Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan consecrates the restored St. George Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Beirut. Patriarch Younan is shown greeting the papal nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia; Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi; and Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch.
Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan consecrated St. George Syriac Catholic Cathedral on Oct. 29 in a ceremonial Mass, while anointing the altar, walls and doors with oil of chrism, before celebrating the Divine Liturgy.