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11:22 AM | 25 Jul 2026
Al-Diman is preparing to beatify Al-Howayek... 5,500 chairs and an official and popular presence
Fady Mahouly
Preparations and preparations have been completed at the summer headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchate in Diman, to receive the official and popular delegations participating in the ceremonial mass for the beatification of Patriarch Elias Al-Hoyek, amid extensive security measures, organizational and logistical procedures, and liturgical preparations to ensure the smooth conduct of everything related to this national and church celebration.
Until the late hours of last night, until the early hours of dawn, work continued to supervise the organization in the outer courtyard of the edifice, and the final touches were put on the preparations for the main altar, the courtyards, the seats designated for the participants, and the mechanism for their arrival. Giant screens were also set up to broadcast the celebration's events.
Coinciding with the celebration, the roads and squares were decorated with flags, banners, and pictures of Patriarch Howayek, and the nuns of the Holy Family worked alongside the organizing teams and volunteers as a beehive to complete the preparations and arrange the chairs, which numbered 5,500 chairs distributed among the participants coming from the countries of expansion, in addition to official, religious, diplomatic, and media figures.
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