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The Maronite Church (Arabic: لكنيسة المارونية; Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. [9]
The Maronites belong to the Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch (a former ancient Greek city now in Hatay Province, Turkey) and are an Eastern Catholic Syriac Church, using the Antiochian Rite, that had returned to its communion with Rome since 1180 A.D., although the official view of the Contemporary Maronite Church is that it had never accepted ...
Maronite church, Eastern rite church prominent especially in modern Lebanon. It traces its origins to St. Maron and St. John Maron and enjoyed independence for much of its history, both ecclesiologically and sociopolitically. The church retains the West Syrian liturgy and has its own patriarch.
Historically centered in Lebanon and Syria, the Maronite church was formed by Syriac Christians who developed their own hierarchy and traditions from the mid-fourth century onwards. During the Islamic conquest, Maronites retreated to the mountains in Lebanon.
Maronites are the largest Christian denomination in Lebanon. Due to emigration over the years, there are significant numbers of Maronites in North and South America and in Australia. Yet...
Historically centered in Lebanon and Syria, the Maronite church was formed by Syriac Christians who developed their own hierarchy and traditions from the mid-fourth century onwards. During the Islamic conquest, Maronites retreated to the mountains in Lebanon.
The Maronite political leaders and their Church played a vital role in all these changes that led them to assume the presidency of the Republic of Lebanon, the only country in the Levant to elect a Christian Maronite president.
Lebanese Maronite Christians (Arabic: المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; Classical Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, the largest Christian denomination in the country. [1]
Maronite Catholicism encompasses a whole range of traditions and practices that give meaning and texture to the faith. The Qurbono, 1 as the Maronite Mass is properly called, is the primary official form of prayer of the church, and a fundamental source of Maronite identity.
Maronites are members of one of the Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches, with a heritage reaching back to Saint Maron in the early fifth century C.E. The first Maronite patriarch, John Maron, was appointed in the late seventh century.