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editor, 08 October 2010

This place is more than 50,000 years old and it has astonished all people since long time.
The grotto in the mountain were created since long time by using simple tools to grave it and used for: cemetery, shelter and praying.

Maalouli was apotred in the first century by the saint Touma on the 1st century After Christ.

Monastery mar sarkis (balouta oulia in aramic) meaning the high country and it was the temple of Appolo where it still has some marks of being an old temple.

They say the first Christianity started from there after the decree of the famous Milan that was issued during King Costantine on year 313 so they build above the temple the monastry and church.