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Kfarsghab is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Saints Valley (Qadisha), which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity
The main religion of its residents is Maronite Catholicism.
Kfarsghab "in Arabic كفرصغاب" is composed of two geographically separated settlements: Kfarsghab, a high mountain village, and Morh Kfarsghab, a plain village, respectively inhabited in summers and in winters. It is a typical organization of pastoral and agricultural Mediterranean communities where seasonal fixed transhumance is still practised.
The Lebanese hailing from Kfarsghab number 25,000 worldwide. 95% of them live outside Lebanon, mainly in Australia and the United States, Brazil and Europe
The Semitic name of Kfarsghab is composed of two parts: kfar and sghab. The first part, kfar, comes from the Semitic root kpr which in the context corresponds to the common Semitic noun kapar that means village. For the second part, sghab, it comes from the Semitic root sgb which means to make strong, safe. A second possibility could be the name of a person Segub.
Given the above references, the etymological meaning of Kfarsghab could be "the fortified village" or "the village of Segub", Segub being a person name in this latter case.
For the local people, Kfarsghab is referred to as jurid. The word is of Arabic origin and means the arid barren land.
Kfarsghab is well known by its considered patron Mar Awtel (Saint Autel)
Mar Awtel was born in the middle of the 3rd century. As a youth he was converted to Christianity and baptised. He pledged his “virginity” to God but his father wanted him to marry and thereby break his pledge of celibacy. To escape he left for the city of Byzantium [re-named in 330 to Constantinople and subsequently to Istanbul in 1930].
While travelling on route in a boat he encountered a severe storm endangering the boat and all on board. He prayed for deliverance and the boat was saved and as a consequence those on board were converted to Christianity and baptized.
He remained for 20 years in Byzantium until his father died, whereupon he returned to his home and became a monk. He performed many miracles, one of which was the cure of a pagan man. This cure was the reason for the conversion and baptism of ten thousand pagans. After being a monk for 12 years he became a hermit until he died in 327.
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