Saint Elias Monastery (Shwayya, Lebanon)
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Saint Elias Monastery (Shwayya, Lebanon)
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The Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Elias – Shwayya is a stauropegic monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, perched atop a sandstone cliff in the Matn District, thirty-one kilometers from Beirut. Standing at an altitude of 1150 meters, it overlooks the resort towns of Bikfaya, Khinshara, and Shwayr, and a string of small mountainside villages such as Zighrine, Shwayya, Ayn Teffaha, Shrine, and Jouar. The entire region is covered with lush pine forests, and the area surrounding the mon
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