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The Maronite Church is one of several churches that lay claim to be the canonical incumbent of the ancient see of St. Peter and St. Paul in Antioch. The Syriac Catholic Church, and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church make the same claim, all of them Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See. The three mutually recognize each ...
Theodore Khoury, prominent Catholic theologian. Marina, Lebanese female monk and "desert father", Catholic saint. John Maron, first Maronite Patriarch in history, Catholic saint. Maroun, Syriac Christian monk, founder of the Maronite religious movement, Catholic saint. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., American Maronite priest and television personality on EWTN.
This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches.Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, they assume the name "Peter" (Boutros in Arabic, بطرس), after the traditional first Bishop of Antioch, St. Peter, who was also the ...
The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the rest of the Catholic Church. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The Maronites derive their name from Saint Maron , a Syriac Christian whose followers migrated to the area of Mount Lebanon from their previous place of residence around the area of Antioch ...
The Maronite Church (Arabic: الكنيسة 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]
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.
St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa. The Maronite Church has been in formal communion with the Roman Catholic Church since 1182. [3] As an Eastern Catholic church (a sui juris Eastern Church in communion with Rome, which yet retains its own language, rites and canon law), it has its own liturgy, which basically follows the Antiochene rite in classical Syriac.
Maronite history prior to the sixteenth century is problematic as so many points are obscure. [2] According to Maronite sources, John was born in Sarum, a town located south of the city of Antioch. [4] He was the son of Agathon and Anohamia. He was called John the Sarumite since his father was governor of Sarum.