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Maronite
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Maronites and Lebanon, Sts Maroun and John
Maroun
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Charbeliat - 4 books, by Father Hanna
Skandar
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3 Saints from Lebanon,
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4 Saints of Church, English language
- 3 Saints of Church, French language
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Church, Arabic language
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La Maison Saint-Charbel Suresnes-France
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The Syrian Maronite Saints, Arabic language
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Saint Simon, 384 - 459, Arabic languge
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The Three Massabki Brothers, the Martyrs
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Saint
Thekla - first century
- The
Sainthood - Brother Estephan Nehme
- The
Sainthood - Patriarch Estefan
Duwayhi
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Cross of Lebanon - Father Yaccoub
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Father Antoine Tarabay, Arabic language
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Tne Blessed, Mother Marie Alfonsin, Arabic
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Father Bchara Abou Mrad, Arabic language
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| Maronite history is coloured with the
romance that attaches itself to a struggle of a
determined people. Most nations in their history
often have to make a choice between
confrontation or cooperation and time has shown
us that minorities usually pay for their
continued existence through deformation of
character or out right collaboration.
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Life of
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The
Maronites through perpetual resistance and the
preservation of a precarious independence have
escaped this fate. Not only have they
survived, but they have survived uncowed.
The remarkable nature of their history lies hand
in hand with that of Lebanon, for centuries
being their retreat and fortress. Lebanon and
the Maronites are inseparably attached. The
Maronites have survived the storms of invasion,
occupation, repression and suppression for over
1600 years, preserving their religion,
traditions and state. Through the ages they
refused to bow to their occupiers, at the
height of the Umayyad dynasty the Maronites even
exacted tribute as a price for their good
behaviour, in due course their Christian
neighbours all succumbed to Islam but not
Lebanon, holding a Maronite majority well into
the 20th century, even their Syriac (Christian
Aramaic) language was widely spoken well into
the late 19th century and still survives today
in their liturgy and in some of their villages.
The mountain Maronites remain much as the
earliest travelers found them, not having lost
the virtues for which they have been admired.
The ingenuity and perseverance with which they
have tamed the hillsides is remarkable, striving
for soil, capturing it from rocks laboriously,
foot by foot. Their terraced vines, piled
vertically one above the other, climb to the
snows. Their minute orchards are often wedged in
the faults and crannies of precipices. Such
industry has its reward, the very rocks have
grown fertile. Their long political struggle and
the effort to squeeze a livelihood from the
rocks and precipices have made them independent,
courageous and provident.
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Saint Maroun, born
in the middle of the 4th century was a priest
who latter became a hermit, retiring to a
mountain of Taurus near Antioch. His holiness
and miracles attracted many followers, and drew
attention throughout the empire. St John of
Chrysostom sent him a letter around 405 AD
expressing his great love and respect asking St
Maroun to pray for him.
St Maroun's way was deeply monastic with
emphasis on the spiritual and ascetic aspects of
living. For Saint Maroun, all was connected to
God and God was connected to all. He did not
separate the physical and spiritual world and
actually used the physical world to deepen his
faith and spiritual experience with God. St
Maroun embraced the quiet solitude of the
mountain life. He lived his life in open air
exposed to the forces of nature such as sun,
rain, hail and snow. His extraordinary desire to
come to know Gods presence in all things,
allowed St Maroun to transcend such forces and
discover that intimate union with God. He was
able to free himself from the physical world by
his passion and fervour for prayer and enter
into a mystical relationship of love with God.
This missionary work came to fruition
when in the mountains of Syria, St Maroun was
able to convert a pagan temple into a Christian
Church. This was to be the beginning of the
conversion of Paganism to Christianity in Syria
which would then influence and spread to
Lebanon. After his death in the year 410 AD, his
spirit and teachings lived on through his
disciples.
