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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

Beirut Explosion: Church’s Altar Less Than 1km Away Untouched

Unic Press UK: The Altar in St. Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Beirut, which is situated less than a kilometre away from where the massive Beirut explosion took place last week, stood strong in the midst of the vast wreckage that occurred within/beyond a three-kilometre radius.

An explosion rips Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020

Based on a BBC video perused/confirmed by the Unic Press team, the priest-in-charge of St. Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church, Father Youil Nassif, said:

“You can call me naive, but I felt it was unbelievable. I felt it was a message from God saying: I will be by you, I will be by your side. I left the Church with my children twelve minutes before the explosion… I went back to the Church to check what happened. When I arrived, I was shocked, you can see the picture and the video – the Church was destroyed. The Altar was untouched; you can see the picture and you can see the video. The holy chalice was intact, you can see the Holy Bible, you can see the oil lamp that didn’t move. You can see the relics of the saints… even the glass was not broken. We need prayers”  


The initial report appears to be that the Beirut Explosion occurred as circa 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at the port since it was confiscated in 2014 exploded, and caused two bombs-like blast that was heard in many places, including Cyprus, which is more than 100 miles away. However, President Michel Aoun said: “The cause has not been determined yet. There is a possibility of external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act.”

The explosion killed more than 150 people, and injured circa 5,000.

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