Miziara
Encyclopedia
Miziara is a village located in the Zgharta District
in the North Governorate
of Lebanon
. The village is home to the Marian shrine, Our Lady of Miziara, Mother of Mercies
.
In fact, the populated area called Miziara is formed of four villages: Miziara, Harf Miziara, Houmeis and Sakhra.
Miziara sits on a hilltop at 800 m above sea level, overlooking Morh Kfarsghab
, Jdeideh
, Zgharta
, Tripoli
and in the far the Mediterranean Sea
. The road that leads to it go through Zgharta
, Kfarhata
, Iaal
and then Miziara. The water source is from Ain El Moutran coming through Bhairet Toula
, a nearby village.
Harf Miziara and Houmeis:
The road that leads to those two villages goes through Miziara.
Sakhra:
Administratively, this village does not exist. The inhabitants are from Miziara, and the road that leads to it goes through Zgharta
– Kfarhata – El Khaldiyeh - Sakhra. It rises 300 meters above sea level. The distance from Zgharta is 5 kilometers. Its patron Saint is Saint Maroun, whose feast is on February 9. The water source is Ain Al Jadideh (the New Spring).
For Miziara, the population is around 4,250. If we include the inhabitants of Harf Miziara and Houmeis, the population becomes nearly 6,000.
The number of households is 567 in Miziara, 151 in Harf Miziara, 51 in Sakhra and 56 in Houmeis.
There is a popular tradition about the meaning of the name of Miziara:
Miziara was not inhabited before the late 17th century. In its place was a dense forest, filled with wild boars. Part of the land where the today Miziara is located was part of the baklik of the Sheikhs Hamadeh, the rulers of Jebbet Bsharri from 1654 till 1761.
Houmeis, belonging also to the Hamadeh Baklik, seemed to have been inhabited prior to the 18th Century as there existed some ruins of an earlier settlement.
under the stable rule of the Emir
Fakhreddine
(1678–1735) attracted many families who were encouraged by the Emir
to establish there. An important migration took place from Jebbet Bsharri to the south but also to Aleppo
, Syria
.
After the fall of the Emir
Fakhreddine
in 1632, the situation in the southern Mount Lebanon
became difficult and there were a reverse migration to North Lebanon. This migration from the Metn and Kesrwan
accelerated particularly after the Sheikh
s Hamadeh, rulers of Jebbet Bsharri
started stabilising their rule around 1680. It is in this context that Naamtallah Néhmé, the ancestor of all the Meziarian families, arrived in North Lebanon, like many others.
When Naamtallah Néhmé left Bikfaya
, Metn, to North Lebanon
, he first settled in Arbet Kozhaya
. He brought up and raised his family there.
Later on, the family moved to Sereel
and then to Ejbeh
, where they did not stay for long, moving to a small farm beside Sebhel
. Rishtaamout was the name of the farm. In Syriac, Rishtaamout means the summit of taste or of pleasure as the farm was famous for its tasty fruits.
There Naamtallah's children founded four families:
The Historian Boutros Béchara Karam wrote in his book The Coral Chain in the history of North Lebanon that the family of Naamtallah Néhmé stayed in Rishtaamout for about seventy years. The family did not grow or branch out. Spending winters, springs and autumns in the farm. But summers were spent in Ejbeh
, where they bought a hill and built a church on it, which is still known as Saint George Mountain.
Naamtallah Néhmé family requested from the rulers of Jebbet Bsharri
, the Shiite Hamadeh, the permission to live in Houmeis, a ruined village and its nearby forest which is now known as Miziara. Their request was granted.
Younis and his family moved to Houmeis. The other three brothers Youssef, Abdallah and Abdel Ahad settled in the forest with their families, as its location and atmosphere gave them great pleasure. So Youssef, son of Naamtallah Néhmé, became the founder of Miziara as was recorded by the Historians.
