Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral, Maronite Catholic cathedral in Brooklyn Heights, United States
Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral is a Romanesque Revival church on Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York. The interior features marble floors, stained glass windows, and ornate bronze doors that draw attention as soon as you step inside.
Richard Upjohn designed the building in 1844 for an English-speaking Protestant congregation called the Church of the Pilgrims. In 1934, the Maronite Church took over the property and has used it as a cathedral ever since.
The cathedral is home to Brooklyn's Maronite community, which traces its roots to Lebanon and holds services in both Arabic and English. The liturgy follows the Eastern Christian tradition, which feels different from a typical Roman Catholic Mass and is open to all visitors.
The cathedral sits in a residential part of Brooklyn Heights and is easy to reach on foot from nearby subway stops. Visiting outside of service times gives you space to look around the interior without disturbing worshippers.
The bronze entrance doors of the cathedral were salvaged from the French ocean liner SS Normandie, which sank in New York Harbor in 1942. Some marble elements inside were also rescued from the French and Lebanese pavilions at the 1939 World's Fair.
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