Dario Escobar, Colombian-born hermit

Colombian media sources (El Tiempo, Noticias Caracol TV, El Colobiano) feature Darío Escobar, Colombian-born priest, who has been living a hermit life in Lebanon’s Qadicha Valley for twenty-three years. Fr. Darío grew up in a wealthy family, surrounded by luxuries — as he himself states — but he renounced all this for the priesthood, and went further — becoming a hermit in a place where he was unknown. The first years of isolation were difficult, but having survived and eked out a routine of prayer and work, he tells journalists that he could never do anything else.

URL: https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/medio-oriente/la-vida-del-sacerdote-colombiano-ermitano-que-lleva-23-anos-aislado-del-mundo-789886El Tiempo; https://noticias.caracoltv.com/mundo/colombiano-ermitano-lleva-23-anos-aislado-del-mundo-aqui-no-hay-telefono-ni-radio-ni-television-rg10Noticias Caracol TV; https://www.elcolombiano.com/cultura/la-historia-del-colombiano-que-lleva-23-anos-como-ermitano-completamente-aislado-del-mundo-exterior-PA22004865El Colombiano.

Lebanese hermit video

Lebanon hermit Fr. Escobar

Fr. Dario Escobar, Colombian-born hermit living in Lebanon’s Kaddisha Valley, is profiled in a 2-minute AFP  video titled “Hermit Finds Heaven in Lebanese Cave.” A related AFP article offers more detail, with several photos.

Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moKhKw5u25I
Article URL: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iytmu9cwPRxtpuK0L8T2D2HhYdDw

Still another article about Fr. Escobar, with more personal details, in the Lebanon website Tayyar, by visitors.
URL: http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/PoliticalNews/en-US/129005834282848748.htm