The town of Kafur in Nabatiyeh celebrated the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, by dedicating a statue of her at the entrance to the town, a prayer procession to the courtyard of the Church of Our Lady of Salvation in the town, and a mass at the invitation of the Endowment Committee and the Association of Our Lady of Salvation. Nassif representing Mayor Khader Saad and Mukhtar Elias Fadel Al-Satara on behalf of the statue. Simon gave a speech in which he saw that the shrine embodies coexistence.
He said: “The message of the Virgin Mary to the Lebanese is a message of security, peace and people’s convergence with each other, and her message is to renounce grudges and hatred and bring the Lebanese together, not discrimination, and she asks us to reject hatred and embody the love that secures security and peace for all.”
{The city of Tire also celebrated the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, where a festive mass was held in the Church of Our Lady of the Seas for the Maronite community, headed by the Parish Secretary, Father Jacob Saab, representing the Maronite Diocese of Tyre, Archbishop Charbel Abdullah, in the presence of a large crowd of parishioners and believers who were filled with the church. After the Holy Gospel, Father Saab delivered a sermon in which he stressed “the importance of the occasion and the importance of us entering Mary’s School to be a disciple of practicing humility, love, giving oneself, living brotherhood and peace in our families and in our society.” Then a procession was held that roamed the old neighborhoods of Tyre and the port, where the believers carried an anthropomorphic of the Lady. Virgin Mary and bless him.
And to the Church of Our Lady of the Spring in Jezzine, Archbishop Elie Bechara Al-Haddad presided over the feast mass, assisted by the priest of the parish of Jezzine, Elias Saliba, and a group of priests.
{In turn, the people of Deir Al-Ahmar and its region flocked from their spread in Lebanon and the world, as every year on August 14, when they marched in a massive march in the streets of the town around the Virgin Mary – the Lady of the Tower – on the feast of her moving body and soul to heaven.. The march is presented by the pastor of the Diocese of Baalbek Deir Al-Ahmar Maronite Archbishop Hanna Rahma presided over the divine sacrifice that was held as the culmination of the procession. We ask the Virgin, and the Lord, for deliverance, for Lebanon will not be saved unless we persevere with our faith.”
In the district of Koura, the Christian denominations celebrated the feast of the dormancy of the Virgin, and festive masses and prayers were held on the occasion. Their suffering and their suffering, and supplication to the Mother of God who helps the needy and all those seeking to support her.”.. The Abbot of Saint Anthony Qozhaya Monastery, Father Mikhael Fenianos, celebrated a mass in the ancient church of the monastery, on the occasion of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. And a number of monks, in the presence of cultural, social and educational figures, mayors and mayors of neighboring villages.
{The churches and monasteries of the villages and towns of the Bcharre District revived the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and ceremonial masses and processions were held, and the Patriarchal Vicar on the Jubbah, Bishop Joseph Al-Nafaa, presided over the feast mass in the Church of Our Lady of Baza`un. The Virgin from St. Anne’s Church, passing through the town’s archaeological market, to the Church of Our Lady in the center of the town, with the participation of fraternities, knights, pioneers and youth, to the beat of Mar Laby’s music amid a scattering of roses and cedar. Gibara delivered a sermon in which he spoke regarding the feast and the transfer of the Virgin, calling for living the true faith that Mary embodied in her venerable anthem.
The Archbishop of Ferzol, Zahle and Bekaa for the Melkite Greek Catholics, Archbishop Ibrahim Mikhael Ibrahim, celebrated the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in body and soul to heaven, with a festive mass that he presided at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation.