In 1761, a conflict opposed the people of Jebbet Bsharri to the Sheikhs Hamadeh. In this conflict, Miziara will lose two of its sons, Dawud son of Abou Mansour and his cousin Issa during the campaign of 1763.
After Prince Youssef Al Shihabi, then ruler of the Jbeil region, took over the rule of Jebbet Bsharri, a land survey was made in 1766. Prince Youssef gave the Sheikh
s Karam from Ehden
and the Sheikh
s Issa El Khoury from Bsharri
the collection of taxes of Miziara and its vicinity. Prince Youssef Al Shihabi ruled afterwards Lebanon from 1770 to 1789.
In 1849, there were 250 male adults in Miziara and 163 in Houmeis. The number of households was 51 in Miziara and 35 in Houmeis. Around 1850 - 1851, we know that Father Maroun Saliba from Miziara was the administrative tax collector. It is said that this family came at the end of the 18th century to the region from Bteghrine
, Metn. Today, this family lives in Sakhra.
As we are informed by Historians and by the local memory, that Youssef, son of Naamtallah Néhmé, bore children, Youssef was the eldest son, he became a priest known as Father Elias, who also bore a son, Youssef Elias Khoury.
Youssef Elias Khoury was the beginning, as the old people of Miziara used to say. He bore seven boys and five girls. Hanna, the eldest son, was known as Hanna Youssef. There was a famous saying in Miziara: Just like the children of Hanna’s mother, meaning unity of the family. At that time, all the Meziarians, except for Yousef Elias, were sharecroppers with the Sheikhs Karam and Issa El Khoury. Every year the partners had to send to the Sheikhs twenty kilograms of silk from the seasonal production in Miziara, 125 kilograms of tobacco and also products like grains and grapes. This is written in the Encyclopedia of Lebanese capitals and villages, know Lebanon by Afif Boutros Merhej.
The families objected to the judgment supported by Fr. Youssef Younis (the grandfather of the Meziarian writer and poet Youssef Younis known as Younis Al Ibn). It was the first responsibility that Father Youssef Younis carried on his shoulders, the freedom of Meziara. He used to wear an old shoe, light his cigarette and walk on foot to Batroun
, the administrative center of the Bsharri region during the Mutassarrifiat Regime (1862–1918). After that, he went to Syria, met the ruler and told him the whole story. He got what he requested. All the land was registered in the name of the sharecroppers, the new farm owners. (From Yousef Younis book, His Life & Traces to Mikhail Massoud.)
The farmers could not pay their taxes in exchange for ownership of the land. But the Sheikhs paid their taxes and registered the land in the owners’ names. And the Sheikhs were satisfied with a legal deed signed from the new owners.
But a major transformation has been happening since the end of the 19th Century. In fact, at that time, the Meziarians started to emigrate to Brazil. Seventy people traveled in an effort to pay for the legal deeds, which they signed.
Yousef Elias Khoury, Hanna’s father, stayed in Miziara with his sons, occupied with the management of his money and estates. He took loans from the wealthy Tripolitans, to loan the Aghas of Danniyeh. Then came a time when the Aghas were unable to pay their debts in cash, so they paid it with land and estates. It is at the origin of the Bchenneta plantation. Assad Beik Karam, from Ehden
, bought it. The Meziarians bought it from him, to use as a summer residence.
Yousef Elias Khoury ordered every inhabitant of Miziara to fill a bag of acorns from the Oak trees of Bchenneta and plant it around Miziara. He specified every Sunday of every season, the feast of planting acorns around Miziara. From those feasts, Miziara was surrounded with an Oak Forest.
The Meziarian emigrants were very successful also and started soon to pick up the fruit of their labor. But their thoughts and hearts were always in Miziara, which was a plantation and they were workable partners in it. One of their worries was to turn Miziara into the most beautiful village in Lebanon.
