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Saraaine El Tahta
سرعين التحتا | |
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Coordinates: 33°53′10″N 36°4′4″E / 33.88611°N 36.06778°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Baalbek-Hermel |
District | Baalbek |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | +3 |
Saraaine El Tahta ( Arabic: سرعين التحتا) (also spelled Sareen, Serraine El Tahta, Saraain El Tahta) is a village in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon. Its inhabitants are Christians. [1]
The Church of Saint Georges in Saraaine was destroyed during the war in 1976. Under the auspices of Bishop Al-Hashem, the Bishop of Baalbeck, and the patronage of Ms. Manell P. Brice, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Maronite Studies, the rebuilding of the church began in 1999. There are five churches in Saraaine El Tahta: Saint Elias (Maronite Church), Saint Challita (Maronite Church), Saint Georges (Maronite Church), Saint Elias (Catholic Orthodox Church) and The Shrine of Our Lady of Birth.[ citation needed]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2021) |
Saraaine El Tahta
سرعين التحتا | |
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Coordinates: 33°53′10″N 36°4′4″E / 33.88611°N 36.06778°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Baalbek-Hermel |
District | Baalbek |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | +3 |
Saraaine El Tahta ( Arabic: سرعين التحتا) (also spelled Sareen, Serraine El Tahta, Saraain El Tahta) is a village in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon. Its inhabitants are Christians. [1]
The Church of Saint Georges in Saraaine was destroyed during the war in 1976. Under the auspices of Bishop Al-Hashem, the Bishop of Baalbeck, and the patronage of Ms. Manell P. Brice, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Maronite Studies, the rebuilding of the church began in 1999. There are five churches in Saraaine El Tahta: Saint Elias (Maronite Church), Saint Challita (Maronite Church), Saint Georges (Maronite Church), Saint Elias (Catholic Orthodox Church) and The Shrine of Our Lady of Birth.[ citation needed]