Link
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Saint Charbel
Selon ses
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- Début du
voyage
- les
efforts de la vie
- Vers le
ciel
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Saint Charbel, Cогласно
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Отец Анна
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Дело, в том, что
жизнь, которую наш
Большой Святой
вел, не была
нормальна в прямом
смысле слова,
потому что
поведение, то, что
он делал и вся
своя жизнь, были
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القدّيـس شربـــل
كــما شهد مـعاصـروه،
إعداد
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أوّل المشوار
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جهود الحياة.
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نحو السماء
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كلمات القديس شربل،
رسائله،
إعداد
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15 رسالة للقديس شربل تلقاها
السيد ريمون ناضر
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Charbel fou de Dieu |
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Шарбэль
сумасшедший Бога |
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شربل... مجنون بالله |
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Saint Hardini Selon ses
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القدّيـس الحرديني
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كتاب عن
القدّيـس نعمةالله
كسّاب
من
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إعداد
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الشاطر اللي بيخلِّص نفسو! |
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أوّل المشوار
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They
are sanctified at Saint Peter Basilica in
Rome.
- Saint
Charbel, 7 -
October 1977
- Saint
Rafca,
10 - June
2001
- Saint Hardini,
16 - May
2004
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Life of
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Charbel, Rafca & Hardini
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Life of Saint
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Born at
Beqaa-Kafra, the highest inhabited place in
Lebanon, near the famous cedars, the young
Joseph Makhlouf grew up with the example of two
of his uncles, who were both hermits, before his eyes.Aged twenty-three, he left home secretly
and entered the monastery of Our Lady of Mayfuq,
taking the name of a Syrian martyr, Charbel, on
his admission. Ordained a priest in 1859, he
took up his residence at the monastery of St
Maroun at Annaya, which is over 3500 feet above
the Mediterranean Sea. Father Charbel lived
in this community for fifteen years, and was a
model monk in the exact sense of the word: it is
recorded that, although he rejoiced to be able
to be of the slightest assistance to his
neighbour, nevertheless it was always a trial to
him to leave his monastery. It was his delight
to pass his time in singing the office in choir,
in working in the fields and in spiritual
reading, and nobody was surprised when
eventually he asked, and received permission to
go and live the life of a hermit. Whilst
Maronite monks are generally engaged in
parochial and pastoral work, provision is
nevertheless made for those chosen souls who
feel called to the eremitical life to pursue
their vocation, generally in groups of two or
three. So began for the new hermit that holy
life which has been led unaltered since the days
of the desert fathers: Perpetual fasting, with
abstinence from meat, fruit and wine; manual
work sanctified by prayer; a mattress stuffed
with leaves and covered with goatskin for a bed
and a block of wood wrapped in a piece of old
habit for a pillow; the interdiction to leave
the hermitage without express permission. St
Charbel placed himself under obedience to the
other hermit, and passed twenty-three years
thus, his various austerities seeming only to
increase the robustness of his health. The only
disturbance to his prayer came in the form of an
ever-increasing stream of visitors drawn by his
reputation for sanctity to seek from him advice,
the promise of prayer or some miracle. Then
one morning, in the middle of December 1898, he
was taken ill without warning, just before the
consecration while celebrating Mass. His
companion helped him to his cell, which he was
never to leave. The paralysis gradually gained
on him and he was anointed. On the night of
Christmas Eve he died, repeating the prayer
which he had been unable to finish at the altar:
"Father of truth, behold Thy Son, who makes
atoning sacrifice unto Thee. Accept the
offering; He died for me that I might have life.
Behold the offering! Accept it..." The words
summed up a life of seventy
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اقوالها: " أنا أتحمل مرضي بصبر لأنه لخلاص نفسي" |
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She was born in
Himlaya, a small village near Bickfaya (Metn),
on June 29, 1832 and was given the name
Petronilla as a reminder that she was a daughter
of St. Peter, on whose feast day she entered the
world.
The Land of Rafca is Lebanon: a
country, torn by four years of war, in search of
peace and tranquillity. The wealthy, big powers
have brought their conflicts there and are
trying to resolve them there. The greatness of
that Land lies in the fact that it has always
been a land of refuge. The Land of Rafca is
the land of the Canaanites and the Phoenicians,
and is mentioned with enthusiasm and wonder more
than sixty times in Holy Scripture.
