Benehlay, my hometown. Located in Middle Shoof, south Mt. Lebanon, Lebanon. The term Be-nehlay derives from Aramaic, and means the place of valleys of water fountains, as its geography shows.
Wadi (valley in Arabic) Benehlay, as it is known today, falls about 400 meters above the Mediterranean sea, which overseas. Its inhabitants are about 300 houses. The main source of living in the village is agriculture. Big Mama white bean the main product, is known locally: white gold.
Benehlay is predominalty Maronite, then Melkite, both Catholics, and makes part of a Catholic archipelago in Druze sea, along with its neighboring towns: Ben'Waytie, Sir'Jibal, Sham'areen, Deir Dourit, Wadi El'Deir, Showai'leak, Deir El'Kamar, etc.
The picture (summer 2005) shows Deir'Dourit down to the left, then further down left Wadi Benehlay.

Date: Sat. 10:30 am, Nov. 25th, 2006.
Place: In front of the parish hall of the Ascension Church, Debaye, Matin, Mt. Lebanon, Lebanon.
This picture was taken by me (Fr Ziad Antoun) for the occasion of the monthly spiritual gathering of OMM.
Wherein Msgr. Y. Beshara gave a one hour leture about the role of the Maronite Church in the political life, according to the Patriarchal Council of 2005. The lecture was followed by discussion.
From left to right: Rev.s C. Raffoul, B. Tarbay, C. Hadded, J. Hajj, G. Daw, S. Rajj.

Picture of Notre Dame of Louaize School (NDL)
Established in Zouk Mosbeh, Kiserwan in 1682.
With circa 4300 students, NDL is the largest Catholic school in the Middle East. It's organized into two school a Francophone one (3100 students), and an Anglophone school (1200 students).

This picture was taken Nov. 10th, 2006, @ the "Old Salon" of the monastery of Our Lady of Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Kiserwan, Mt Lebanon. For the occasion of OMM's 311 anniversary, the Spiritual Committee called for a fraternal evening gathering. I was asked to give a talk about OMM's spirituality. About 24 monks attended. From left to right: Fr.s Philip Hajj, Salim Raji, J.P. Bassil, Fadi Bou Shibil, George Khalil, Joseph Zogheib, Pierre Najem & Khalil Rahme.

I took this image in Buenos Aires, Villa Lynch, San Martin, in Argentina, early Nov. 2003. It shows my twin brother Miled saying Holy Mass for a local community of sisters.
We were ordained together to the sacred priesthood in July 25th 1998, by the laying of the hands of bishop B. Raii in the monastery of Saint Doumit, in Faytroun, Kiserwan, Mt Lebanon.

The following pictures was taken on Sat. Nov. 28th, 2006, in the courtyard of the monastery of Sainte Therese de l'Enfant Jesus, in Sehaili, Kiserwan, Mt Lebanon. After the Holy Mass celebrated by the bishop of Lisieux (France), according to the Cath. Latin Rite. It shows most of the OMM members who participated in the monthly spiritual retreat held then.

This picture was taken in Front of the monastery of Sainte Therese de L'enfant Jesus, Sehaili, Keserwan, Mount Lebanon. Sat. Oct. 28, 2006, by Fr Ziad Antoun.
From right to left Fr.s George Nasif (Novitiats Master), his assistant Fr. Joseph Shalhoob, Fr. Yousif Shalhoob, Fr. Paul Acaf, the superior of the monastery of Saints Serge & Bachus, Ashkoot, Kiserwan.