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Mar Elias (Monastery)
Mar Elias (Aramaic 'Saint Elias' or 'Lord Elias') may refer to: * Elijah (alternate spelling of Elias), a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament and the Qur'an * Mar Elias Educational Institutions, a set of Educational Institutes in Ibillin, Israel * Mar Elias Monastery, a Greek Orthodox Monastery between Jerusalem and Bethlehem * Mar Elias refugee camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, near Beirut * Dair Mar Elia, Saint Elias Monastery in Iraq * Patriarch Elias of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Elias I, 709–723 CE, known as Mar Elias * Tell Mar Elias, an archaeological site near Ajlun, Jordan * Mar Elias and Mar Elias el Tiffeh, archaeological sites in the Sands of Beirut See also * Saint Elias (other) Saint Elias, the Latin form of the Hebrew name Elijah, may refer to any of: People * Elijah, an Old Testament prophet sometimes revered as a Christian saint * Elias I of Jerusalem (died 516), 5th-century Patriarch of Jerusalem * Elias and companion ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BCE). In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Hebrew God over that of the Canaanite deity Baal. God also performed many miracles through Elijah, including resurrection, bringing fire down from the sky, and entering heaven alive "by fire". 2 Kings 2:11 He is also portrayed as leading a school of prophets known as "the sons of the prophets". Following his ascension, Elisha, his disciple and most devoted assistant, took over his role as leader of this school. The Book of Malachi prophesies Elijah's return "before the coming of the great and terrible day of the ", making him a harbinger of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mar Elias Educational Institutions
Mar Elias Educational Institutions include a kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school. The institution is under the direction of a Board which includes the founder and retired archbishop Elias Chacour. The institutions are located in Ibillin, an Arab village in northern Israel. Arab students from all over the Galilee gather at the institutions. The Institution serves Muslim (60%), Christian (40%), and a few Druze students, while extending an invitation to students of other religions. In December 2015, the Institution was named a "Peace Academy" of the Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL).[3] History The institution is a secular school, started as a high school and a kindergarten in the early 1980s. A technical community college was later added for a short period until it closed, and afterwards an elementary and junior high schools were added. No Jewish students have been enrolled for several years. In December 2015, the Institution was named a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mar Elias Monastery
Mar Elias Monastery ( he, מנזר אליהו הקדוש, ar, دير مار إلياس, Deir Mar Elias) is a Greek Orthodox monastery in south Jerusalem, on a hill overlooking Bethlehem and Herodium. History According to Christian tradition, Elijah rested here after fleeing the vengeance of Jezebel. It is also said to be the burial place of the Greek Bishop Elias of Bethlehem who died in 1345, and St. Elias, an Egyptian monk who became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 494. Another Christian tradition is that Mary rested under the large hackberry tree growing north of the monastery when she was fleeing Herod, who had ordered the execution of all the children of Bethlehem. From the hill east of the monastery, in 1956 one or rather several Jordanian soldiers opened fire on a group of Israeli archaeologists visiting the excavation sites across the valley at Ramat Rachel, killing four and injuring 16.''Israel Rejects Jordan's Claim Madman Killed 3'', Meriden Journal, 24 September 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Mar Elias ( ar, مار الياس) was a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of Beirut, Lebanon. The camp was founded in 1952 by the Mar Elias ( Prophet Elijah) Greek Orthodox convent and is composed mainly of Christian Palestinians. Almost all the rest of the refugee camps in the area house Muslim Palestinians. In 2002 there were 1,406 registered refugees in the camp. References Further reading * Dalrymple, William (1997): '' From the Holy Mountain'', HarperCollins, p. 266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im) External linksMar Elias articles from UNWRA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians displaced by the 1948 P ... Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dair Mar Elia
Dair Mar Elia ( syr, ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ, ar, دير مار إيليا), also known as Saint Elijah's Monastery, was a Christian monastery located just south of Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It was founded in the late 6th century and was one of the oldest monasteries in Iraq. It belonged to the Church of the East, an ancient branch of Eastern Christianity, and then to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The monastery closed in 1743, after its monks were massacred by Persian forces. Its ruins were damaged during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and were later demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. History The monastery was founded around 595 AD by Mar Elia, a monk who had previously studied at al-Hirah and later in the great monastery at Izla mountain in modern Turkey. It belonged to the Church of the East. The monastery was the center of the regional Christian community and for centuries thousands of Christians would visit the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Elias Of Antioch
Elias I of Antioch ( syr, ܐܠܝܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ar, ايليا الاول) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 709 until his death in 723. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the ''Martyrology of Rabban Sliba'', and his feast day is 3 November. Biography Elias was born to a Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Chalcedonian family, but joined the Non-Chalcedonian Christianity, non-Chalcedonian Syriac Orthodox Church upon reading the works of Severus of Antioch. He became a monk at the monastery of Gubo Baroyo, and was later ordained as bishop of Apamea, Syria, Apamea in . Elias succeeded Julian II the Roman, Julian III as patriarch of Antioch in 709, and was consecrated at the monastery of Gubo Baroyo. Elias' consecration is placed in 709 (Seleucid era, AG 1020) by the ''Chronicle of 819'', the ''Chronicle of 846'', the ''Chronicle'' of Michael the Syrian, and the ''Ecclesiastical History'' of Bar Hebraeus, whereas the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Mar Elias
Tell Mar Elias is a tell, i. e. an archaeological mound, located slightly outside the town limits and northwest of Ajloun in the Ajloun Governorate, northern Jordan, in the historical region of Gilead. "Elias" is the Latin and Arabic form for Elijah, the prophet whom the Hebrew Bible's 1 Kings calls "the Tishbite" (), which can be interpreted to mean that he lived, or was even born, in a town named Tishbe. The ruins of the historical town of Listib ("el-Ishtib" or "el-Istib" in Arabic) have been traditionally identified with Tishbe, and are located just across a valley from the tell.International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)Tishbite via BiblicalTraining.org, accessed 2020-01-13 The ruins of a Byzantine monastery dedicated to prophet Elijah and including two churches can be seen on the tell.Jordan Tourism BoardReligion & Faith: Tall Mar Elias accessed 28 September 2017.Tedd BolenUpper Gilead Tishbe, Home of Elijah, on BiblePlaces.com, accessed 2020-01-13 Archaeology Beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sands Of Beirut
The Sands of Beirut were a series of archaeological sites located on the coastline south of Beirut in Lebanon. Description The Sands were a complex of nearly 20 prehistoric sites that were destroyed due to building operations using the soft sandstone in constructing the city of Beirut and Beirut Airport. The large number of open air sites provided a wealth of flint relics from various periods including Natufian remains, unstratified but suggested to date between c. 10000 BC to c 8000 BC. Finds included sickles used for harvesting wild cereals as just prior to the agricultural revolution. The transition into the neolithic is well documented with Khiamian sites also being represented in the Sands. Evidence of pre-Natufian Kebaran occupation was also found. The materials recovered are now held by the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory part of the Saint Joseph University. It is one of the few sites showing signs of real village occupation in the late pleistocene. The first flints were fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
