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Above Jounieh, and on the way to Harissa, a small hill named Bkerké (Arabic: بكركي, or Bkerki), overlooking the Jounieh bay, is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church of Lebanon. Residents of Jounieh and the surrounding towns are overwhelmingly Maronite Catholics. [4] Maameltein is a district of Ghazir village.
The eparchy extends its jurisdiction over the Maronite faithful living in the north-central part of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, in Lebanon. Its eparchial seat is the city of Jounieh. The territory is divided into 149 parishes and in 2013 there were 396,250 Maronite Catholics.
The Lebanon branch of the Nusra Front, a radical Syrian rebel force, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, saying it was part of a "series of vengeful attacks". [ 42 ] Arsal bombing (March 29) – A suicide car bomb killed 3 Lebanese soldiers and wounded 4 others in the northeastern town of Arsal.
Keserwan District (Arabic: قضاء كسروان, transliteration: Qaḍā' Kisrawān) is a district in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon, to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut. The capital, Jounieh, is overwhelmingly Maronite Christian. The area is home to the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.
Lebanon is divided into nine governorates . Each governorate is headed by a governor (muhafiz): Governorate Arabic name Capital City ISO code ... Jounieh — 722 300,000
On the morning of 19 October 2024, an Israeli drone targeted a Honda sports utility vehicle driving on the main highway from Byblos to Jounieh in Sahel Alma. The drone hit the car causing it to lose control before it stopped 100 meters down the highway where a man and woman, reported to be husband and wife, ran out of the car and into a field ...
The Téléphérique is a bicable gondola lift system located in Jounieh, a city in Lebanon 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Beirut. It was founded in 1965 and is owned and operated by Compagnie Libanaise du Telepherique et d' Expansion Touristique SAL.
Two important Maronite Christian symbols on Sassine Square, Achrafieh: a statue of Saint Charbel, the most important Maronite saint; and a billboard on a side of a building showing Bachir Gemayel, the Maronite militia leader during the Civil War A Christian church and Druze khalwa in Shuf Mountains: In the early 18th century the Maronites and the Druze set the foundation for what is now Lebanon.