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Many Maronites fled Syria due to the war, seeking refuge in Lebanon, Europe, or the Americas. The Maronite Archdiocese of Aleppo remains one of the main religious institutions, serving a community that practices the unique Syriac-Antiochene liturgical tradition, similar to their counterparts in Lebanon. However, the community has faced ...
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 .
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico City (in Latin: Eparchy Dominae Nostrae Martyrum Libanensium in Civitate Mexicana Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See in Mexico. In 2010 there were 160,000 [2] members. Its current eparch is Georges Saad Abi Younes, OLM.
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.
Due to closer ties with the Latin Church, the Maronite Church is among the most Latinized of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Contacts between the Maronite monks and Rome were revived during the Crusades. The Maronites introduced to Eastern Churches Western devotional practices such as the rosary and the Stations of the Cross. [31]
The church of Kafr Bir'im. The Maronite community in upper Galilee spans from the 18th century, being concentrated in the village of Kafr Bir'im and Jish.Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the residents of the Maronite village of Kafr Bir'im were ordered by the IDF to evacuate temporarily, due to its strategic proximity to the Lebanese border.
Maronites (Mâruniyya مارونية in Arabic, Marunoye ܡܪܘܢܝܐܶ; in Syriac) are members of the Maronite Church, historically centred in Lebanon, which is an Eastern Rite church in full communion with the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Maronite Apostolic Exarchate was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016, [1] Its first Apostolic Exarch, without episcopal character, is Fadi Abou Chebel, OMM, also appointed apostolic visitor of the Maronite faithful living in Peru and Ecuador.