Zgharta District
Zgharta District is a district of the North Governorate, Lebanon.The administrative center is the town of Zgharta. The district has 57 populated areas with 30 municipalities covering 37 villages. Some areas share the same municipality such as Ehden/Zgharta, Kfarsghab/Morh Kfarsghab or...
in the North Governorate
North Governorate
North Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Tripoli.-Districts:The North Governorate is divided into districts, or aqdya...
of Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
. The village is home to the Marian shrine, Our Lady of Miziara, Mother of Mercies
Our Lady of Miziara
Our Lady of Miziara, Mother of Mercies, is a Marian shrine in the village of Miziara, caza of Zgharta in Lebanon.The shrine consists of a statue of the Virgin Mary that stands at the entrance of the village. Marcel Chaghoury, a native of Miziara, built the shrine in 1979. It was consecrated by...
.
In fact, the populated area called Miziara is formed of four villages: Miziara, Harf Miziara, Houmeis and Sakhra.
Geography
Miziara:Miziara sits on a hilltop at 800 m above sea level, overlooking Morh Kfarsghab
Kfarsghab
Kfarsghab is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon...
, Jdeideh
Jdeideh
Jdeideh , , is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate....
, Zgharta
Zgharta
Zgharta, or Zghorta is a large town in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 70,000.Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea level and lies between the rivers of Jouit and Rashein...
, Tripoli
Tripoli, Lebanon
Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in Lebanon. Situated 85 km north of the capital Beirut, Tripoli is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District. Geographically located on the east of the Mediterranean, the city's history dates back...
and in the far the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
. The road that leads to it go through Zgharta
Zgharta
Zgharta, or Zghorta is a large town in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 70,000.Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea level and lies between the rivers of Jouit and Rashein...
, Kfarhata
Kfarhata
Kfarhata is a Greek Orthodox village located in the Koura District in the North Governorate of Lebanon...
, Iaal
Iaal, Lebanon
Iaal is an ancient village located approximately 12 km south-east of Tripoli, 85 km from Beirut and 5 km from Zgharta. It is located within the Zgharta District of the North Governorate of Lebanon. Iaal lies at the foot of the Mount Lebanon range and has a road that runs up into the...
and then Miziara. The water source is from Ain El Moutran coming through Bhairet Toula
Toula
Toula may refer to:* Toula, Lebanon, a village in the Northern mountains of Lebanon in the district Qada of Batroun* Toula, Lebanon, a village in the Northern mountains of Lebanon in the district Qada of Zgharta...
, a nearby village.
Harf Miziara and Houmeis:
The road that leads to those two villages goes through Miziara.
Sakhra:
Administratively, this village does not exist. The inhabitants are from Miziara, and the road that leads to it goes through Zgharta
Zgharta
Zgharta, or Zghorta is a large town in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 70,000.Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea level and lies between the rivers of Jouit and Rashein...
– Kfarhata – El Khaldiyeh - Sakhra. It rises 300 meters above sea level. The distance from Zgharta is 5 kilometers. Its patron Saint is Saint Maroun, whose feast is on February 9. The water source is Ain Al Jadideh (the New Spring).
Population
Miziara, Houmeis and Harf Miziara combined together, form an important populated area.For Miziara, the population is around 4,250. If we include the inhabitants of Harf Miziara and Houmeis, the population becomes nearly 6,000.
The number of households is 567 in Miziara, 151 in Harf Miziara, 51 in Sakhra and 56 in Houmeis.
Etymology and name
- miziara could be a contracted form of two Arabic words Min - Ziara which could mean from the visit. According to some authors, ziara could be coming from Aramaic from the root zwr, meaning struggle, battle or fight. mi could be a contaminated form of beth (house). In this case, the meaning of 'Miziara' could be the house of battle.
- harf in Arabic means literally border or limit. In Aramaic, it means the pine forest which is plausible as this area is known for its pine trees.
- houmeis means in the local Arabic dialect the sun-dried tobacco leaves. It could be an appropriate meaning as this village used to be known for its excellent tobacco production.
- sakhra comes from Arabic and means rock. The terrain of the village is especially rocky.
