Deir Mar Mkhayel - Sehayle

Deir Mar Mkhayel - Sehayle is a church in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Deir Mar Mkhayel - Sehayle is situated near the town hall Suhayla Municipality, as well as near the church Ste Therese Cathedral.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lower Grotto and Bkerké.

Lower Grotto

Cave

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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 2½ km southwest of Deir Mar Mkhayel - Sehayle.

Bkerké

Monastery

Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Bkerké is situated 2½ km west of Deir Mar Mkhayel - Sehayle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sehaile and Daraoun.

Sehaile

Village

Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 25 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares.