HISTORIC VIEW OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT CYPRIANUS AND JUSTINE - KFIFAN 
 
 
 
The History of this monastery originates from its construction before the 7th Century A.D. In the year 717 information about it was recorded. It was placed under the name of the two martyrs Cyprianus and Justine when in 1230 it became the Patriarchal throne; in the days of Patriarch Daniel Al Shamti II.

The Lebanese Maronite Monks took charge of it from 1808 to 1874 and from here a large number of priests graduated; amongst them Fr. Nimatullah Kassab Hardini, Fr. Charbel Maklouf (Saint Charbel), Fr. Emmanuel Al Jmeil and Fr. Niemat Allah Al Kafri.... studies in this school were renewed in 1891.

In 1897 a school for boarders and external students was joined to this school.

In 1899 the monastery became a novitiate until 1950.

1977 The novitiate was again established and remains to today.

The tomb of the venerated Fr. Nimatullah Kassab Hardini and the corpse of Br. Stephen Nehme are found in the monastery today.