Like
Therese of Lisieux, Rafca, "The Little Flower of
Lebanon," the "Purple Rose," the "Silent and
Humble Nun", had to tell her life story to her
Mother Superior some months before her death.
Obedience to this request is the reason why
today we are able to know something about this
woman who sought for nothing else but to be
forgotten by men and live only for God. However,
the perfume of this violet immediately spread
after her death and has attracted the attention
of the ecclesiastical authorities. The Cause
for Beatification of the Servant of God, Rafca,
is currently in Rome. It will now be up to the
Holy Father to make the final decision regarding
her virtues and the graces obtained through her
intercession, as to whether he will elevate her
to the ranks of the saints. As we anticipate and
pray for this glorious day, we submit ourselves
to the decision of the Church and patiently
wait.
Rafca's condition grew more
serious. The pain she was enduring in her eyes
became excruciating. Her Superior sent her to
Tripoli for treatment. The treatments were most
painful, too, and she lost a great deal of
blood. However, during all of this time, she
kept repeating, "With your sufferings, O Lord,
for your glory." ...
In 1897, a group of
nuns from the convent of St. Simeon of the Horn
moved to the new convent of St. Joseph Ad-Daher.
Mother Ursula, who was to be the Superior of the
new foundation, asked to have Sister Rafca
included in the group. She wished to have her
example before the eyes of the sisters as they
met with the hardships that are always inherent
in establishing a new foundation. Sister
Rafca spent the last seventeen years of her life
in this convent which was to be the scene of her
greatest sufferings, as well as of her greatest
spiritual joys. Rafca was not to disappoint
Mother Ursula. Her example and assistance proved
invaluable in establishing the new convent. The
novices especially were impressed with the blind
nun's spirit of prayer, humility, and charity.
Many years later, after her death, several of
Rafca's sisters who had either come with her to
the new foundation, or who had been novices
during the seventeen years that she lived at St.
Joseph Ad-Daher and had never forgotten what
they had observed of their sister's life,
testified regarding her holiness... ...Rafca
suffered for seventeen years as a blind
paralytic. Only God knew how much she had to
endure. Her pain was continuous night and day,
yet the other sisters never heard her murmuring
or complaining. She often told them that she
thanked God for her sufferings, "...because I
know that the sickness I have is for the good of
my soul and His glory" and that "the sickness
accepted with patience and thanksgiving purifies
the soul as the fire purifies gold." She was
always quiet and calm, smiling, enduring even
the greatest pain with patience, hoping in the
Lord who promised to increase the glory of His
faithful servants in heaven (Lk. 21:19). By
her patience, she can be compared to the
greatest of the saints.
A few years
before she died, Rafca's Bridegroom granted her
two more favors to show His acceptance of her
offering of herself as a Victim of Love. One
day, mother Ursula noticed that Rafca seemed to
be suffering much more than usual and, touched
by pity for the poor sister, asked her, Is there
anything else you want from this world? Have you
never regretted the loss of your sight? Don't
you sometimes wish you could see this new
convent with all the natural beauties that
surround it--the mountains and rocks, and the
forests?" Sister Rafca answered simply, "I
would like to see just for an hour, Mother--just
to be able to see you." "Only for one hour?"
asked the Superior. "And you would be content to
return to that world of darkness?" "Yes,"
replied the invalid. Mother Ursula shook her
head in wonder and began to leave Rafca's cell.
Suddenly, the paralyzed nun's face broke into a
beautiful smile and she turned her head toward
the door. "Mother," she called, I can see you!"
The Superior turned around quickly and saw
the glow on Rafca's face. That alone was enough
to tell her that her daughter was not teasing,
but she wanted to be certain that the phenomenon
was actual and not just a trick of the mind of
the poor nun who had been blind for so many
years. Desperately trying to conceal her
emotions, she walked back to the bedside.
