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the convent walls, observes a body being secretively buried and tells the local ruler. He sends a contingent of horsemen to gain access to the convent, where they discover "abominations which make the hair stand on end". The founder of the convent, Hendia, had "destroyed her nuns, sometimes to get their property into her hands, at other times, because they showed themselves refractory to her orders...". After this discovery, she was jailed and escaped from multiple convents.
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An old book references a convent, called
Kourket, that was likely in this same area, if not on the same site. According to these (likely sensationalized) stories, the convent, founded around 1755, had high death rates, blamed on the air of the region. In 1775, a traveler, who spent the night outside
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used it for the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious order. Finally, in 1779, it came into use by the
Maronite church, and in 1830 it became the winter residence of the Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch. The present red roofed structure was built in 1893 during the time of Patriarch
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Cabinet of curiosities, or Wonders of the world displayed: Forming a repository of whatever is remarkable in the regions of nature and art, extraordinary events, and eccentric biography. With forty-three
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tax records indicate Bkerké (called
Bikarkiyya) had 15 Christian households and five bachelors in 1523, 20 Christian households in 1530, and 12 Christian households and four bachelors in 1543.
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built a new wing to house the archives and serve as a museum. He also established tombs for the patriarchs and decorated the church with ornate windows.
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and lastly, in 1830, to Bkerké. Today, Maronite
Patriarchs use Dimane as a summer residence and Bkerké as a winter one.
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The earliest building on the Bkerké site was a monastery constructed in 1703 by
Khattar al-Khazen. In 1730,
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because of intensified persecution and remained there from 1440 to 1823 when it moved to
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monks began using the monastery. In 1750, Bishop
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Basilica and
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Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter
Cathedral (Los Angeles)
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The
Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame des Secours
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Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico
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added the external gate in 1982, and in 1995 Patriarch
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1567:Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries
575:The monastery was renovated in 1970 by Patriarch
536:Since its creation around 858 AD, the see of the
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1304:Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine
750:Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972).
611:. CatholicAnalysis.org. Published: 28 July 2014.
1428:Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan
1344:Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
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623:. Khazen.org. Retrieved: 29 November 2014.
548:mountains for the next 500 years, such as
500:family. The clergy use it under a special
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475:Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
1448:Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, São Paulo
1418:Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
1403:Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Brooklyn)
1364:Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires
608:An Interview with Cheikh Malek el-Khazen
540:Catholic Patriarchate has never been in
533:. It was designed by Leonard al-Azari.
195:Historical, theological, and liturgical:
15:
1334:Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris
703:[History of Bkerké Monastery].
1735:
1299:Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land
1197:List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch
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1743:Populated places in Keserwan District
1443:Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Paris)
1438:Our Lady of Grace Cathedral (Nicosia)
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1531:Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Kreim
1469:Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
1115:Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb
1423:St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires
1398:St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa
1324:Eparchy of the Annunciation, Ibadan
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1349:Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
1339:Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal
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1393:Cathedral of Saint Elijah, Aleppo
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485:, located 650 m above the bay of
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1359:Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
1259:Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar
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1309:Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan
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1644:Three Sundays of Commemoration
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97:Religious orders and societies
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1453:St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney
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20:Bkerke, Maronite Patriarchate
1660:Lebanese Maronite Christians
1618:Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
1479:St. Sharbel Church, Portland
7:
1536:Maronite Convent, Jerusalem
1388:St George Cathedral, Beirut
707:(in Arabic). Archived from
676:"The Maronite Patriarchate"
293:Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
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1748:Maronite Church in Lebanon
1690:Catholic Church portal
821:Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
736:. Piercy & Reed. 1840.
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1516:Monastery of Saint Maron
1474:St. Ann's Church, Albany
263:Monastery of Saint Maron
125:Mariamite Maronite Order
1552:Lebanese Maronite Order
1284:Archeparchy of Damascus
1244:Archeparchy of Antelias
1212:Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
585:Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
426:Christianity portal
397:Free Patriotic Movement
120:Lebanese Maronite Order
88:Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
1724:33.9680556; 35.6336111
1628:Bl. Elias Peter Hoayek
1623:Bl. Istifan al-Duwayhi
1557:Antonin Maronite Order
1249:Archeparchy of Tripoli
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776:Bkerke Court Documents
581:Anthony Peter Khoraish
415:Catholicism portal
382:National Liberal Party
332:South Lebanon conflict
106:Antonin Maronite Order
54:Syriac Maronite Church
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1319:Archeparchy of Cyprus
1289:Archeparchy of Aleppo
1239:Archeparchy of Beirut
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621:Bkerke El Khazen waqf
131:Maronite Order of the
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1545:Religious institutes
1521:Monastery of Qozhaya
1500:Our Lady of Bechouat
907:Chahtoul-Jouret Mhad
469:: بْكِرْكِي) is the
367:Lebanese nationalism
158:Israel and Palestine
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1490:Our Lady of Lebanon
1254:Archeparchy of Tyre
1110:Our Lady of Lebanon
526:Hindiyya al-'Ujaimi
305:1958 Lebanon crisis
300:Our Lady of Lebanon
133:Blessed Virgin Mary
112:Congregation of the
1593:Abraham of Cyrrhus
1294:Eparchy of Latakia
1264:Eparchy of Batroun
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840:Towns and villages
711:on 11 October 2014
577:Paul Peter Meouchi
531:John Peter El Hajj
327:Lebanese Civil War
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1526:Mar Sarkis, Ehden
1495:Our Lady of Bekaa
1279:Eparchy of Zahleh
1269:Eparchy of Byblos
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1103:Notable landmarks
817:Keserwan District
771:History Of Bkerke
701:"تاريخ دير بكركي"
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278:County of Tripoli
178:Lebanese diaspora
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