St Charbel Feast Annaya

The Feast of Saint Charbel draws hundreds of pilgrims to the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya each July, on July 24 in the Latin Rite and the third Sunday of July in the Maronite Rite. Visitors fill the roads to the mountain village from sunrise, with many spending the previous night in vigil prayer inside the monastery before the saint's tomb, alongside the newer Darb Mar Charbel pilgrimage trail.

Each July, the historic Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya becomes the focal point of Lebanon's Maronite Christian calendar, as hundreds of pilgrims, both Lebanese residents and members of the global Lebanese diaspora, converge on the mountain village for the Feast of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, the hermit monk canonized in 1977 whose tomb draws visitors seeking healing and blessings year-round.