One of the Lebanese Easter traditions is to visit 7 churches on Thursday of Mysteries (Maundy Thursday), since we're in quarantine and we are not supposed to go out, I'm going to be posting a church every hour:

1) St. Georges Maronite Cathedral - Downtown Beirut - Built in 1884

2) Saint Elie church - built in 1895 - Antelias Beirut Lebanon

3) The Saint Louis Capuchin Latin Catholic church in Downtown Beirut. Built in 1864 by Capuchin missionaries, it was named in honor of King Louis IX of France; a notable feature is the holy mass cited in French. It was the first monument to be restored after the Lebanese war.

4) St George Maronite church - Ehden - built in 1880 and houses the mummified body of the Ehden-born Youssef Bek Karam (1823 - 1889), who protected the Maronites against the Ottomans and fought for an independent Lebanon, the statue of the national hero stands in the courtyard.

5) Maronite Cathedral St. John Mark - Byblos - is dedicated to John Mark, patron saint of the town, who is said to have founded the first Christian community of Byblos. The church itself was built in 1115 AD by the Crusaders, originally as the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

6) Melkite (Greek Catholic) Cathedral of St. Nicholas - Sidon Lebanon - built in 1895.

7) Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator - Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon - Construction was funded in 1928 by Pope Pius XI.

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