Lebanon today »The conclusion of the 250 jubilee of the Church of the Lady of the Forest – Youth House

The sponsor of the Maronite Maronite, Bishop Antoine Bou Najm, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Lady of the Forest – a youth house for the occasion of the conclusion of her 250 Yubelle and its inclusion on the religious tourism map in Lebanon, under the auspices of the Minister of Tourism in the caretaker government, Walid Nassar and his presence.

Bishop Bou Bou Najm in the Mass, MP Monsignor Charbel Ghusoub, Arsenal Vice -MP and Lituric Affairs and Monsignor Custodian Khalil Al -Hayek, assisted with the participation of the town’s priests, priests and monks of neighboring nationals. The celebration served the choir of the Monastery of Mar Gerges – Hadraq.
The festive mass was consumed by a welcoming word with Monsignor Khalil Al -Hayek, who spoke about the history of the church and the reasons for its inclusion on the list of religious tourism, as it is, according to the Hayek Monsignor, the only church at which Father Joseph Godar Jesuit stops in his words on the town of Al -Ajras, as it is the only church in the youth house that was persecuted In the year 1840, it is the only church that witnesses its ancient history, through the document dating back to 1726, and the ancient bell that dates back to about 1730, in addition to the stone painting at the entrance to the church, which dates back to 1773 and through which the 250 The only church that embraces this iconography painting that was painted in the seventeenth century, and was hidden under the Canaan Deeb painting in 1839. This painting is the only model of iconography, so it has no equal in the Maronite churches, and it is the oldest painting ever in the Maronite Diocese.
In his sermon, Bishop Bonjam affirmed that the jubilee is an occasion for reconciliation, grace and spiritual renewal of the Church. He considered that through this jubilee, the Church invites us to renew our commitment to our human solidarity and our commitment to the human cause, as the jubilee calls us to repent and carry hope to all the sufferers and the marginalized to discover the light of Christ who enlightens the darkness of our world as discovered by Simon the Sheikh.

In his speech, the Minister of Tourism in the caretaker government, Walid Nassar, announced the inclusion of the Church of the Lady of the Forest on the list of religious tourism in Lebanon, where this listing is attributed directly to the global tourism organization, the Arab Tourism Organization, the European Council for Cultural Wars and Lebanon is a member of it, knowing that it is the only non -European country .
In conclusion, the sponsor of Al -Abriya presented a memorial gift to Minister Nassar, and the Endowment Committee also presented a memorial gift to the sponsor of the diocese.