"Notre Dame du Liban" redirects here. For the church in Paris, see Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral. For the eparchy in Paris, see Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris.
For other uses, see Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (disambiguation).
Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon
مزار سيدة لبنان
Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon
Religion
Ownership
Maronite Church
Patron
Our Lady of Lebanon Lebanon Lebanese people
Feast
1st Sunday of May
Location
Location
Harissa
Country
Lebanon
Administration
Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries
Architecture
Style
Blessed Virgin Mary with outstretched hands, bronze crown
Completed
1904
Our Lady of Lebanon
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Major shrine
Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa, Lebanon
Feast
1st Sunday of May
Attributes
Blessed Virgin Mary with outstretched hands, bronze crown
Patronage
Lebanon and Lebanese people
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (also known as Our Lady of Harissa, Arabic: سيدة لبنان, Sayyidat Lubnān) is a Marian shrine and a pilgrimage site in the village of Harissa in Lebanon.[1]
The shrine belongs to the Maronite Patriarchate who entrusted its administration to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries since its foundation in 1904 and also to the jesuit Lucien Cattin,[2] according to Christian Taoutel (Lebanese historian from the Saint Joseph University). It is one of the most important shrines in the world honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus. The shrine is highlighted by a huge, 15-ton bronze statue. It is 8.5 m high, and has a diameter of five meters. The Virgin Mary stretches her hands towards Beirut.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon draws millions of faithful both Christians and Muslims from all over the world. The 50th jubilee in 1954 was also the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception. During these celebrations, Pope Pius XII sent his representative, Cardinal Angelo Roncalli (later to become Pope John XXIII) to Lebanon. Pope John Paul II visited Our Lady of Lebanon in 1997.
The Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries, responsible for the administration, works at reinforcing relations among all local Churches, Christian communities and apostolic movements.
The Lebanese Christians as well as the Druze and Muslims have a special devotion to Mary, Mother of Jesus. The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch named her the "Queen of Lebanon" in 1908 upon completion of the shrine.[3] Overlooking the bay of Jounieh, the shrine has become a major tourist attraction where tourists take the gondola lift, the Téléphérique, from the city of Jounieh to Harissa.
^"Our Lady of Lebanon". Saints Peter & Paul. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^Lucien Cattin le bâtisseur: un Jésuite suisse au service du Liban. Presses de l'Université Saint-Joseph. 2018. ISBN 978-614-8019-38-8.
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