"If it is as you say," she queried, "tell me
what is lying on the wardrobe." Sister Rafca
turned her face toward the little closet and
answered, "The Bible and the Lives of the
Saints--she could hardly contain her excitement.
But, she reasoned, perhaps Rafca knew that these
were the only two books in her cell as she had
no need for others and the sisters who read to
her usually only used these two titles--knowing
that the invalid loved them best. Another
test would have to be tried and this time,
witnesses were called in the testify to the
miracle. There was a lovely multi-colored
cover on Rafca's bed. Mother Ursula called her
attention to it and began to point to the colors
one by one, asking the newly-sighted nun to call
out the names of the colors as she pointed to
them. The three sisters who assisted the
Superior in the test verified that Sister Rafca
named each color correctly. As she had
requested, though, this new sight lasted only
for one hour during which time she conversed
with Mother Ursula and looked around her cell,
at her siters, and through the window to catch
glimpses of the beauties outside. After this
time, she fell into a peaceful sleep. The Mother
Superior remained at Rafca's side for a short
time and then decided to waken the nun to see if
she would be able to see again...
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من اقواله:
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الشاطر اللي بيخلِّص نفسو!
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Father Hardini was
born Joseph Kassab in the year 1808. His father
was George Kassab and his mother Marium Raad,
daughter of Reverend Yousef Yacoub. He had four
brothers and two sisters, his brothers were
'Assaf, Elias, Tanious, Yacoub and his sisters
Masihieh and Mariam. Joseph's brother Elias
became Father Lesha', the Hermit at Qozhaya, and
later at 'Annaya where he died. Father Charbel
replaced the late Father Lesha' at the hermitage
in 'Annaya. Joseph entered the school of the
monks of St. Anthony at Houb from 1816 to 1822
and then entered the monastery of St. Anthony
Ishaia and became a novice on November 1828.
There he adopted the name Fr. Nimatullah Kassab
Hardini, then he learned to bind books. He
professed his first vows on 14th of November
1830. After he finished his theological studies,
he was ordained a priest under Bishop Seiman
Zwain in the monastery at Kfifan on 25th of
December 1833. He became a member of the
general council three times from 1845 to 1848,
1850 to 1853, 1856 to 1858. As a member of the
council he continued to bind books. He taught in
monastic schools, especially in Kfifan.
Father Nimatullah lived a very holy life. He
was a man of prayer, totally "enraptured by
God". He spent days and nights in meditation,
prayer and adoration of the Eucharist. The
Virgin Mary was his patron and Father Nimatullah
prayed Her Rosary. He was also a very humble,
sensitive and patient person who lived his
monastic vows of "obedience, chastity and
poverty" to perfection. His fellow brother Monks
and the people who knew him called him "The
Saint" while he was still alive. One of his
students was Charbel Makhlouf (St. Charbel),
1853 to 1858. Father Nimatullah Hardini died
in the monastery of Kfifan on 14th December
1858. He passed away after struggling ten days
with a high fever which he contracted from the
cold winter wind characteristic of northern
Lebanon. He was only then fifty years of age. He
died holding a picture of the Virgin Mary, his
last words being: "O Virgin Mary between your
hands I submit my soul." People who were nearby
at the moment of Father Nimatullah's death
witnessed a heavenly light illuminating his room
and an aromatic smell which remained in his room
for a number of days afterwards. When the then
Patriarch, Boulos Massad, heard of Father
Nimatullah's death he commented:
"Congratulations to this monk who knew how to
benefit from his monastic life." Some time
later, the Monks opened Father Nimatullah's tomb
and to their surprise they found his body had
remained incorrupt. He was then removed and
placed in a coffin near the church. After
obtaining due permission from the local
ecclesiastical authority, from 1864 visitors
were allowed to see Father Neemtallah's intact
body until 1927. In that same year the Committee
of Inquiry set up to investigate the Cause of
Father Nimatullah finalised its investigation.
