Worship

Village Religious Communities

The Ain Zhalta population is mainly distributed according to the following religious orders:

• Melkite (Greek Catholic) (?%)
• Maronite (?%)
• Protestant (?%)
• Druze (?%)

His Beatitude Cyrille IX Moghabghab (1855 - 1947)

Photo Credit: Me Ghada Moghabghab

Patriarch of Antioch and Orient
(1925/12/08 - 1947/09/08)
 

Ain Zhalta native, 18th in the line of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs since 1724.

Click here for a biography in Arabic.

St. Nicholas (Mar Nkoula)

Built in the late 1800's, this church is on the Historic Site Registry

Our Lady (Al Saydet)

Built in the late 1800's, this church is on the Historic Site Registry

Catholic Church

British Mission Evangelical Church

Photo Credit: Joanna Hamed

Main Village Protestant Church

Originally built by Emir Fakhreddine Al Maani, one of Lebanon's greatest rulers. This church is on the Historic Site Registry.

The Majles