Lebanon’s Christians Feel Heat of Climate Change in Sacred Forest and Valley

Lebanon’s Christians Feel Heat of Climate Change in Sacred Forest and Valley

BCHARRE, LEBANON —  Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle in which Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his disciples. The sunset’s yellow light coming through the cedar branches … Read more