St. Elias Al Ras Monastery

St. Elias Al Ras Monastery is a monastery in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. St. Elias Al Ras Monastery is situated nearby to Marine and Wildlife Museum, as well as near the town hall Zouk Mosbeh Municipality.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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 2 km southeast of St. Elias Al Ras Monastery.

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 1½ km north of St. Elias Al Ras Monastery.

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 2½ km southwest of St. Elias Al Ras Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zouk Mosbeh and Jeita.

Zouk Mosbeh

Town

Photo: Onceinawhile, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zouk Mosbeh is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 12 kilometers north of Beirut.

Jeita

Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jeita is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres 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.

St. Elias Al Ras Monastery

Type: Monastery
Category: religion
Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.95346° or 33° 57′ 13″ north

Longitude

35.62877° or 35° 37′ 44″ east

Open location code

8G5QXJ3H+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1152733852

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=monastery

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