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The Maronites in Israel and the Palestinian territories are subject to either the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land, or the Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine, both in turn subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, but since 1996 both these jurisdictions of the Maronite Church have been ...
Syrian Maronites total 51,000, following the archdioceses of Aleppo and Damascus and the Diocese of Latakia. [58] A Maronite community of about 10,000 lives in Cyprus [58] with approximately 1,000 speakers of Cypriot Maronite Arabic from Kormakitis. [59] [60] A noticeable Maronite community exists in northern Israel (Galilee), numbering 7,504. [58]
The archeparchy includes all the faithful of the Maronite Church residing in Israel. The archeparchial seat is the city of Haifa, where the Saint Louis the King Cathedral is located. [3] As of 2019, the Archeparchy had approximately 10,000 members, 14 priests, 8 parishes and 3 missions. [1]
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 , [ 75 ] [ 76 ] but today Cypriot Maronites speak the Greek language , with the Cypriot government designating Cypriot ...
On 15 June 1958, the Jordanian Government officially recognized the Maronite Church. On 15 May 1964, Patriarch Meouchi placed Monsignor Elias Ziadé in charge as parish priest of the Maronites in Jordan. A welfare society run by eight members was established and, on 28 July 1964, the society was recognized by the Jordanian Ministry of Interior ...
In Israel, Maronites together with smaller Aramaic-speaking Christian populations of Syriac Orthodox and Greek Catholic adherence, are legally and ethnically classified as either Arameans or Arabs, per their choice. Arab Christians are descended from Arab Christian tribes, Arabized Greeks or recent converts to Protestantism.
The SLA was a Christian-led militia allied with the Israel Defense Forces during the South Lebanon conflict until Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000 that ended the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon. [1] The majority are Maronites but there are also Muslims, Druze and Christians of other denominations among them. [2]
Pages in category "Israeli Maronites" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. George Diba; I.