Bkerké

Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in , located 350 m above the bay of , northeast of , in Lebanon.
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  • 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.

Cave
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The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the river valley within the locality of , 18 kilometres north of the capital . is situated 3 km south of Bkerké.

College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, , . is situated 4 km southwest of Bkerké.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zouk Mikael and Jounieh.

Town
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and municipality in the of the in . Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.

Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in . It is closely associated with , the capital. is located 16 km to the north of Beirut.

Village
is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 21 kilometres north of .

Bkerké

Latitude
33.96791° or 33° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.63381° or 35° 38′ 2″ east
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8G5QXJ9M+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 293453180
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monastery
Geo­Names ID
276439
Wiki­data ID
Q879905
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Satellite Map

Discover Bkerké from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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