Mar Sarkis, Ehden

Given its exceptional location commanding the valley at 1500 meters altitude, the monastery is called the Watchful Eye of Qadisha.

The first church of Saints Sarkis and Bakhos was built in the mid 8th Century A.D. on the ruins of a Canaanite temple dedicated to a divinity of agriculture.

It is interesting to know that: The Monastery belonged to the Douaihy family whose priests and Bishops resided in it and paid all its taxes and maintenance.

On September 1, 1739, the Monastery was given to the Antonin Maronite Order who extended and improved its buildings and properties since then.

In 1854, the Antonin Maronite Order founded the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Zgharta in order to allow the monks of Mar Sarkis to spend wintertimes away from the rigorous climate of the mountain.