There is a popular tradition about the meaning of the name of Miziara:
There was a beautiful legendary forest. People visited it like we visit ruins and shrines nowadays. A rocky cave in the forest was turned into a niche in the name of Virgin Mary; candles and oil lanterns were always lit. If by chance along the way you met an acquaintance coming from the forest and asked him, where were you? The answer would surely be Min Al Ziara, meaning from the visit to Virgin Mary’s forest. But like all native accents, changing a vocabulary, letters flying into thin air, it became known as Miziara.
History
This article is based on an article of Al Bashir newspaper on Miziara.Miziara was not inhabited before the late 17th century. In its place was a dense forest, filled with wild boars. Part of the land where the today Miziara is located was part of the baklik of the Sheikhs Hamadeh, the rulers of Jebbet Bsharri from 1654 till 1761.
Houmeis, belonging also to the Hamadeh Baklik, seemed to have been inhabited prior to the 18th Century as there existed some ruins of an earlier settlement.
The 18th and 19th Centuries
At the end of the 16th Century and the beginning of the 17th Century, the southern Mount LebanonMount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is a Lebanese mountain range, averaging above 2,200 meters in height and receiving a substantial amount of precipitation, including snow, which averages around four meters deep. It extends across the whole country along about , parallel to the...
under the stable rule of the Emir
Emir
Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
Fakhreddine
Fakhr-al-Din II
Emir Fakhr-al-Din ibn Maan was the 1st prince of the State of Lebanon which has self-governed under the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 19th centuries. Son of Prince Qorqmaz ibn Maan and Sit Nasab of the Tanukhi family, he was given the title "Emir" or Prince in Arabic because the Maan...
(1678–1735) attracted many families who were encouraged by the Emir
Emir
Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
to establish there. An important migration took place from Jebbet Bsharri to the south but also to Aleppo
Aleppo
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
.
After the fall of the Emir
Emir
Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
Fakhreddine
Fakhr-al-Din II
Emir Fakhr-al-Din ibn Maan was the 1st prince of the State of Lebanon which has self-governed under the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 19th centuries. Son of Prince Qorqmaz ibn Maan and Sit Nasab of the Tanukhi family, he was given the title "Emir" or Prince in Arabic because the Maan...
in 1632, the situation in the southern Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is a Lebanese mountain range, averaging above 2,200 meters in height and receiving a substantial amount of precipitation, including snow, which averages around four meters deep. It extends across the whole country along about , parallel to the...
became difficult and there were a reverse migration to North Lebanon. This migration from the Metn and Kesrwan
Keserwan District
Keserwan is a district in the Mount Lebanon Governorate , Lebanon, to the northeast of the Lebanon's capital Beirut...
accelerated particularly after the Sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
s Hamadeh, rulers of Jebbet Bsharri
Bsharri
Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at about 1,450 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate. Bsharri is the town of the only remaining Original Cedars of Lebanon...
started stabilising their rule around 1680. It is in this context that Naamtallah Néhmé, the ancestor of all the Meziarian families, arrived in North Lebanon, like many others.
When Naamtallah Néhmé left Bikfaya
Bikfaya
Bikfaya is a town in the Matn District region of Mount Lebanon. Its stone houses with red-tiled roofs resting amidst pine and oak forests make Bikfaya one of the most sought-after suburbs of Beirut and one of Lebanon's most popular summer resorts.-Culture:...
, Metn, to North Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
, he first settled in Arbet Kozhaya
Arbet Kozhaya
Arbet Kozhaya, also known as Arbet Qozhaya or Arabet Kozhaya, is one of the fifty-six towns and villages, which make up the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.-Origin of the name:...
. He brought up and raised his family there.
Later on, the family moved to Sereel
Sereel
Sereel is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the valley of Qozhaya, the northern branch of the Valley of Qadisha....
and then to Ejbeh
Ejbeh
Ejbeh is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Its population is Maronite Catholic....
, where they did not stay for long, moving to a small farm beside Sebhel
Sebhel
Sebhel is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Its population is Maronite Catholic....
