Amioun Lebanon Greek Orthodox Churches, Antioch Eastern Orthodox town, St. George, St. John al Sheer

(We apology at 6.07 mins - Mar Semaan Church instead of Al Saydeh Church)
Amioun - Al-Karma and Olive Groves
Al-Karma is a region bordering Mount Lebanon on the north, just after Batroun. Sure enough, as soon as the name Koura comes up, one immediately thinks of olives, of oil and of olive trees as though the name were a synonym for the olive and everything connected.
Koura is a district that stretches along the coast from Batroun to Tripoli and covers a plateau reaching 400m in height. The climate is ideal for the cultivation of olives, as is the soil. The olive tree, so typically Mediterranean, is generous, strong and above all graceful with a trunk and branches on no two trees alike. They are giant arms upholding the vault of heaven, the arms of an anchorite calling on God, the arms of virgins, swaying like dancing ballerinas, with all writing to be read. Here is the alphabet, the very first, the Phoenician, from which the Greek, Syriac and Latin letters were derived.
The olive tree is a mother who nurtures her fruit, rich in its flesh and its juice, the oil used in sanctuaries, in homes, in workshops. Who has not known the oil of the olive, in soaps and in creams and in balms of which it forms the base?
I have tasted olives and their oil everywhere around the Mediterranean, and found that the produce of Lebanon is the tastiest, the richest, the smoothest, this product of Lebanon favoured by a climate like no other, gift of God to the world. The olive tree is a subject treated by every artist, painter and poet, with its leaves and branches symbolizing peace. It is a tree held sacred since remotest antiquity, above all by the Greeks, for whom cutting down such a tree was an offence to be punished.
Joseph Matar - Translated from the French by Kenneth Mortimer
www.discoverlebanon.com
Amioun, place of the Greeks, Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Eastern Orthodox town in Lebanon, Levant, St. George el Dahleez, St. John al Sheer, Al Sayydeh, St. Sergios, St. Barbara, St. Domitius, St. Marina, St. Phocas, St. Simon, St. George Al-Kafer and St. Gala

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The dome architecture is unique
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You are so kind Ali, thanks for continuous support

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هذه الكنيسة للروم واسعة من الداخل مذبحها منقوش بالرسومات الدينية في الوسطايقونةالسيد المسيح والسيدة العذراء أنها أيقونة قديمة كانو يصلون بطريقة مختلفة عن طريقتنا الكنيسة من الخارج صخر ولها قبة الجرس وضع عليها الصليب المقدس وككل مرة وليام يصور لينقل لكم كل الصور في ما بعد أمام الكنيسة شجرة كبيرة وبيوت هذه القرية أيضا من الحجر الصخري مع قرميد أحمر أود أن أشكر صديقي وليام على هذا الفيديو الجميل❤❤❤❤❤

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How old is the building? Before 1900?

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I took videos of several old churches... yes, sure, some are older than 1900

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