{"id":81990,"date":"2026-04-07T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81990"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:44:40","slug":"in-a-time-of-conflict-lebanon-installs-one-of-the-largest-statues-of-christ-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/in-a-time-of-conflict-lebanon-installs-one-of-the-largest-statues-of-christ-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"In a Time of Conflict, Lebanon Installs One of the Largest Statues of Christ in the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> Vogue (Arabia):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.voguearabia.com\/photos\/69cff43ca033608ce2aac5a1\/2:3\/w_2560%2Cc_limit\/samerawad001_1773574284_3853336637741324117_35356292556.jpg\" alt=\"In a Time of Conflict Lebanon Installs One of the Largest Statues of Christ in the Region\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a time when Lebanon and the wider Arab region is plunged in deep conflict that has cost hundreds of lives, a symbolic monument has arisen to bring a sense of comfort, protection and hope to people&#8217;s hearts. In March 2026, a massive statue of Christ the Redeemer was erected on Jabal Al-Salib (&#8220;Mount of the Cross&#8221; in Arabic) in the Lebanese town of Al Qaa, overlooking the Bekaa plain. Close to the Syrian border in the north, Al Qaa&#8217;s population is predominantly Christian and has in recent history been subjected to extremist violence, caused by ISIS militants, a decade ago. Amongst Arab nations, Lebanon is home to one of the biggest Christian communities, where around 30% of the population follows Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>According to Syriac Press, the monument, where Christ is slightly raising his hands, will soon open a church and the location of which the monument stands upon holds meaning. \u201cThe statue stands at a location that was once considered a direct frontline with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organisation, overlooking the Beqaa Valley and parts of Syrian territory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1775551480\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"In a Time of Conflict, Lebanon Installs One of the Largest Statues of Christ in the Region\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Vogue (Arabia): At a time when Lebanon and the wider Arab region is plunged in deep conflict that has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81991,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81990\/revisions\/81991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}