Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral

Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral
Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral
Location 15-17 rue d'Ulm
5th arrondissent
Paris
Country France
Denomination Maronite Church
History
Consecrated 13 May 1894
Architecture
Status Active
Functional status Cathedral
Architect(s) Jules-Godefroy Astruc
Style Neo-Gothic
Years built 1893-1894
Administration
Diocese Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris
Clergy
Archbishop Nasser Gemayel

Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral is the cathedral and mother church of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris, part of the Maronite Church, for worship of Eastern Catholic tradition. It is located by the Jesuit Fathers of Sainte-Geneviève school in the 5th arrondissent in Paris, France, constructed 1893-1894 by architect Jules-Godefroy Astruc.

History

Constructed circa 1893-1894 by architect Jules-Godefroy Astruc, it was inaugurated on 13 May 1894, allocated by the Jesuit Fathers of Sainte-Geneviève school in Paris, concecrated to Our Lady of Lebanon, a Marian shrine in Beirut, Lebanon. Following the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, the Jesuits left it. It was then assigned in 1915 to the Maronite worship. In 1937, the Franco-Lebanese home was built around the parish. Renovations of the roof, canopy and rose were made in 1990-1993.

Architecture

The Church of Our Lady of Lebanon also had a cultural role over 30 years, with the classical label Erato who performed most of their recordings in the church. More than 1,200 discs were recorded, including the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, trumpeter Maurice André and chamber orchestra Jean-François Paillard.

Interiors

In 1984, at the suggestion of fr:Robert Calle, director of the Curie Institute, adjoining the place was invested for six months by Spanish artist Miquel Barceló who installed a temporary workshop and painted his series of paintings in the Louvre[1] exposed in the following year in the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux.

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References

  1. [Collective of authors, Miquel Barceló, drawings book - Exhibitions at the National Gallery of the Jeu de Paume and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Jeu de Paume editions and MNAM 1996 (ISBN 2-908901-44-7 ), p. 15-16.]

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Coordinates: 48°50′38″N 2°20′43″E / 48.8440°N 2.3453°E / 48.8440; 2.3453

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