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Monastery of St John the Baptist - Hrach
Some Historical Milestones for the Sisters of St. John the Baptist – Hrach
Monasteries began to flourish in Kesrouan in the seventeenth centurySome families took the initiative to build monasteries based on the spirituality of St. Anthony the Great.In 1642 and by a personal initiative, the Bishop Youssef Al Akoury purchased the land of Hrach, This monastery was the first one dedicated to nuns among Kesrouan
Upon the election of Youssef Al Akoury as a patriarch (1644-1648), he elected his domicile in the monastery of St. John the Baptist – Hrach instead of the monastery of Qannoubine.He held in this monastery Hrach a synod in December 5, 1644 in order to fix some sales habits.