Maronite Foundation - Maronite History

Saint Maron

In the first quarter of the fifth century, Maron, a Syriac-speaking hermit of Aramean origins, died in the region of Cyrrhus, between Aleppo and Antioch...

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Who Are The Maronites

The community of Beit Maroun endured difficult historical circumstances, due to the religious, political and dogmatic oppression of the Arab-Muslim conqueror on the one hand...

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The Main Christian Sanctuaries

The convent of the Lady of Bkerki was transformed to winter residence of the Maronite Patriarch by a decree in 1790. "The convent of Bkerki will be the permanent Patriarchal See...

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List of Maronite Patriarchs

This is a list of the Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch, who have led the Maronite Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, in full communion with the ...

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Maronite Saints

Saint Charbel, Lebanese monk and priest, Catholic Saint. Saint Rafka, Lebanese nun, Catholic Saint. Saint Nimattullah, Lebanese monk and priest, Catholic Saint...

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A Brief History of the Maronites

In the first quarter of the fifth century, Maron, a Syriac-speaking hermit of Aramean origins, died in the region of Cyrrhus...

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St. John Chrysostom's [1] letter to St. Maron

To Maron, presbyter and monk,
" We are bound together with you by love and by disposition, and we see you here as if you are present...

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Patriarch Estephan Doueihy

In May, the Muslim troops marched to conquer Jebbet-Bcharre. They came up from the east of Tripoli in Hayrona valley, besieged Ehden, and conquered it on the fortieth day, during the month of June...

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Maronite Treaty

In all Mount-Lebanon, which is entirely inhabited by Maronites, there are 40 monasteries, the greater part of which is abandoned...

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Regional Council

Young people had a tendency to be driven after the materialistic desires of the world, if not well-educated, and if their hearts were not filled with the love of piety...

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At the Cedars of Lebanon

… I could count at least 13 or 14 trees, not only huge ones like the biggest trees I have ever encountered during my long runs, but they were so big that many would reach six or seven meters in radius...

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Charles Malek's letter to the Maronites

Maronite Potentials in Lebanon and in The World
We are all responsible for Lebanon. Every Lebanese and each confession takes responsibility for it...

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In the Heart of the Chaos

We told the people of Mesopotamia: We are Aramean, but no, unlike them, we are not heathens. We always forget that Christianity was, first, the religion of the poor and the peasants...

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