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Maronites first migrated to Cyprus in the 8th century, and there are approximately 5,800 Maronites on the island today, the vast majority in the Republic of Cyprus. [17] The community historically spoke Cypriot Maronite Arabic , [ 76 ] [ 77 ] but today Cypriot Maronites speak the Greek language , with the Cypriot government designating Cypriot ...
Mitch Pacwa, S.J., American Maronite priest and television personality on EWTN. Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès , saint, canonized by Pope John Paul II. Victor Scialac , theologian and linguist, is thought to have given his name to Shylock, the main character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice .
The eparchy has jurisdiction over the Maronite faithful of the whole Mexico. Its eparchial seat is Mexico City, where is located the Nuestra Señora de Valvanera Cathedral. In Mexico Maronites are present in Puebla, Toluca, Pachuca, Torreon, Veracruz, Monterrey, Chihuahua, Mérida, Guadalajara, Veracruz, Coahuila and Mexico City.
Two important Maronite Christian symbols on Sassine Square, Achrafieh: a statue of Saint Charbel, the most important Maronite saint; and a billboard on a side of a building showing Bachir Gemayel, the Maronite militia leader during the Civil War A Christian church and Druze khalwa in Shuf Mountains: In the early 18th century the Maronites and the Druze set the foundation for what is now Lebanon.
La Mesa in Spanish means "the table", or alternately "the plateau", relating to its geography. [9] La Mesa was part of a larger tract, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and was used by Spanish missionaries. [10] Through the years, the Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers valued La Mesa for its natural springs.
In the 1891 census, out of 209,286 Cypriots 1,131 were Maronites, the figure rose to 1,350 in 1921 and 1,704 in 1931. [3] [4] [5] Until the Turkish invasion of 1974, the town of Kormakitis was known as a centre of Maronite culture. [6] Kormakitis village, was inhabited by approximately 50% of the Maronites of Cyprus.
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