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Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator

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The Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator () is a cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church in Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Construction was funded in 1928 by Pope Pius XI.Nicola Migliorino, (Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: Ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis, Berghahn Books, 2008, , p. 51. It is the cathedra of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia.Soorp Kreekor yev Soorp Eghia - St. Elie-St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Patriarchal Cathedral, GCatholic.org The order in which the two eponymous saints are presented in the cathedral's name, Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, is not fixed. Read more on Wikipedia

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