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Bsharri District

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Bsharri District is one of the 7 districts (qadaa, قضاء) of the North Governorate, Lebanon. [1]

33 relations: Baalbek District, Bane, Lebanon, Batroun District, Bekaa Kafra, Blaouza, Bqarqacha, Bsharri, Catholic Church, Cedars of God, Charbel Makhlouf, Dimane, District, Eastern Christianity, Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Governorates of Lebanon, Hadath El Jebbeh, Hadchit, Hasroun, Hermit, Kadisha Valley, Kahlil Gibran, Kaza, Koura District, Lebanese people (Maronite Christians), Lebanon, Maronite Church, Miniyeh-Danniyeh District, North Governorate, Qnaywer, Roman Curia, United States, Zgharta District.

Baalbek District

Baalbek District (قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having the city Baalbek as its capital.

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Bane, Lebanon

Bane is a Christian village located in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Batroun District

Batroun District (البترون) is a district (qadaa) in the North Governorate, Lebanon, south of Tripoli.

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Bekaa Kafra

Bekaa Kafra (بقاع كفرا) is a Lebanese village located in the Bsharri District in Northern Lebanon.

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Blaouza

Blaouza (بلوزا, also spelt Blawza and Blouza), is a Maronite Christian village in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Bqarqacha

Bqarqacha also referred to as Bkerkasha بقرقاشا, is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Bsharri

Bsharri (بْشَرِّيْ Bšarrī; also Romanized Becharre, Bcharre, Bsharre) is a town at an altitude of about to.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cedars of God

The Cedars of God (أرز الربّ Arz ar-Rabb "Cedars of the Lord") in Bsharri mountain is one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar, that once thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times.

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Charbel Makhlouf

Saint Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. (or Sharbel Maklouf), (مار شربل, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898) was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon.

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Dimane

Dimane (or Diman) is a mountainous village in the Bsharri District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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District

A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.

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Eastern Christianity

Eastern Christianity consists of four main church families: the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, the Eastern Catholic churches (that are in communion with Rome but still maintain Eastern liturgies), and the denominations descended from the Church of the East.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Governorates of Lebanon

Lebanon is divided into eight governorates (muhafazah): All of the governorates except for Beirut and Akkar are divided into districts, and then subdivided into municipalities.

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Hadath El Jebbeh

Hadath el Jebbeh (حدث الجبة, also known as Hadad, and known locally as H'adid (حَدِد)), is a town located in Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Hadchit

Hadchit (ܚܕܫܝܬ also Hadsheet, Hadshit or Hadchite, حدشيت) is an ancient Phoenician settlement located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Hasroun

Hasroun (also Hasrun or Hasroon, Arabic: حصرون) is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Hermit

A hermit (adjectival form: eremitic or hermitic) is a person who lives in seclusion from society, usually for religious reasons.

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Kadisha Valley

Kadisha Valley (وادي قاديشا), also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (Ouadi Qadisha), is a gorge that lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Kahlil Gibran

Khalil Gibran (sometimes spelled Kahlil; full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran (جبران خليل جبران / ALA-LC: Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān or Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (modern day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran (Rahmeh). As a young man Gibran emigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero., BBC News, May 12, 2012, Retrieved May 12, 2012. A member of the New York Pen League, he is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again especially in the 1960s counterculture.Acocella, Joan (January 7, 2008).. The New Yorker. Retrieved March 9, 2009. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi.

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Kaza

A kaza (qaḍāʾ,, plural: أقضية, aqḍiyah,; kazâ) is an administrative division historically used in the Ottoman Empire and currently used in several of its successor states.

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Koura District

Koura District (الكورة, from lit) is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.

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Lebanese people (Maronite Christians)

Lebanese Maronite Christians (Arabic: المسيحية المارونية في لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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Maronite Church

The Maronite Church (الكنيسة المارونية) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

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Miniyeh-Danniyeh District

Miniyeh-Danniyeh District is a district in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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North Governorate

North Governorate (الشمال) is one of the governorates of Lebanon.

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Qnaywer

Qnaiouer, or Knaywer, or Qnaywer (قنيور) is a city in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

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Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central body through which the Roman Pontiff conducts the affairs of the universal Catholic Church.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Zgharta District

Zgharta District (زغرتا) is a district (qadaa) of the North Governorate, northern Lebanon.

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Redirects here:

Bcharre District, Becharre District.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsharri_District

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