Father Nimatullah's body was then reburied in
the curving wall of his monastic cell, before
being transferred to a little Chapel where
masses are celebrated for visitors. He was
declared Venerable on September 7, 1989. At the
behest of his Beatitude Patriarch Nasrallah
Peter Sfeir, his body was examined and placed in
a new coffin on May 18, 1996. His body was
recently transferred to a new coffin made of
cedar and placed in the Monastery of Kfifan
where people may visit. Several cures have
taken place through his intercession. These
include the raising to life of a Muslim child
whose mother claimed had died, the healing of a
person with a neurological disease, the
restoration of sight to a blind person and the
curing of a person suffering from cancer.
The case of the curing of Andre Najm is of
particular note due to its very recent occurance
and thourough investigation by the international
medical community that followed. Andre Najm,
born on October 29, 1966 enjoyed excellent
health for the first twenty years of his life.
However in June of 1986 he began to experience a
chronic fatigue and nervous breakdowns, unable
to even walk a short distance. Many physicians
in Lebanon and abroad treated him to no avail.
He was suffering from a form of blood cancer and
required frequent blood transfusions.
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3 Saints Libanais de
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Rafca et Hardini , en Francais
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Charbel
Makhlouf
1828 - 1898
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Rafka el-Rayčs
1832 - 1914
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Nimatullah
Kassab
Hardini
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Marina
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الكنيسة السريانيّة المارونيّة الأنطاكيّة،
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القديس سمعان
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أصله، دعوته،
تنسكه
على العامود وصيامه
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معجزات
ونبوات سمعان
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سمعان يحكم بالعدل ويتدخل
في حياة الكنائس
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الرهبنة العمودية وانتشارها
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at the end
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Francis, Abdel Mohti and
Raphael children of Ne’meh Massabki
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Thekla was, according to ancient
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It was at
Iconium that Saint Thekla heard the preaching of
Saint Paul, who kindled the love of virginity in
her heart. She had been promised in marriage to
a young man who was rich and generous, but after
hearing the discourses of the Apostle’s word she
died to all thought of earthly espousals. She
forgot her beauty; she was deaf to her parent’s
threats, and at the first opportunity fled from
a luxurious home and followed the
Apostle.
The rage of
her parents and of her suitor followed hard
after her, and the Roman power did its worst
against the virgin whom Christ had chosen for
Himself. She was stripped and placed in the
public theater, but her innocence shrouded her
like a garment. Then the lions were let loose
against her; they fell crouching at her feet and
licked them like a house pet. Even fire could
not harm her.
She preached the Gospel and
converted many to the faith before withdrawing
to a solitary place to lead a life of
asceticism. She lived as a hermitess there for
the next seventy-two years and died there.
Her monastic foundation is
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- Brother
Estephan Nehme
- Life
of this Sainthood
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حياته هي
الاعجــوبة الكبرى
تحوله من انسان فلاح
الى مكرّم على طريق التطويب
من أقواله
: "
الرب
يراني "
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- Biography
Brother
Estephan Nehme, a Maronite monk,
is on the way to Sainthood. Rome, on December 17, 2007, honored in
the Catholic Church
He was born in Lehfed in 1889. He entered
religious life in 1905. He professed his
vows in 1907 He was known for his
creativity, silence, prayer, exercising divine
& human virtues He died in the
monastery of Kfifane in 1938
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The Monastery of Saint CYPRIAN
and JUSTINE, Kfifane - Lebanon |
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- The Monastery of Saint CYPRIAN and
JUSTINE, Kfifane -
Lebanon |
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The old building of the monastery
had existed even before the seventh century A.D.
and there is a dating of the monastery as early
as 717 A.D. It was named after the Two martyrs
Cypian and Justine when it was converted in 1230
into a patriarchal see in the days of Maronite
Patriarch Daniel of Shamat.
