Saint George’s Maronite Cathedral — Attraction in Port of Beirut

Hello, Lebanon is a religiously diverse country in the Middle East, where 18 religious sects coexist, including Christianity, Islam and the Druze sect. The proportion of the population between the different religions has fluctuated due to the effects of civil war and regional conflicts, and it is currently estimated that 53.31% of the population is Muslim, 41.4% Christian, and 5.21% Druze. This religious diversity is also reflected in the political system, with the president being a Christian, the prime minister a Sunni, and the speaker of the parliament being a Shia. On the other hand, the ratio between the different religious groups seems to be changing slightly due to the long-term effects of refugee population movements from neighbouring countries.

For example, the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque and the Saint George Eastern Orthodox Cathedral stand side by...

Originally built in the second half of the nineteenth century, Saint George Maronite Cathedral was renovated in the middle of the twentieth, badly damaged during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), then restored to its original designs in the late 20th century. Those designs were inspired by the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The church's grounds are surrounded by much older remains of structures from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods that were discovered during excavations that took place starting in the 1960s. After visiting the interior, go behind the cathedral for a better appreciation of its scale and...

One of the most beautiful Maronite cathedral in Lebanon . It was destroyed during the civil war and it was extremely damaged . It was rebuilt after the civil war with the help of many faithful Maronite believers.we have attended the midnight mass for Easter and it was so beautiful. This cathedral is a surviving proof how resilient the Christian people specially Maronite and how important they were in the...