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Lebanon was one of the first regions, which the glad message reached. Indeed the rescuer was the first EH gelist, and which report gospels that JESUS preached beyond the borders of the Dekapolis, particularly in Tyrus and Saida, and achieved miracles there. Like that Lebanon is part of the holy country, in the Christ changed. There is a village in Lebanon not far from Tyrus named Cana El Jalil = Cana of the Galilaea. A very well secured excessive quantity, those on Eusebius of Caesarea, the first church historian, and on the HL. Hieronymus decreases/goes back, testified there the first sign of life of Jesus.

Due to the geographical location the country was since the antiquity a meeting place of the cultures from Europe and Asia; therefore one finds still recognizable and visible traces of the Sumerer, Phoenizier, Amoriter, Egyptian, Hethiter, Assyrer, Neubabylonier, Perser, Greek, Seleukiden, Romans, Sassaniden, Byzantiner, Arab, Ummayaden, Abbasiden, Tuluniden, Ikhschididen, Fatimiden, Seldschuken, kreuzritter, Osmanen, Mameluken everywhere in the country and in recent history Frenchman, Englishman, Syrian and Israeli. Also a clear assignment of a historical place is not always simple to one epoch. Thus Byblos, traces of the Phoenizier, Egyptian, Roemer, are Greeks, up to the cross driver for example on the archaeological area.