The God-bearing Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Synod confirmed that: "Our Lord Jesus Christ granted to us the relics of Saints as a salvation-bearing source which pours forth varied benefits on the infirm. Consequently, those who presume to abandon the relics of the Martyrs: if they be hierarchs, let them be deposed; if however monastics or laymen, let them merely be excommunicated."
From the 15th till the 21st of July 2009, Lebanon is blessed by the visit of the Holy Relics to his land from the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. Actually, they are Relics of Holy Megalo-Martyr Catherine of Alexandria, Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, and Saint Basil the Great one of the Three Holy Hierarchs. This visit was timed in the commemoration of the feast of the prophete Elijah. The Holy Relics are currently placed in the Antiochian Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Elias, Beit Meri, Lebanon where special prayers and meetings are scheduled for the event.
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