SHUWAYR. - A Lebanese village near which stands the monastery of St. John, cradle and still mother house of the Order of the MelkiteBasilians (v.) of Šuwajr. It was founded in 1710. In recent years a new section and a small seminary have been added.
On the whole there are two sanctuaries: the church of St. John the Baptist, earlier than the convent, with some very ancient icons and others brought there around 1710, and the church of St. Nicholas (1718), famous for its iconostasis decorated with images carved in wood, probably the work of the monks. The monastery still preserves the first printing press in Lebanon, founded by the hierodeacon 'Abdallāh Zāhir (1680-1748), which rendered incalculable services to the Church over 150 years.
BibliographyC. Karalevsky, Histoire des patriarchats melkites, III. Rome 1911, see index.
BIBL.: C. Karalevsky, Histoire des patriarchats melkites, III. Rome 1911, see index.
Wuyts, Antonio. “ŠUwajr.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1601. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/suwajr.
MLA
Wuyts, Antonio. “ŠUwajr.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1601. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/suwajr.
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@incollection{ec11_suwajr,
author = {Wuyts, Antonio},
title = {ŠUwajr},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1601},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/suwajr}
}
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