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Pictures of the Patriarch's return to Lebanon.
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Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. Between 150,000 and 250,000 Lebanese turned out to welcome the returning spiritual leader of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, from a North American tour. In an outpouring of loyalty turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon.
Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, waves to supporters from his car upon arrival at Jouneih, north Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. Tens of thousands of Christians welcomed the return of the Maronite Catholic patriarch from a North American tour in an outpouring of loyalty that turned into a show of resentment against Syria's domination of Lebanon.
Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, center, is surrounded by supporters wave Lebanese flags in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. Tens of thousands of Christians welcomed the returning of the spiritual leader from a North American tour which turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon.
With banners and Lebanese flags, tens of thousands of Lebanese gather in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001 for a rally to welcome the returning Patriarch from his North American tour. The crowd was at 200,000 people with 40,000 seated.
The seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkirki, Lebanon is seen during a sunset on Tuesday, March 27, 2001. Hundreds of thousands of Christians welcomed the returning spiritual leader of the Maronite Church cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir from a North American tour which turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon
Supporters of the Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, wave flags and crosses in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkirki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. In an outpouring of loyalty by hundreds of thousands of Christians to welcome the returning spiritual leader of the Maronite Church from a North American tour turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon.
Supporters of the Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, wave Lebanese flags and banners in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001. In an outpouring of loyalty by hundreds of thousands of Christians to welcome the returning spiritual leader of the Maronite Church from a North American tour turned into a mass demonstration against Syria's continued control over Lebanon.