Mar Elias Church
Mar Elias Church is a church in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Mar Elias Church is situated nearby to the sports venue Al Burj Stadium, as well as near El Saydeh Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rafic Hariri University Hospital and Serail Baabda.
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest Lebanese public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of Beirut. Rafic Hariri University Hospital is situated 4 km northwest of Mar Elias Church.
Serail Baabda
Office building
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The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in Baabda, Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. Serail Baabda is situated 2½ km east of Mar Elias Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahieh and Choueifat.
Dahieh
Suburb
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dahieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.
Choueifat
Village
Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of Beirut in Lebanon. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as Dahieh.
Haret Hreik
Village
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.
Mar Elias Church
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “St. Elias Church”
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.83396° or 33° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
35.51312° or 35° 30′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8G5QRGM7+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 842752431OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=church
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In Other Languages
“Mar Elias Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة مار الياس المريجة”
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