Edde
Edde Village
Administration
Country	Lebanon
Geography
Edde Location of Edde, Lebanon
Coordinates	34°07′25″N 35°39′46″E / 34.12361, 35.66278Coordinates: 34°07′25″N 35°39′46″E / 34.12361, 35.66278

The Mar Jurius (Saint George) Church

Edde Village is located 45 km North of Beirut Lebanon. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Turn right just beyond Byblos to reach the village of Edde. Byblos ( Βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla)

The Mar Jurius (Saint George) Church, which stands in a small square in the middle of the village, was built with Roman temple remains. In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox The alignment of the long sides suggests that it was constructed on the cella walls of a temple.

It also preserves some fragments of wall paintings and warmines.

To the south of the church look for the huge Mediterranean oak tree, so often seen on temple church sites. On a hill further south are the ruins of the church of Sayidat Douka.

Numerous other old churches are scattered around the village, most with ancient temple elements. Amongst these are the double church of Saints John and Theodore, and the churches of Mar Doumit and Mar Elisha.

Fragment of wall paintings

Mar Elisha