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Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
About half the population of the Mount Lebanon subdivision, overwhelmingly Maronites, starved to death (200,000 killed out of 400,000 of the total populace) throughout the years of 1915–1918 during what is now known as the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, [52] as a consequence of a mixed combination of crop failure, punitive governance ...
This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon. Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
As per the 1960 Election Law, the Minorities seat was allocated to the Beirut II electoral district. [21] At the time Minorities included Syrian Orthodox, Syrian Catholics, Latin Catholics, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Jews. [22] As of 1960 Beirut II had 2,435 Minorities voters (5.65% of the voters in the electoral district). [21]
Pages in category "Religion in Lebanon" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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In 1960 the World Lebanese Cultural Union was established under the authority of the President Fouad Chehab. [13] France has always been an important destination for the Lebanese diaspora, because Lebanon used to be administrated by the French after WWI and because French language is massively spoken in Lebanon. [14] [15] [16]
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 ...