The Church Notre Dame du Liban of Paris !!

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I am taken you back to Paris, yes a never ending story, The eternal city never stop amazing me of its beauty and things to see even if worked in it for almost 10 years while visiting zillion times living nearby in Versailles, Once again, found me pictures in my cd rom vault ,that should be in my blog for you and me, This is an unique church in Paris ;worth the detour , me think. Therefore, here is my take on the Church Notre Dame du Liban of Paris !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Church Notre Dame du Liban is a Maronite church dedicated to the Eastern Catholic faith of the Syriac Antiochian tradition. It is located at 15-17 rue d’Ulm in the 5éme arrondissement of Paris, within the grounds of the Curie Institute, and is affiliated with the Franco-Lebanese Center and the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon in Paris.

It was built around 1893, and was inaugurated on May 13, 1894, and allocated to the Jesuit priests of the Sainte-Geneviève school. Following the 1905 laws on the separation of Church and State, the Jesuits were forced to vacate the church. On July 16, 1915, it was allocated to the Maronite faith. Before, that the Maronites used the Petit Luxembourg chapel for their religious services, In 1937, the Franco-Lebanese community was established around the parish. The church underwent a significant transformation in 2012 when the church became the cathedral of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (equivalent to a diocese). It was erected on July 21, 2012. According to Vatican News, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lebanon is “the major Maronite church in France.” The Maronites constitute the largest Christian community in Lebanon. A few meters from the cathedral entrance at the corner of Rue d’Ulm and Rue Lhomond is the entrance to the Franco-Lebanese Center. It was inaugurated in 1963 by the Maronite Patriarch. The Church Notre Dame du Liban ( Lebanon), also played a cultural role for over thirty years, with the classical music label Erato making most of its recordings there.

The Church Notre Dame du Liban main attraction is its stained glass. From the beginning, the apse featured very traditional stained glass windows. Then, in the modern era, a significant artistic addition was made: eight new stained glass windows in 2015. These three-light windows, each surmounted by a trefoil tracery, depict the saints of the Maronite Church (Maroun, Charbel, Ephtem, Marina, Thecla, and Rafqa). The stained glass artists gave them a highly original Middle Eastern style that contrasts sharply with the 19C conformism of generic stained glass.

The Diocese of Paris on the Church Notre Dame du Liban : https://dioceseparis.fr/-notre-dame-du-liban-paroisse-.html

The Paris tourist office on the Church Notre Dame du Liban : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/paroisse-notre-dame-du-liban-a-paris-p1357

An official site on the Maronites in France : https://maronites.fr/presence-maronite-en-france

There you go this one is again worth the detour. This is another dandy monument in my eternal Paris. Again, hope you have enjoy the post on the Church Notre Dame du Liban of Paris !! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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