Ceremony To Receive The Body Of Cardinal Aghajanian - Beirut

Ceremony To Receive The Body Of Cardinal Aghajanian - Beirut

Members of Parliament Michel Mouawad and Sethrida Geagea attend ceremony to receive the body of Cardinal Patriarch Krikor Pedros XV Aghajanian, who died in Rome in 1971, 53 years ago, and whose body is now transferred to Lebanon where he will be buried, as seen in Martyrs Square, Downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on September 12, 2024. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony To Receive The Body Of Cardinal Aghajanian - Beirut

Ceremony To Receive The Body Of Cardinal Aghajanian - Beirut

Members of Parliament Michel Mouawad and Sethrida Geagea attend ceremony to receive the body of Cardinal Patriarch Krikor Pedros XV Aghajanian, who died in Rome in 1971, 53 years ago, and whose body is now transferred to Lebanon where he will be buried, as seen in Martyrs Square, Downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on September 12, 2024. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gazans suffer in summer heat amid electricity shortage

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-ORIGINAL NATIONAL FLAG

LEBANON-BEIRUT-ORIGINAL NATIONAL FLAG

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Lebanese attend Christmas tree lightening ceremony

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