Hajjeh, Lebanon

Hajjeh (Arabic: حجة‎, also transliterated Hajje, Hajjeh, al-Hejjeh, al-Hijjeh, Alhaja, Hadja[1]) is a village located at the Zahrani River in the Sidon District (Saida Caza) of the South Governorate in Lebanon, about 56 kilometers South of the national capital Beirut.[2]

Hajjeh

حجة
Village
Hajjeh
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°28′41.4″N 35°22′51.5″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon
Area
 • Total270 ha (670 acres)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
 • Summer (DST)EET

History

In June 2003, Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage - who was born in Hajjeh in 1943 - was elected Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In September of that year he was confirmed by the Holy See and his ordaination took place on 29 November 2003.[3]

In the July 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah the town bridge was destroyed in bombardments by the Israeli Air Force (IAF).[4]

In November 2020, the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch announced that it accepted El-Hage's age-related resignation and that it had elected Charbel Abdallah as his successor. Abdallah was born in 1967 and hails from Hajjeh as well.[5]

References
  1. Arkin, William M. (2011). Divining Victory: Airpower in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-1105051470.
  2. Localiban. "Hajjeh - Localiban". www.localiban.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. "Archbishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. Khoury, Ricardo (2007). Lebanon Rapid Environmental Assessment for Greening Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform - 2006 (PDF). Beirut: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lebanon. p. 111.
  5. "From the Oriental Churches". press.vatican.va. Holy See Press Office. November 1, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-10.


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