Maronites (Marunoye ܡܪܘܢܝܐܶ; in Syriac, Mâruniyya مارونية in Arabic) are members of an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope of Rome. Their heritage reaches back to St. Maron in the early 5th century. The first Maronite patriarch, St. John Maron, was appointed in the late 7th century. Today they are one of the main religious groups in Lebanon. They are Arabic-speaking Christians with their ethnicity, like most Lebanese, being a mix of Phoenician, Aramaean, and Greek, with some European ro ...

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In the early 5th century, a community gathered around the Christian hermit St. Maron. After his death in 435 (or 410, according to some sources), this community continued to grow, and adopted the name of Maronites. It was in Antioch that the followers of Jesus Christ converted by Paul and Barnabas were first called Christians [Acts 11:26]. Antioch, especially after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, became a center for Christianity. The first Bishop was St. Peter before his travels to Rome. The third Bishop was the Apostolic Father St. Ignatius of Antioch. Antioch became one of the five original Patriarchates after ...

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Probably the most divergent of all Arabic dialects is Cypriot Maronite Arabic, still spoken by most of the 130 elderly Maronite Catholics in Kormakiti (Korucam) in Northern Cyprus, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Brought to the island by Maronites fleeing Lebanon at least 700 years ago, this unique variety of Arabic has been very heavily influenced by Greek in both phonology and vocabulary, while r ...

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707 - Events. Empress Gemmei succeeds to the Japanese throne. 707 - Births. 707 - Deaths. Emperor Mommu, emperor of Japan (b. 683) Pope John VII John Maron, first Maronite Patriarch Category: 707 ...

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1635 - Events. February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. April 13 – Maronite warlord Fah-al-Din II executed in Constantinople May 30 - Peace of Prague (30 Years War) October 9 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. November 15 ...

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1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. 1584 - Events. June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France. July 5 - Maronite College established in Rome July 10 - William I of Orange assassinated Dates between October 5 - 14 ignored in the Gregorian Calendar The first translation of the complete Bible ...

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Bachir Gemayel, first name also spelt Bashir (Arabic: بشير الجميل), (November 10, 1947 - September 14, 1982) was a Lebanese military commander, politician and president elect. He was born in Beirut, the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Lebanese Kataeb party, or Phalangist Party, a right-wing organization that, although officially secular, was supported almost entirely by Maronite Christians. Gemayel was educated at the Lebanese Modern Institute. In 1962, he joined the Kataeb party. He completed his ...

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Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ) is a fictional character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" which was added to the traditional collection of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights by its European transcriber, Antoine Galland, an 18th-century French orientalist who had heard it in oral form from a Maronite story-teller from Aleppo. This story ...

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1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1866 - Events. 1866 - January – June. January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon - Turks are defeated January 12 - Royal Aeronautical ...

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694 - Events. November 9 - Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. Ine of Wessex makes peace with Kent Maronites defeat Justinian II Empress Wu conquers the Kingdom of Khotan 694 - Births. Hammad Ar-Rawiya 694 - Deaths. Category: 694 ...

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1182 - Events. Canute VI crowned king of Denmark. Serbia allies itself with Hungary to gain independence. First Sejm, or Polish Parliment, convenes at Łęczyca. Jews expelled from Paris by Philip II of France. Maronites reestablish their affiliation with Catholicism. Venetians massacred during a riot in Constantinople. Raynald of Chatillon instigates another war between Saladin and Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. Béla III of Hungary sacks the city of ...

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Bsharri (also spelled Becharre, Bcharre, Bsharre), at 1400 m of altitude, near the Kadisha valley. It is located on the north of Mount Lebanon. Bsharri is just under the Cedars forest and is the birthplace of the famous poet, painter and sculpter Khalil Gibran. The name is biblical, meaning ‘milky white’, and refers to the snow-covered cedars of the Lebanon Mountains. Bsharri was the site of a Phoenician settlement in ancient times. Maronite Christians fleeing persecution were attracted to its mountainous terrain in ...

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Aramaea is the land of the Aramaeans. In the Hebrew Bible, it is called "Aram-Naharaim", meaning "Aram (highland) of two rivers", to distinguish it from other Arams. Aramaea was located in central Syria, including where the city of Aleppo (aka Halab) now stands. The Aramaeans (speakers of Aramaic) began to settle in Syria and Mesopotamia in the late 12th century BCE. They never succeeded in unifying their city states into a single "kingdom of Aramaea." Two medium-sized Aramaean kingdoms, Aram-Damascus and Hamath, along w ...

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Walid Jumblatt (Arabic: وليد جنبلاط‎) (born August 7, 1949), is the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon and the most prominent leader of the Druze community. The origin of the Jumblatt family is the Kurdish Janboulad family dating back to Janboulad Ibn Kassem al Kirdi al Kaisari, known as Ibn Arabou (1530-1580), governor of Aleppo. Walid Jumblatt is the son of Kamal Jumblatt, the founder of the party Walid Jumblatt now leads. Before his ascension to power following his father's assass ...

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Genuflection is an act of reverence consisting of falling onto (usually) one knee. It originated as a posture of respect of a knight before a king. Today the term is used mostly in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Catholics who come into the presence of the Eucharist (generally stored in the tabernacle) are expected to genuflect on the right knee as a sign of devotion. If the Eucharist is exposed in a ...

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Monophysitism (from the Greek monos meaning 'one, alone' and physis meaning 'nature') is the christological position that Christ has only one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human. There are two major doctrines that can undisputedly be called monophysite: Eutychianism holds that the human nature of Christ was essentially obliterated by the Divine, "dissolved like a drop of honey in the sea". Apollinarianism holds that ...

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Arab Christians are people who are ethnically Arab and who follow the religion of Christianity. There are believed to be nearly 9 million Arab Christians in the Arab world and 30-35 million worldwide. The majority of Christian Arabs live in the Middle East where, although Islam is undoubtedly the preponderant religion, significant religious minorities exist in a number of countries. Large numbers of Arab Christians can be found in Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and in emigrant communities in Australia, B ...

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The Catholic Church in Mexico is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. The 2000 census reported that Mexico had some 75 million Roman Catholics among the population aged five and above, which equates to around 88% of the total population. The country is divided into 88 Dioceses, and there are 13,700 priests and 36,000 men and women in religious orders. Within Mexico the hierarchy consists of:< ...

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The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism, and today is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. It claims to be the sole legitimate successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the Apostle St. Peter. Its North American branch is autonomous, although the Holy Synod of Antioch still apoints its head bishop. The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch, in what is now Tur ...

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