The Saint Charbel statue in Majdal el Meouch is a local figure of Lebanon’s most famous modern saint, set in a Chouf village that also has a Marian church, a Mar Maroun parish and an Antonine monastery. It is a place of candles and a photograph on the feast, not the hermitage of Annaya and not the giant statue of Faraya. Travellers who collect Charbel sites will want the distinction. The stop takes minutes and fits a drive toward Beiteddine. Be respectful: this is devotional ground. Combined with the churches of the same village, it shows how a single saint’s cult sits inside an older parish landscape.
