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The eparchy includes the faithful of the Maronite Church in thirty-four western, central and southern states of the United States of America. With a decree from the Sacred Congregation of the Eastern Churches, dated July 10, 2001, the see of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, with St. Raymond Church, in St. Louis, elevated to the rank of Co-Cathedral ...
The Statue of Our Lady of Lebanon is a French-made, 13-ton statue, made of bronze and painted white, [4] of the Virgin Mary.It was erected in 1907 on top of a hill, 650 meters above sea level, in the village of Harissa, 20 km north of Beirut in honor of Our Lady of Lebanon.
The first proposal to establish a shrine to Our Lady of Lebanon was initiated in 1960 between the Maronite priests of the United States and Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle of Washington. Nothing came of that proposal so the Rev. Peter Eid suggested that the Maronites from the Youngstown, Ohio area build the shrine. He bought 80 acres (32 ha) in 1961 ...
The eparchy includes the Maronite Catholic faithful in the eastern coast states of the United States. It borders in the north with the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal, which covers Canada, and to the west with the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, which covers thirty-four states of the United States.
Statue of sanctuary of Our Lady of Lebanon of Harissa in Jounieh. Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (in Latin: Eparchia Ioubbensis, Sarbensis et Iuniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there were 396,250 baptized.
Harissa is a key Christian pilgrimage site with a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon (Notre Dame du Liban). [4] In 1904, Patriarch Elias Hoyek, on the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, announced the foundation of the building of Our Lady of Lebanon. [5]
Abdallah Elias Zaidan, LM (Arabic: الياس عبدالله زيدان) born on March 10, 1963, in Kosaybé, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Catholic prelate and member of the Maronite Church who has served as the Eparch of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles since 2013. He is a member of the Kreimists.
For other churches named after Our Lady of Lebanon, see: Shrine of Our Lady of the Cedars, Johannesburg, South Africa; Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (North Jackson, Ohio), United States; Nuestra Señora del Líbano, Montevideo, Uruguay; Our Lady of Lebanon § Churches, schools, and shrines dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon