Updated On: 02 December, 2025 08:32 AM IST | Beirut | Agencies
As bells rang out, thousands braved a day of rain to line Leo’s motorcade route heading into Annaya; every year, thousands visit the hilltop monastery of St Maroun to pray at the tomb of St Charbel Makhlouf, who lived from 1828 to 1898

Pope Leo XIV prays at the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, on Monday. PIC/AFP
Pope Leo XIV prayed on Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims opening his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence.
As bells rang out, thousands braved a day of rain to line Leo’s motorcade route heading into Annaya.