A great old church with lovely renovation efforts. The museum in the vicinity is very informative and shows the "finger prints" of the centuries on the church body.

You should see the decoration inside. It is a national treasure from the architecture to its religious importance.

not really worth the bother, yes it is a cathedral and it's big, but there a far more intresting things to visit

A wonderful church. It is very impressive, how they reconstructed this church. And you have the visit the caves under the church. By watching all different layers of history, I become aware of the history and how close we are all connected. Further we participate a ceremony of marriage. Especially the women… there are real and wonderful dressed up, with... More

It is the Mother Cathedral of the Beirut Orthodox community, the “Thronos” place of the Metropolitan of Beirut and its dependencies. It is the first Christian temple ever built in the old city of Beirut and goes back to early fourth century AC. Before the Lebanese civil war, during which the Cathedral was theft and partially destroyed, Archbishop Makarios III,... More

To see the cathedral now and to see photos of it after the civil war are simply amazing. I appreciated that same of the frescos weren't fully restored and showed the damage. We need to remember what war can do to our heritage. Very pretty and peaceful inside.

It is in the downtown area. It is full of ancient icons. quite spacious. it has been recently renovated, but kept its charm.

During my past travels to Beirut, I'd often walked by this church near the Solidere clocktower without giving it much thought. That was mostly because I was there at night and the church was always closed. That all changed a couple of weeks ago when I once again found myself in Solidere and saw that the church's doors were open,... More

> ST GEORGE ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL AND CRYPT MUSEUM > > This, for me, is perhaps the greatest monument to the history of > Beirut. It was badly damaged, like all the other buildings around it, > in the civil war.It has been beautifully restored ,standing dignified > and low profile, below the Al Amin Mosque and opposite the Garden of... More