Our Lady of Bzommar

Headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon

Our Lady of Bzommar is a Marian shrine in Bzommar (Arabic: بزمار‎), Lebanon.

Bzommar is situated 36 km northeast of Beirut at an elevation ranging between 920m and 950m above the Mediterranean. It is part of the Caza of Keserwan. Bzoummar is home to a convent of the Armenian Catholic Church that was built in 1749, where the image of Our Lady of Bzommar is worshipped.

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