In 1766 the Lebanese Maronite Order
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The monastery became a major
seminary for teaching philosophy, theology,
literature and law. among its graduates were a
large number of priests, including Father
Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardiny or al-Hardeeny
(Saint Nimatullah), Father Charbel Makhlouf
(Saint Charbel), Father Emmanuel Gemayel and
Father Nimatullah al-Kafry... Studying was
resumed in it in 1891.
In 1897, superiors added another
boarding school.
In 1899, the novitiate was erected
in the monastery and lasted until 1950. Then it
was erected again in 1977 and has remained there
ever since.
The monastery currently contains
the tombs of Saint Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini
and Righteous Brother Estephan
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NOTICE HISTORIQUE SUR LE MONASTERE
SAINTS CYPRIEN ET JUSTINE,
KFIFANE |
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| L’histoire de ce monastčre
remonte, en ce qui concerne son ancien bâtiment,
ŕ une époque antérieure au VIIe sičcle ap. J.-C.
Il est mentionné dans une note historique de
l’année 717. Il a été dédie aux deux martyrs
Cyprien et Justine, lorsqu’il a été transformé
en sičge patriarcal du temps du patriarche
maronite Daniel de Chamat, en 1230.
L’Ordre Libanais Maronite l’a reçu
en 1766. Son premier supérieur fut désigné en
1775.
Il a été désigne comme séminaire
monastique supérieur pour l’enseignement de la
philosophie, de la théologie, des lettres et du
droit, de 1808 a 1874. De nombreux prętres ont
été parmi ses anciens. Parmi les plus
célčbres : Le pčre Nimatullah Kassab
al-Hardini, le pčre Charbel Makhlouf ( Saint
Charbel), le pčre Emmanuel Gemayel et le pčre
Nimatullah al-Kafri… On y reprit l’enseignement
en 1891.
En 1897, les Supérieurs ont
associé ŕ ce séminaire, un autre ŕ régime
d’étudiants internes et
externes.
En 1899, le monastčre de Kfifane
est transformé en un monastčre pour le noviciat,
jusqu'ŕ l’année 1950.
Il a été de nouveau désigné comme
centre de noviciat, en 1977 et jusqu'ŕ nos
jours.
Ce monastčre renferme
actuellement la tombe du Bienheureux P.
Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini et la dépouille du
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known as “The Saint Patriarch,” “The Saint of
the Patriarchs,” “The Father of Maronite
History,” “Pillar of the Maronite Church,” “The
Second Chrysostom,” “Splendor of the Maronite
Nation,” “The Glory of Lebanon and the
Maronites.” |
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Life of The Sainthood -
Patriarch Estefan
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Early
life
El
Douaihy was born at a time when the Maronites
were suffering badly from Ottoman oppression.
However, the Ottoman empire was not benefiting
from the expansion of world commerce, and so the
Ottoman rulers, and the local Muslim and Druze
chiefs who ruled with Ottoman consent (something
which could be withdrawn) enriched themselves by
taxing the Maronite peasantry. At the age of
sixteen, recognized as a brilliant young talent,
he was sent to the Maronite College (Seminary)
in Rome. [4]
He studied there for nine years, being cured of
a serious condition which almost led to
blindness. El Douaihy believed that the
intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was
responsible for his cure. While in Italy, he
traveled as widely as possible seeking
manuscripts dealing with Maronite history and
liturgy. When he returned to Lebanon at the age
of 25, he continued his research.
Expanded
description
As
bishop, and later as Patriarch, he undertook
reforms of the Maronite Church and its monks.
Douaihy was elected Patriarch in 1670, when he
was only 40 years old. This is universally seen
as an acknowledgment of his personal moral
qualities, his extraordinary learning, and his
keen appreciation of the issues the Maronites
faced. He paid particular attention to the
traditions of the Maronite Church, and favoured
a de-Latinisation of rites and ceremonies. He
was hounded - there is no better word - by
Ottoman authorities, who resented his principled
appeals for justice for the Maronites. In
particular, they were frustrated by his
resistance to their oppressive taxation
policies: policies which saw the abandonment of
many villages by peasants unable to pay their
taxes. It was also a period when Maronites and,
in particular, their clergy, were liable to
sudden arrest, assault and murder. The Patriarch
was not exempt, being assaulted himself. He was
accordingly obliged to move from place to place.
