For the first time yesterday (March 25, 2010), Lebanon celebrated a national Christian-Muslim holiday. Schools, banks, and public buildings were closed, according to the Asia News website.
It was the Feast of the Annunciation that Lebanese Christians and Muslims celebrated -- an official national holiday sanctioned by the Government of Lebanon.
The Feast of the Annunciation commemorates the moment when the Archangel Gabriel revealed to the Virgin Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus, the Savior.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri extended his warmest greetings to the nation, saying that it was the responsibility of clergymen to make this day a spiritual and national occasion for all Lebanese.
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