. Rishtaamout was the name of the farm. In Syriac, Rishtaamout means the summit of taste or of pleasure as the farm was famous for its tasty fruits.
There Naamtallah's children founded four families:
- Younis: the origin of the Younis and Béchara families.
- Abdallah: the origin of the Wehbeh, Fadi, Tannous and Sleiman families.
- Youssef: the origin of the Khoury, Raad and Abi Rashed families.
- Abdel Ahad: the origin of the family Abdel Ahad which is also known as the Chidiac family.
The Historian Boutros Béchara Karam wrote in his book The Coral Chain in the history of North Lebanon that the family of Naamtallah Néhmé stayed in Rishtaamout for about seventy years. The family did not grow or branch out. Spending winters, springs and autumns in the farm. But summers were spent in Ejbeh
Ejbeh
Ejbeh is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. Its population is Maronite Catholic....
, where they bought a hill and built a church on it, which is still known as Saint George Mountain.
Naamtallah Néhmé family requested from the rulers of Jebbet Bsharri
Bsharri
Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at about 1,450 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate. Bsharri is the town of the only remaining Original Cedars of Lebanon...
, the Shiite Hamadeh, the permission to live in Houmeis, a ruined village and its nearby forest which is now known as Miziara. Their request was granted.
Younis and his family moved to Houmeis. The other three brothers Youssef, Abdallah and Abdel Ahad settled in the forest with their families, as its location and atmosphere gave them great pleasure. So Youssef, son of Naamtallah Néhmé, became the founder of Miziara as was recorded by the Historians.
In 1761, a conflict opposed the people of Jebbet Bsharri to the Sheikhs Hamadeh. In this conflict, Miziara will lose two of its sons, Dawud son of Abou Mansour and his cousin Issa during the campaign of 1763.
After Prince Youssef Al Shihabi, then ruler of the Jbeil region, took over the rule of Jebbet Bsharri, a land survey was made in 1766. Prince Youssef gave the Sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
s Karam from Ehden
Ehden
Ehden is a mountainous town situated in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal and Kornet el Sawda, the highest peak in Lebanon...
and the Sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
s Issa El Khoury from Bsharri
Bsharri
Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at about 1,450 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate. Bsharri is the town of the only remaining Original Cedars of Lebanon...
the collection of taxes of Miziara and its vicinity. Prince Youssef Al Shihabi ruled afterwards Lebanon from 1770 to 1789.
In 1849, there were 250 male adults in Miziara and 163 in Houmeis. The number of households was 51 in Miziara and 35 in Houmeis. Around 1850 - 1851, we know that Father Maroun Saliba from Miziara was the administrative tax collector. It is said that this family came at the end of the 18th century to the region from Bteghrine
Bteghrine
Bteghrine is a municipality in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.- Etymology :The exact origin of the name Bteghrine is unknown, but possibilities include Place of Warriors, Place of Rocks, and House of the Saddest - references to a large battle in the area around 1290...
, Metn. Today, this family lives in Sakhra.
As we are informed by Historians and by the local memory, that Youssef, son of Naamtallah Néhmé, bore children, Youssef was the eldest son, he became a priest known as Father Elias, who also bore a son, Youssef Elias Khoury.
Youssef Elias Khoury was the beginning, as the old people of Miziara used to say. He bore seven boys and five girls. Hanna, the eldest son, was known as Hanna Youssef. There was a famous saying in Miziara: Just like the children of Hanna’s mother, meaning unity of the family. At that time, all the Meziarians, except for Yousef Elias, were sharecroppers with the Sheikhs Karam and Issa El Khoury. Every year the partners had to send to the Sheikhs twenty kilograms of silk from the seasonal production in Miziara, 125 kilograms of tobacco and also products like grains and grapes. This is written in the Encyclopedia of Lebanese capitals and villages, know Lebanon by Afif Boutros Merhej.
