Bkerké

Bkerké (Arabic: بكركي also Bkerke or Bkirki) is the See of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate, located 650 m above the bay of Jounieh in Lebanon. 
The See of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate was originally in Antioch, but due to persecution, it moved first to Saint Maron's Monastery on the Orontes River and then to varied locations in Mount Lebanon, such as Kfarhay, Yanouh, Mayfouq, Lehfed, Habeel, Kfifan, Al Kafr, and Hardeen in the Byblos region. It then moved to Qannoubine in the Kadisha Valley because of intensified persecution and remained from 1440 to 1823 when it moved to Dimane and lastly to Bkerké.The Maronite Patriarchate Today, Maronite Patriarchs use Dimane as a summer residence and Bkerké as a winter one.
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==External links==
*Bkerke
*History Of Bkerke
*Bkerke Court Documents
Category:Cities, towns and villages in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
Category:History of Lebanon
Category:Maronite Church
Category:Patriarchs of Antioch
Category:Maronites
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