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1 - The
Saint Sarkis Hermitage
The
cult of Saint Sarkis reached north Lebanon in the seventh
century. At the foot of the mountain, overlooking the Valley of
the Saints, close to the Phoenician Tomb, east of the existing
building and amidst the Caverns of the Hermits, lies the cave
which Gibran chose as his tomb. It was known as the Hermitage of
Saint Sarkis.
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The
Phoenician Tomb and obelisk: a symbol of the spiritual
transcendence. |
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In
the fifteenth century, a small building of two stories was
erected east of the hermitage as a residence for the Papal
Nuncio. At the time of the famous Mokaddam Rizkallah
(1472), the building was inhabited by the Flemish
Fragrifon and the missionary Francis of Barcelona.
The cavern became the core of a church. The events of the
novel of the Monk of the Qods Lake, by the late Jesuit
Father Henri Lammens, are closely linked to this place, to
these times and to the Mokaddam Rizkallah. |
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