Yet, he maintained his writing, and without him,
we would be very much poorer in our knowledge of
Maronite matters.
Douaihy
traveled throughout the Maronite world,
including Cyprus and Aleppo, which were even
more important centers of the Maronite faith
then, although they are still important now.
This is partly because Aleppo was at that time a
focus for the international overland trade, the
only trade where the Ottoman empire had any
opening, given the European domination of the
sea routes.
Death and
afterward
Almost
immediately after his death, he was considered
by many Maronites of Lebanon, but particularly
in North Lebanon and in Zgharta, Ehden to have
been a saint. The Congregation of the Causes of
Saints issued the decree of nulla osta for his
beatification cause on December 5, 1996. The
Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites
proceeded with the diocesan investigation and,
at its culmination, submitted the results to
congregation, which validated the proceedings
with a decree dated on November 8, 2002. The
Positio for the beatification cause was
published in 2005 and it received the approval
of the Historical Commission of the Congregation
of the Causes of Saints on January 24, 2006. On
July 3, 2008, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
authorised the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints to draw up a decree on the heroic virtues
of Patriarch El Douaihy who will be referred to
as Venerable from the moment of publication of
the decree. Some of the miracles attributed to
him have been collected by M.S. El Douaihy.[5]
Religious, philosophical
and/or political views
Douaihy
strongly believed in the social importance of
education and science (being an amateur
scientist himself). Given the importance of
learning, and his experience in how far European
education exceeded Oriental, he pursued a
successful policy of sending as many Maronites
to Rome as possible, to become capable of
returning to the villages in which the Maronite
peasantry lived, and raising the level of
general education. Douaihy established a college
in Aleppo, which became the base for the
development of renewed monastic orders. As with
his educational policy, his monastic renewal was
a success, and still bears fruit
today.
Some of
Douaihy's historical theories (e.g. of the
perpetual orthodoxy of the Maronites) is
controversial. But as a whole, with one or two
exceptions, his general account of Maronite
history is accepted as trustworthy. It is
certainly the most satisfying general account of
Maronite realities into the eighteenth
century.
Works
Of
the many works of Patriarch El Douaihy, the vast
bulk are still available only in Arabic. A
selection has been translated into French by
Youakim Moubarac in Pentalogie
antiochenne/domaine Maronite[6].
That selection focusses upon his discussion of
the rites and cermonies of the Maronite Church.
However, his major work is a general history
book, Tarikh Al Azminah, available in
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The Cross of Lebanon
- The Venerable Father Yacoub
El-Haddad
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1875 - 1954 |
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- The Father
Yaccoub El-Haddad, a Lebanese Capuchin, the
"St. Vincent" of Lebanon, was known as and
popularly called "Aboona Yacoub"
- Father Yacoub.
- "L'Apotre de la Croix, le Vénérable Pére Jacques,
Capucin "
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veut ętre un saint, doit chasser de son cśur
tout ce qui n'est pas Dieu",
Abouna Yacoub
- "Si
tu as travaillé pour le ciel et tu as mis ta
confiance en Dieu , tout ce qui reste te sera
accordé", Abouna
Yacoub
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"O Croix du Seigneur, O
Bien Aimée
du Coeur " - Father Yaccoub
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Father Yaccoub was
born in Ghazir, son of Boutros and Shams Haddad,
in February 1st, 1875, the third of five
brothers, receiving the baptismal name of
Khalil, Studied in Mzar (st louis) school Ghazir
and then in Hekmeh beirut. In August of
1893 he was accepted in the Order of the
Franciscan Capuchin Friars. He was ordained a
Priest in November of 1901. In 1930 he founded the
Lebanese Cross Nuns. He established also
hospitals and schools leading the road to
saintety, in the poverty and obediance in the
service of the Lord. Died in June
1954.
