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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.
Our Lady of the Bekaa in Zahlé, Lebanon. Our Lady of Zahle and the Bekaa (also spelled Beqaa) is a Marian shrine located in the city of Zahlé in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. In 1958, Bishop Euthym, a man of great devotion to Our Lady, decided to build a shrine in honor of the Virgin Mary on the top of a hill overlooking Zahle and the Bekaa ...
Our Lady of Bechouat, a Marian sanctuary in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. Our Lady of Bekaa, a Marian shrine located in Zahlé, Lebanon with panoramic views of the Beqaa Valley. Our Lady of the Waterfall, a Marian shrine in Jezzine, Lebanon; Our Lady of Lebanon, a Marian shrine in Harissa, Lebanon; Our Lady of Lourdes Monument, Ain Ebel, Lebanon
An old shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary was in a room on the ground floor of a building in Souk al-Nouriyyeh, to the east of the Saint George Orthodox Cathedral. A vaulted entrance led to the shrine by way of a tiny intervening room. Sayyidat al-Nouriyyeh (Our Lady of Light) was believed to be a light that guided sailors and fishermen to ...
Both Lebanese and foreigners, Christian and Muslim worshipers have experienced divine miracles at Our Lady of Bechouat. One happened to a young child of Muslim parents from Jordan. Mohammed Naef Al-Awwad Al-Hawadi was ten years old when he accompanied his parents on a pilgrimage to the old church. The child saw the Virgin Mary's statue blink.
On this day the Maronite patriarch and all the Lebanese bishops celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the open air at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon. [5] Our Lady of Lebanon is one of the most important shrines in the world honoring the Virgin Mary. The shrine is highlighted by a huge, 15-ton bronze statue of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of God.
In Ain Ebel, a southern Lebanese village near the Israeli border, more than a thousand people gathered for a solemn procession to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Aug. 15. The ...
They began praying, and the Virgin appeared to them as a light and guided them gently to the shore of Theoprosopon near modern-day Chekka in North Lebanon. The grateful sailors carved a cave in the cliff and dedicated it to the Virgin Mary, and called the shrine, Our Lady of Light. A Greek Orthodox monastery was built in the 17th century. [2]