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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, and established the nucleus of the Maronite Church. [32] Christianity in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. The spread of Christianity in Lebanon ...
The Maronite Church, however, rejects the assertions that the Maronites were ever monothelites and broke communion with Rome; [24] and the question remains a matter of controversy. [23] Elias El-Hāyek attributes much of the confusion to Eutyches of Alexandria, whose Annals El-Hāyek claimed contain erroneous material regarding the early ...
The Maronite Church constitutes the largest Eastern Catholic church represented in both Lebanon, and the Middle East. The "Land of the Cedars", as Lebanon is known, is the only one in the region where Catholics play an active role in national politics.
Maron, also called Maroun or Maro (Syriac: ܡܪܘܢ, Mārūn; Arabic: مَارُون; Latin: Maron; Ancient Greek: Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as the Maronite Church, in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church. [5]
The Maronite population in Lebanon has a rich history. Its foundation can be traced back to early followers of Maron , who migrated from the region of Antioch to Mount Lebanon. Historically, Lebanese Maronites resided in remote mountain villages and were led by influential noble families.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "History of the Maronites" The following 11 pages are in this category, out ...
Maronites, [1] Greeks, [2] South Slavs, [2] Albanians [3] The Mardaites ( Medieval Greek : Μαρδαΐται ) or al-Jarajima ( Syriac : ܡܪ̈ܕܝܐ ; Arabic : ٱلْجَرَاجِمَة / ALA-LC : al-Jarājimah ) were early Christians following Chalcedonian Christianity in the Nur Mountains .
Mount Lebanon (295 couplets or 590 verse, "éphrémienne melody", the best known text of Ibn al-Qilai poem telling the story of the Maronite nation, ending with the following stanza: "These events . written in tears / And are from the books of History / They cover six hundred years, / Who correspond to the era of Maron in Mount Lebanon ", a ...