Ghazir
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| Coordinates : | 34 ° 1 ′ N , 35 ° 40 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 1000 m | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Ghazir is a place in Lebanon, about 30 kilometers north of Beirut , or near Jounieh in the government of Lebanon mountain area.
Ghazir is located in the Christian area of Lebanon, in the mountains 1000 meters above sea level. The place is known for the Maronite seminary, which was formerly headed by the Jesuits. There is a school run by the Antonine Sisters there. The Château Musar winery is also located in Ghazir .
Sons and daughters
- Jakob von Ghazir (1875–1954), as Khalil Haddad
- Bashir Chehab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir
Famous pepole
- Elias Hoyek (1843–1931), Maronite patriarch, studied in Ghazir
- Joseph Emmanuel II. Toma (1852–1947), Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, studied in Ghazir
- Rebekka Ar Rayès , saint, entered the monastery in Ghazir as a nun in 1871
- Youakim Moubarac (1924–1995), priest and Islamic scholar
- Sheikh Hobeich (Hobeika) of the Ottoman Empire (since 1567 in Ghazir)
- Louis Cheikhô (1859–1927), theologian and orientalist
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920–2019), Maronite patriarch
- Jakob Künzler (1871–1949), Swiss missionary