(Ancient Church 64 km)
The
village
of
Mayfouk
is
located
in
a
lovely
mountain
area
with
verdant
scenery.
Here
is
the
Church
of
Our
Lady
of
Elige,
built
of
small
stones
and
obviously
of
great
antiquity.
A
Syriac
inscription
dating
to
1276
inlaid
in
the
wall
of
the
church
and
written
in
estranghelo
characters,
reads:
"In
the
name
of
the
eternally
living
God,
in
the
year
1588
of
the
Greek
era,
this
Jacobite
temple
to
the
Mother
of
God,
who
prays
The Church is today owned by the Maronite community and according to Maronite history, was for a time the seat of their Patriarchate. for us, was finished. Amen. By the hands of the bishops Mark and John."
The Church is today owned by the Maronite community and according to Maronite history, was for a time the seat of their Patriarchate.
(BYBLOS - JEITA GROTTO - TRIPOLI - SIDON - ZAHLÉ - BAALBECK)
(THE CEDARS - TYRE - BEITEDDINE - AANJAR)
EGYPT - SYRIA - JORDAN