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Exterior of Monastery of the Holy Savior, Monastery in Joun, Lebanon
Monastery

Monastery of the Holy Savior

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Monastery of the Holy Savior is a Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in Joun, Chouf District. Dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ as Savior, honored as the founding house of a major monastic order. Joun sits on a pine covered hill overlooking orchards near Sidon, in the Chouf highlands.
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Address

Joun, Chouf, Mount Lebanon Governorate

denomination

Melkite Greek Catholic

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