Bikfaya

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Bikfaya (Arabic بكفيا Bikfaya Bikfaya DMG ) is a town in the district Lebanese al - Mitn Governorate Mount Lebanon and lies between 900 and 1000 meters above sea level. The place has about 20,000 residents belonging to different Christian denominations, including Maronite, Armenian Apostolic and Greek Orthodox. The village is located approximately 25 kilometers from Beirut and is because of its proximity to the capital a popular summer retreat. The place has a spa and has lived partly on tourism.

The Gemayel family comes from here. Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Kata'ib, a monument is dedicated. Moreover, in the place a memorial, which commemorates the victims of the genocide of the Armenians. The sculpture is reminiscent of a woman who stretches hands towards the sky.

The place name is probably derived from the Aramaic word for Bait Kefaya and means house of stone.

Every year there will be a flower festival, which was first held in 1934 on the initiative of Maurice Gemayel.

In the town there are several church buildings:

  • Mar Abda ( 1587 )
  • Jesuit Convent ( 1833)
  • The Maronite and Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Elias Chwayya (1590)
  • The Armenian Apostolic monastery, the summer residence of the Catholicos of Cilicia
  • Church of the Nativity of Mary
  • Church of St. Michael

33.92083333333335.683611111111Koordinaten: 33 ° 55 'N, 35 ° 41' O

  • Location in Lebanon
  • Governorate Mount Lebanon
DIN 31635 Holy See of Cilicia
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