Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre was begun in the twelfth century, and since 1889 it has served the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The first version of its carved wooden iconostasis, by Gergi Bitar, a cabinetmaker of Damascus, was inaugurated in 1891. The photograph looks toward it beneath the vaults: a screen of carved wood and icons across the choir.