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Our Lady of Grace Cathedral is the main Maronite church of the city of Nicosia, in Cyprus, and is the cathedral of the
Our Lady of Grace Cathedral is the main Maronite church of the city of Nicosia, in Cyprus, and is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus (Latin: ''Archeparchy Cyprensis Maronitarum'') is a seat of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See. It is currently ruled by Archeparch Joseph Soueif.
Territory and statistics
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History
The first cathedral was dedicated to St. John, but during the Ottoman occupation it was turned into a mosque. The Lebanese Maronite community erected the church of Santa Croce, later entrusted to the Franciscans, and the current church of Our Lady of Grace is near to the Franciscan church. Only in 1960 was built the seat of the vicarage and the surrounding buildings. On June 6, 2010Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
, the first pope to make an apostolic trip to the island, visited the cathedral of Nicosia.
See also
*Lebanese people in Cyprus
Lebanese people in Cyprus include immigrants and descendants of immigrants from Lebanon, numbering approximately 20,000 people of Lebanese descent. Migration from Lebanon to Cyprus started as early as the 13th century when Maronite Christianity i ...
References
External links
* http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/5038.htm Nicosia Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Cyprus Maronite cathedrals {{Cyprus-church-stub