Publication Date:
Tue, 2010-09-14 01:30
The cross soars more than 240 feet into the air and is lit
up with 1,800 spotlights in the mountain village of Qanat Bekish, according to
Father Farid Doumit, a Maronite priest in the village.
Building the cross took about two years and cost some $1.5
million, which mainly came from donations from the Maronite Church and a French
Catholic group. The cross stands near a church that dates to 1898.
Monday's inauguration came on the eve of the feast of the
Congregation of Holy Cross.
Lebanon is a pluralistic society with 18 different religious
sects and a parliament split equally between Christians and Muslims. Lebanon is
also the only Arab country with a Christian head of state.
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