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Qanat Bakish
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Marie-Rose
December 9, 2019
The cross was built near a church dating back to 1898. At 73.8 meters (242 ft) tall and 37 meters (121 ft) wide the Cross of All Nations is the largest illuminated cross in the world, it was inaugurated on September 13, 2010 on the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. It was built by the Maronite Church and an organization of French The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross commemorates the discovery of the Cross of Christ by St. Helen, the mother of Roman emperor Constantine, on September 14, 326. In Lebanon the feast is celebrated each year in Christian towns and cities with crowded processions during which people carry torches and visit mountain tops where they plant crosses, hold prayer services and start bonfires.
The cross was built near a church dating back to 1898. At 73.8 meters (242 ft) tall and 37 meters (121 ft) wide the Cross of All Nations is the largest illuminated cross in the world, it was inaugurated on September 13, 2010 on the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. It was built by the…
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Qanat Bakich, Mount Lebanon Governorate