St. George (Beirut, Maronite Church)
Saint George ( Arabic القديس جاورجيوس, French Saint George ) is a church building of the Maronite Church in Beirut . It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Beirut and therefore the seat of the archbishop .
history
The Maronite St. George's Cathedral was built from 1884 to 1894 in the classicism style. The building owner was then Archbishop Monsignor Joseph Debs . The church opened on Palm Sunday 1894. It was built as a basilica with a main nave and two side aisles, which are separated by two rows of columns. The interior of the church was based on the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore .
In the Lebanese civil war from 1975 onwards, the church was severely damaged and looted. After the end of the war, the church building was extensively renovated. Several works of art that were lost due to looting were recovered. An important picture by the French painter Eugène Delacroix , which shows Saint George , has been restored. After years of renovation, St. George's Cathedral was rededicated on April 24, 2000 by Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir .
location
The Church of St. George is located in the inner city area of Beirut. Some of the city's most important sacred buildings are located in the vicinity . The Sunni Mohammed al-Amin mosque was built right next to it . About eighty meters north is the St. George's Cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. George Cathedral . Accessed June 7, 2015.
Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′ 43.2 " N , 35 ° 30 ′ 18.9" E