Description

Our Lady of Lebanon Marble Statue – medium

Dimensions:  230mm L x 210mm W x 390mm H

Please note that all our Marble Art Statues are made on order. There is a lead time of approximately 10 working days.

In 1907, the French-made, painted in white, 13-ton, bronze statue


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of the

Virgin Mary

, was erected 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. It was made up of seven sections that were assembled on top of the stone base, which had a bottom perimeter of 64m, an upper perimeter of 12m and with an overall height of 20m. The height of the statue is 8.50m while its perimeter is 5.50m. The statue and the shrine were inaugurated in 1908, and since then it has been a major pilgrimage destination in

Lebanon

.

Papal Visit

Pope John Paul II

visited the shrine when he made an official visit to

Lebanon

on May 10, 1997. He conducted a mass in the modern

Basilica

. On December 8, 1998, the

Vatican

announced that the World Day of the Sick would be celebrated on February 11, 1999 at Our Lady of Lebanon in

Harissa

.


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Pope John Paul II

prayed that Our Lady of Lebanon who had watched over the agonizing suffering of the Lebanese people could help all those who were suffering in the world.


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Pope Benedict XVI launched an appeal for peace in Lebanon and Gaza by invoking the protection Our Lady of Lebanon on January 28, 2007. He said, “To Christians in Lebanon, I repeat the exhortation to be promoters of real dialogue between the various communities, and upon everyone I invoke the protection of Our Lady of Lebanon.”

The

Papal

Embassy as well as the residences of four

Eastern Rite

cardinals of the

Roman Catholic

church are in the vicinity of

Harissa

and Our Lady of Lebanon.


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^{From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}