A monastic tradition was established in Lebanon.
The Desert Mothers were female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt , Palestine , and Syria in the 4th and 5th centuries AD . Lebanon . In the Mount Lebanon range a monastic tradition known as the Maronite Church was established . Mount Lebanon ( جَبَل لُبْنَان , jabal lubnān , Lebanese Arabic pronunciation [ ˈʒɛbəl lɪbˈneːn ] ; ܛܘܪ ܠܒܢܢ , , Western Syriac pronunciation : [ tˤur livˈnɔn ] ) is a mountain range in Lebanon .