The Saint Marina Grotto in the background with a nice contrast between the... (El Qalamoûn, Liban-Nord, Lebanon)
The Saint Marina Grotto in the background with a nice contrast between the blossomed almond tree next to the olive tree in the foreground.
Saint Marina is believed to have lived her life as frier Marinos and when was accused to have fathered a child, expelled from the monastery she lived in this cave trying to raise the child until her death!
a small church dedicated to her in the qadisha valley is the testing place of numerous Maronite patriarchs
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