{"id":12968,"date":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/\/12968\/saint-elie-maronite-church"},"modified":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","slug":"saint-elie-maronite-church","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Elie Maronite Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr. Youssef El-Debs.<\/p>\n

Construction was completed in 1907; a plate commemorating this event can be seen above the church\u2019s main doorway.
Seriously damaged during the Lebanese civil war, the church was restored to its former glory and adorned with stained glass on its main facade, tempering the light seeping into it and creating an extraordinary atmosphere of contemplation.<\/p>\n

It stands today as a proud symbol of unity between the country\u2019s different communities who congregate to it for quiet meditation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":220652,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-12968","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-sector"],"yoast_head":"\nSaint Elie Maronite Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saint Elie Maronite Church » Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12968.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/\",\"name\":\"Saint Elie Maronite Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/12968.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/12968.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/12968.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":534},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/saint-elie-maronite-church\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Directories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Saint Elie Maronite Church\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com\",\"description\":\"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com, SA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1044,\"caption\":\"Beirut.com, SA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/beirutcityguide\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/beirutcityguide\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saint Elie Maronite Church","description":"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Saint Elie Maronite Church » Beirut.com","og_description":"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/","og_site_name":"Beirut.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12968.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@beirutcityguide","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/","name":"Saint Elie Maronite Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12968.png","datePublished":"2011-11-29T00:00:00+00:00","description":"Originally a chapel constructed in the eighteenth century, it was expanded into a church at the end of nineteenth century under the auspice of then archbishop of Beirut, Mgr.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12968.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12968.png","width":400,"height":534},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/saint-elie-maronite-church\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Directories","item":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Saint Elie Maronite Church"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","name":"Beirut.com","description":"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization","name":"Beirut.com, SA","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1044,"caption":"Beirut.com, SA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","https:\/\/x.com\/beirutcityguide"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/12968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}