Belmont (Lebanon)

                                      

                                                              

                          name

Belmont (Lebanon) / Balamand

                   latin name

 

Bellus mons 

Bellimonte ultra mare

                      founded

1157

                inhabited by

monks

             primary abbey

Morimond

              mother abbey

Morimond

          daughter abbeys

 

 

Salvatio

S. Johannis in Nemore

Refech

                         closed

1289

                      restored

 

today monastery of the Orth. Church of Antioch

                        to visit

                      address

 

 

 

The monastery of Balamand

PO Box 100

Tripoli

Lebanon

                         phone

[+961] (0) 6 930 311

                             fax

[+961] (0) 6 930 308

                          email

balamand@balamand.edu.lb

                      internet

www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/