Maronite Christianity

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Christian tradition Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

Maronite Christianity is an Eastern Catholic tradition rooted in the Levant, particularly Lebanon, that follows the Maronite liturgical rite while remaining in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Maronite Church 13
Maronites 3
Maronite Catholic 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian tradition ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris particular church ⓘ
associatedCountry Cyprus ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar
canonicalStatus Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church
christology Chalcedonian ⓘ
communionSince early centuries of Christianity ⓘ
communionWith Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
devotionalPractice veneration of Saint Charbel Makhlouf ⓘ
veneration of Saint Maron ⓘ
veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Zahleh ⓘ
governanceForm patriarchal church ⓘ
governingBody Maronite Synod of Bishops ⓘ
headOfChurch Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East ⓘ
surface form: Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
inCommunionWith Pope ⓘ
liturgicalFamily Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: West Syriac Rite
liturgicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
liturgicalRite Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: Maronite Rite
majorCenter Bkerké ⓘ
originAssociatedWith Saint Maron ⓘ
originPeriod 4th century ⓘ
originRegion Orontes River ⓘ
surface form: Orontes Valley

Syria ⓘ
patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ⓘ
patriarchalSee Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
surface form: Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
patriarchTitle Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East ⓘ
primaryCountryOfFaithful Lebanon ⓘ
primaryEthnoReligiousCommunity Maronite Christianity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maronites
primaryLiturgicalBook Maronite Missal ⓘ
primaryRegion Lebanon ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
significantDiaspora Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
spiritualEmphasis asceticism ⓘ
hermitic tradition ⓘ
monastic spirituality ⓘ
spiritualHeritage Syriac monasticism ⓘ
theologicalTradition Eastern Catholic theology ⓘ
usesCodeOfCanons Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Saint George Maronite Cathedral → denomination → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Catholic
Lebanese people → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronites
Mount Lebanon → hasEthnicGroup → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronites
Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Eastern Christianity → includes → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Syriac Rite → isUsedBy → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Syriac → liturgicalLanguageOf → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Maronite Christianity → primaryEthnoReligiousCommunity → Maronite Christianity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronites
Danny Thomas → religion → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Catholic
Lebanese American → religion → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
Lebanese people → religion → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
Mount Lebanon → religion → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
Tony Shalhoub → religion → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church → sharesTraditionWith → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Estrangela script → usedBy → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Peshitta → usedBy → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Syriac liturgical year → usedBy → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Syriac → usedIn → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Jacob of Serugh → veneratedIn → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church
Saint Joseph → veneratedIn → Maronite Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maronite Church