Yuhanna el HELOU from Ghosta (1808-1823)

From Maronite History

Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou's achievements were by no means inconsiderable. He repaired and restored the Patriarchal See of Qannubeen that had been abandoned by the Patriarchs for a hundred years. Patriarch El-Helou inhabited Qannubeen from 1811. He regained much of the church's property that had been taken away injustly.

He converted the Monastery of St. John Marun in Kefar-Hay Batrun and that of Rumieh Qolay'at in Kesrawan into Patriarchal Colleges and seminaries in 1812 and 1817 respectively.

In 1818, he convoked the Maronite general Council of Luayzeh.

He died on the 12th of May 1823, and was buried at Qannuneen.