The 20th Century
In the beginning of the 20th Century, the difficult conditions of sharecroppers made Yousef Elias Khoury instigate the people to revolt. The disagreement started between the Meziarians and the Sheiks of Issa El Khoury. A court case was filed but the judgment was in favor of the Sheiks. This was written in El Bachir newspaper on the first of July 1913.The families objected to the judgment supported by Fr. Youssef Younis (the grandfather of the Meziarian writer and poet Youssef Younis known as Younis Al Ibn). It was the first responsibility that Father Youssef Younis carried on his shoulders, the freedom of Meziara. He used to wear an old shoe, light his cigarette and walk on foot to Batroun
Batroun
The coastal city of Batroun located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world. Batroun is home to a Lebanese Red Cross First Aid Center.- Etymology :...
, the administrative center of the Bsharri region during the Mutassarrifiat Regime (1862–1918). After that, he went to Syria, met the ruler and told him the whole story. He got what he requested. All the land was registered in the name of the sharecroppers, the new farm owners. (From Yousef Younis book, His Life & Traces to Mikhail Massoud.)
The farmers could not pay their taxes in exchange for ownership of the land. But the Sheikhs paid their taxes and registered the land in the owners’ names. And the Sheikhs were satisfied with a legal deed signed from the new owners.
But a major transformation has been happening since the end of the 19th Century. In fact, at that time, the Meziarians started to emigrate to Brazil. Seventy people traveled in an effort to pay for the legal deeds, which they signed.
Yousef Elias Khoury, Hanna’s father, stayed in Miziara with his sons, occupied with the management of his money and estates. He took loans from the wealthy Tripolitans, to loan the Aghas of Danniyeh. Then came a time when the Aghas were unable to pay their debts in cash, so they paid it with land and estates. It is at the origin of the Bchenneta plantation. Assad Beik Karam, from Ehden
Ehden
Ehden is a mountainous town situated in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal and Kornet el Sawda, the highest peak in Lebanon...
, bought it. The Meziarians bought it from him, to use as a summer residence.
Yousef Elias Khoury ordered every inhabitant of Miziara to fill a bag of acorns from the Oak trees of Bchenneta and plant it around Miziara. He specified every Sunday of every season, the feast of planting acorns around Miziara. From those feasts, Miziara was surrounded with an Oak Forest.
The Meziarian emigrants were very successful also and started soon to pick up the fruit of their labor. But their thoughts and hearts were always in Miziara, which was a plantation and they were workable partners in it. One of their worries was to turn Miziara into the most beautiful village in Lebanon.
Administration and public facilities
In Miziara, there is,- a police station,
- a post office,
- a telephone communication center,
- the Municipality and House of Executives
- and the Miziara Charity Health Clinic (with permanent doctors).
- a Social,Cultural & Sportive Club : CERCLE de la JEUNESSE de MIZIARA
Saints days
The feasts are,- Saint Rita on May 22,
- Saint Charbel on the 3rd Sunday of July,
- Saint EliasSaint Elias-Persons:* Elijah, a Jewish prophet sometimes revered as a Christian saint* Elias of Jerusalem, a 5th century Patriarch of Jerusalem* Elias and companions, a group of Egyptian Christian martyrs -Places:...
on July 20 - Our Lady of Meziara on August 15,
- Our Lady, Mother of Mercies on September 6,
- Saint MouraSaint MouraSaint Moura, also known as Mart Moura, is a martyr of the 1st centuries of Christianity honored in the Middle East. Her feast is celebrated on the 3rd of May and on the 25th of September. Several churches are dedicated to her especially in North Lebanon and a Monastery in Ehden.-Life:Father Youakim...
on September 25, - Saints Sarkis & BakhosSaints Sergius and BacchusSaints Sergius and Bacchus , were third century Roman soldiers who are commemorated as martyrs by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches...
on the 3rd Sunday of September.
Agriculture
Agricultural production: Apple, Pears, Grapes and assorted grains for the people’s use.External links
- http://www.miziara.com/
- http://www.miziara.net/
- Official Website of Miziara Municipality