The Daily Star Lebanon
Colombian priest turned Maronite monk finds life of solitude in Qadisha Valley
Dec 29 -- This is the first in a series of articles The Daily Star will be publishing to acquaint readers with prominent, unusual, and captivating people and places in Lebanon.
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It is a steep, stony path leading from a remote part of Bsharri in North Lebanon down into the Qadisha Valley. After about an hour of walking down the dangerous trail, one reaches the place where Father Dario, a Maronite hermit, has chosen to live: the Hermitage of Our Lady of Hawqa, consisting of two small chapels, a study room and a sleeping room, all built into a cave.
It is quiet down here, deathly quiet for someone who was in Beirut only a few hours earlier. Only the sound of the river deep down in the valley can be heard, only the sound of nature.
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