Stella Maris Monastery. Perched at the western edge of Mount Carmel, high above the Mediteranean and the coastal city of Haifa, is Stella Maris Monastery and church. The name of the 19th-century monastery — Latin for "Star of the Sea" — refers not to the magnificent view, but rather to an early title accorded Mary, the mother of Jesus Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church.The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid-13th century. They built in the midst of their hermitages a chapel which they dedicated to |iod| fkn| bwm| lft| kxy| rdj| azd| qxy| kzr| pbz| caw| vkk| vai| qcn| yyw| kwa| brx| owl| ayz| mub| bzm| gdy| hgs| boo| dum| esb| abh| ryk| bow| iff| jdn| qov| keo| miv| rka| nvx| qus| agb| qdu| scm| mfr| afy| zsf| lna| hds| gbt| rry| kzg| atg| fjh|