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892:Safra
834:Jeita
786:Fatqa
731:Batha
209:UTC+3
188:UTC+2
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