Basilian monks are Greek Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea (330–379). The term 'Basilian' is typically used only in the Catholic Church to distinguish Greek Catholic monks from other forms of monastic life in the Catholic Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, as all monks follow the Rule of Saint Basil, they do not distinguish themselves as 'Basilian'.
The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch is the only actual residential Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. It was formed in 1724 when a portion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch went into communion with Rome, becoming an Eastern Catholic Church, while the rest of the ancient Patriarchate continues in full communion with the rest of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Catholic Church in Lebanon is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
In Ehden, Lebanon, Mar Sarkis is a monastery of the Antonins. It is located in the Zgharta District of the North Governorate, in the Qozhaya valley. It overlooks Ehden, Kfarsghab, Bane and Hadath El Jebbeh. Given its exceptional location commanding the valley at 1500 meters altitude, the monastery is called the Watchful Eye of Qadisha.
Aleppian or Alepian may refer to :
The Baladites, formally known as the Lebanese Maronite Order, is a monastic order among the Levant-based, Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specifically a monastic Church. The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura, Ehden, Lebanon, by three Maronite young men from Aleppo, Syria, under the patronage of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy (1670–1704).
The Antonins, known formally as the Antonin Maronite Order, is a monastic order of pontifical right for men in the Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specifically a monastic Church. The order was founded on August 15, 1700, in the Monastery of Mar Chaaya, Lebanon by Maronite Patriarch Gabriel of Blaouza (1704-1705).
Istifan al-Duwayhi or Estephan El Douaihy was the 57th Patriarch of the Maronite Church, serving from 1670 until his death. He was born in Ehden, Lebanon.
The Kreimists, known formally as the Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries, is a religious institute of the Maronite Church founded at the monastery of Kreim – Ghosta in 1865 by Youhanna Habib, who would later become Archbishop of Nazareth.
The Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour abbreviated BS, also known as the Basilian Salvatorian Order, is an Eastern Catholic monastic order of Pontifical Right for men of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church. The name derives from its motherhouse, the Holy Saviour Monastery, at Joun in Chouf near Sidon, Lebanon.
The Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist is a Melkite Greek Catholic monastic order of Pontifical Right for Men. The members of the Order add the nominal B.C after their names to indicate their membership in the Order.
Gabriel II of Blaouza, was the 58th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1704 to his death in 1705.
The Basilian Aleppian Order is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, a Latin Church archdiocese.
Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.) is a Catholic religious order in the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church in Lebanon belonging to the Catholic Church. OMM was established in 1695 in Qadisha Valley in North Lebanon, and since then it grew and expended to have different monasteries and centers in Lebanon, Egypt, Italy, Argentine, Uruguay, Australia, United Arab States and the USA. Historically OMM had established monasteries also in Syria, Turkey, Sudan, Ghana, France ... but had to close these centers down for different reasons. Currently there are about 100 religious in OMM, spread in its different monasteries and institutions (schools, university. Men interested in joining the OMM religious life are encouraged to contact Saint Serge & Bacchus monastery, Ashkoot, Kiserwan, Lebanon.
Lebanese Maronite Christians refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, the largest Christian denomination in the country. The Lebanese Maronite population is concentrated mainly in Mount Lebanon and East Beirut. They are believed to constitute about 30% of the total population of Lebanon.
Nicolas Antiba is a Syrian archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He is the current Patriarchal Vicar of Damascus, Syria.
Maronite (Catholic) Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia is the Apostolic Exarchate of the Maronite Church for all Colombia, in South America, concurrent with a Latin hierarchy and other Eastern Catholic dioceses.
The Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral also called Catholic Maronite Cathedral of Bogotá or Church of Our Lady of Lebanon And alternatively Church of Santa Clara de Assís is the name that receives a temple that belongs to the Catholic Church that is located in the Carrera 8A N ° 98–31 to the north of the city of Bogotá the capital of the South American country of Colombia. The congregation uses the Maronite rite in full communion with the Holy See in Rome.
The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The head of the Maronite Church is Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, who was elected in March 2011 following the resignation of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. The seat of the Maronite Patriarchate is in Bkerke, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. Officially known as the Antiochene Syriac Maronite Church, it is part of Syriac Christianity by liturgy and heritage.
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