Photo: Light A Candle.

Place: St. Joseph's Monastery, Jrabta, Mohafazat Mont-Liban, Lebanon

Shannon Dagher

By Shannon Dagher
Uploaded on 15 April 2008
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Light A Candle.

A Lebanese Catholic lights a candle to pray at the tomb of St. Rafqa, Jrabta, Lebanon.

St. Rafqa was a Lebanese Maronite nun (1832 – 1914). On June 10, 2001, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II elevated her to the rank of Saint at a solemn Vatican ceremony. You can read about St. Rafqa's life, here:
www.strafqa.org/

Comments...

  • 19 June 2008, Johanna Stigter said:

    I lit a candle for peace in Lebanon in Harissa and another one in the cave at Cana.

  • 19 June 2008, Shannon Dagher said:

    ...I, too, always light candles throughout Lebanon. Let's hope they add up to peace. :)

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