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Project Profiles Lebanon Armenian Catholic Clergy Institute Bzommar, Lebanon Bibliothèque Orientale at the Université Saint-Joseph Beirut, Lebanon Our Lady of Balamand Monastery and University Tripoli, Lebanon Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia Antelias, Lebanon Deir Mar Yuhanna al-Shuwayr (“Monastery of Saint John the Baptist at Shweir”) Khonchara, Lebanon Monastery of Saint George at Deir-esh-Shir Jounieh, Lebanon Université du Saint-Esprit Kaslik, Lebanon Deir el-Kreim, Lebanese Maronite Missionary Order Jounieh, Lebanon Knights of Malta Priory of Rome National Archives of Malta Syria Melkite Greek-Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs Homs, Syria Ukraine The Stefanyk Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine L’viv, Ukraine L’viv Historical Museum L’viv, Ukraine India Saint Thomas Christian Manuscript Collections Kerala, India Legacy Preservation Projects Austria/Germany/Switzerland British Isles Iberia Italy Malta South Africa Sweden Ethiopia	Monastery of Saint George at Deir-esh-Shir Jounieh, Lebanon 1000+ Arabic Christian Manuscripts Underground shelter where the monks of the Monastery of Deir esh-Shir secured their manuscripts during the Lebanese Civil War. © HMML 2008. The Monastery of Saint George at Deir esh-Shir (“monastery of the cliff”) in Lebanon is part of the Aleppan Basilian Order, which was founded in 1697. The monastery itself was founded in 1824 as an offshoot from the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist at Khonchara whose collection has been digitized by HMML. The Aleppan Basilian Order is part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Melkite Greek Catholics trace their origins to the church established by the apostles Peter and Paul in Antioch (as described in the Acts of the Apostles). The Greek-speaking Christians of Antioch, as well as Alexandria and Jerusalem, sided with the Emperor at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, which precipitated a major split in Christianity. In the mid-17th century, Jesuit, Capuchin and Carmelite missionaries working in the Patriarchate of Antioch encouraged closer ties to Rome, leading to the formation of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church a century later. The library at the Monastery of Saint George contained more than 1000 Arabic Christian manuscripts. The monks of Saint George’s monastery moved their manuscript collection the Monastery of Saint Sauveur at Sarba, where they secured it inside a bomb shelter in order to protect it during Lebanon's civil war. Learn more about the Melkite Greek-Catholic Church Finding Manuscripts from This Project in OLIVER, HMML's Online Manuscript Database To find manuscript records from this collection in OLIVER, go to: OLIVER Manuscript Search and use the "City" drop-down menu to select the city, "Sarba-Jounieh."