Bkerké
Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 350 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Bkerke”, “Bkerki”, “Bkirkī”, “Bu Kirkī”, and “Deir Bukerka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lower Grotto and Marist College Champville.
Lower Grotto
Cave
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Lower Grotto is situated 3 km south of Bkerké.
Marist College Champville
College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, Matn District, Lebanon. Marist College Champville is situated 4 km southwest of Bkerké.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zouk Mikael and Jounieh.
Zouk Mikael
Town
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zouk Mikael is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.
Jounieh
Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0.
Jounieh is a city in Lebanon. It is closely associated with Beirut, the capital. Jounieh is located 16 km to the north of Beirut.
Ain el-Rihaneh
Village
Ain el-Rihaneh is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 21 kilometres north of Beirut.
Bkerké
- Categories: human settlement, building, and religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96791° or 33° 58′ 5″ northLongitude
35.63381° or 35° 38′ 2″ eastElevation
237 metres (778 feet)Open location code
8G5QXJ9M+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 293453180OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryGeoNames ID
276439Wikidata ID
Q879905
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Bkerké” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بكركي”
- Bulgarian: “Бкерке”
- Catalan: “Bkerké”
- Chinese: “貝凱克”
- Danish: “Bkerké kloster”
- Dutch: “Bkerké”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بكركى”
- French: “Bkerké”
- German: “Bkerke”
- German: “Bkerké”
- German: “Kloster Bkerke”
- Greek: “Μπκερκέ”
- Hebrew: “בכרכי”
- Irish: “Bkerké”
- Italian: “Bkerke”
- Italian: “Bkerké”
- Japanese: “ブケルケ”
- Latin: “Bkerké kloster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bkerké kloster”
- Pampanga: “Bkerke”
- Polish: “Bkerke”
- Scots: “Bkerke”
- Scots: “Bkerké”
- Scots: “بكركي”
- Spanish: “Bkerke”
- Spanish: “Bkerké”
- Spanish: “Bkirki”
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