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The Muhraka monastery on the top of Mount Carmel near Haifa in Israel is a historic Carmelite monastery. The monastery stands on the place where the prophet Elijah is said to have lived and fought the prophets of Baal. [4] The first Carmelites were pilgrims to Mount Carmel who settled there in solitude.
The Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel [1] [2] is a branch of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, who originated as hermit monks and have been mendicant friars since the 13th century. [3] [4] The male Carmelites of this branch of the order are not considered monastics as the cloistered Carmelite nuns are.
For the Carmelite the contemplative vocation is exemplified par excellence in the life of the Virgin Mary, beloved to the Order under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Additionally, the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert and the Book of the First Monks comprise fundamental points of reference in the life and spirituality of the Order.
The Prophet Elijah is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order.. The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both men and women.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid-13th century.
The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (Latin: Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Saecularis; abbreviated OCDS), formerly the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and of the Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Jesus, is a third order of Catholic lay persons and secular clergy associated with the Discalced Carmelites.
Sophia Leeves (rel. name: Marie-Veronique of the Passion) (1823–1906), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Founder of the Sisters of Apostolic Carmel (Turkey – France) Declared "Venerable": 8 July 2014; Josefa Oliver Molina (rel. name: María Elisea) (1869–1931), Founder of the Sisters of the Virgin of Mount Carmel (Spain)
Berthold of Calabria (French: Berthold de Malifaye; Latin: Bertoldus Calabriensis; died 1195) was a crusader and saint who established a hermit colony on Mount Carmel in 1185. [1] [2] He was introduced into Carmelite literature around the 15th century as Saint Berthold of Mount Carmel and is said to have been a general of the Order before ...