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The '''Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator''' ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Եղիա – Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի}}) is a [[cathedral]] of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] in Debbas Square in downtown [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. Construction was funded in 1928 by [[Pope Pius XI]].<ref>Nicola Migliorino, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=y_Sd32i-0owC&pg=PA51 (Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: Ethno-cultural diversity and the state in the aftermath of a refugee crisis]'', Berghahn Books, 2008, {{ISBN|1-84545-352-2}}, p. 51.</ref> It is the [[cathedral]] of the [[Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia]].<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/2270.htm Soorp Kreekor yev Soorp Eghia - St. Elie-St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Patriarchal Cathedral], GCatholic.org</ref> The order in which the two [[eponym]]ous saints  are presented in the cathedral's name, [[Elias I of Jerusalem|Saint Elias]] and [[Saint Gregory the Illuminator]], is not fixed.

The architecture of the cathedral reflects some changes from traditional Armenian architecture, drawing artistic inspiration from [[Rome]].<ref>Rouben Paul Adalian, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QS-vSjHObOYC&pg=PA103 Historical Dictionary of Armenia]'', 2nd ed, Scarecrow Press, 2010, {{ISBN|0-8108-6096-1}}, p. 103.</ref>

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File:St.Elias and St.Gregor church, inner view.jpg|Interior
File:Cathedral Saint Elias and Saint Gregory The Illuminator.jpg|Exterior
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==See also==
*[[Architecture of Lebanon]]

==References==
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[[Category:1920s establishments in Lebanon]]


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