“Following in the footprints of
Saint Francis of Assisi, Father Yaccoub lived
his holiness heroically, practicing all the
dimensions of charity in the face of all the
physical and moral miseries, giving all his
time, energy, talent, and pastoral dynamism,
even at the expense of his health, in order to
care for, heal, feed, and "to put bodies and
souls back on their feet again." In order to
continue his work, he founded the Congregation
of the Franciscans of the Cross of Lebanon.”
(Father Mansour Labaky).
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The
Franciscan Sisters of the Cross of Lebanon were
founded in 1930. In 1932 Sister Maria Zougheib
became the first Mother General. They became
Sisters of Pontifical Right in 1976 and their
Constitutions were definitively confirmed in
1983. Their apostolic works include hospital
assistance for Priests who are impeded from
continuing their ministry for reasons of health
or age. They also care for the disabled, blind,
crippled, mentally handicapped, the old, and
people abandoned by their families. The care for
and the education of the orphans occurs in
places where there are no other educational
facilities.
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A brief
history of their foundations
includes:
- In 1957:
a school in Hrajel, 200 meters high, with an
objective of consolidating the presence of
families in their villages.
- In 1976:
in Rome they opened a Convent and a welcoming
house.
- In 1977:
they founded an institution for disabled girls
from Ijdabra.
- In 1977:
they settled in Bscele, in a house that was
given to them by the parents of a Religious
Sister, where today they have an
apostolate.
- In 1989:
foundation for old people at Shlifa, in the
Muslim and Christian region of Baalbeck
In
1992: foundation for the disabled and a mission
to sustain their families at Halba.
- In 1995:
a house for the mission at Bteddine El-Lekch. In
1995: a house for old people, constructed and
offered by a Jordanian Priest, Fr. Youssef
Naamat, from Eheiss in Jordan.
- In 1999:
a house for missions, offered by Bishop Philippe
Noujeim from Kfertay in Lebanon.
- In 2003:
Saint Francis High School in Ghazir, close to
the birth house of Father Giacomo, that the
Congregation has recently renovated.
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do secretarial and management services in other
places:
- The Apostolic Nunciature in
Lebanon, since 1943.
- The Apostolic Nunciature in
Syria, since 1974.
- The Hospital of Our Lady of
Zghorta in Lebanon, since 1975.
- The House for Old Priests in
Maadi, in Egypt, since 1988.
- The girls boarding school of
the Franciscans in Jerusalem, since 1993.
- The Convent Saint Lucy, in
Alexandria in Egypt, since 1996
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Statistics:
- Religious Sisters: 244.
- Workers who assist the Sisters:
2,010.
- Sick and old Priests under
their care: 80.
- Sick and handicapped under
their care: 1,530.
- Old people: 700.
- Social houses: 170.
- Branch that deals with general
health: 300.
- Students: 3,200.
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ابونا أنطون
طربيه
من
الرهبنة المريمية
المارونية، 1911-1998 |
- Life
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بونا الحبيس،
تنسك
في دير مار أليشاع القديم
مدّة
32 سنة.
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كان يتالم في كل عضو من
جسده النحيل.
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صلاته
الوحيدة هي ترداد المزمور
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من اقواله :
"دخلت الرهبنة فقرا وخرجت منها
غنيا"
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الطوباوية الأم
ماري
ألفونسين
كليمة العذراءة،
زهرة مقدسية،
1843-1927 |
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Life of the Mother Marie Alfonsin
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اسمها سلطانة
غطاس
من القدس
- فلسطين
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ظهورات
سلطانة الوردية
للأم ماري الفونسين
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بايحاء من
العذراء
تؤسس
رهبانية
الوردية
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مذكرات الام ماري الفونسين
كاتمة سر العذراء
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رهبانية
الوردية المقدسة في سطور
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حفل
تطويب
الزهرة
المقدسية، الناصرة،
2009
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الاب بشارة ابو مراد
المخلصي،
قديس آخر من لبنان،
1930-1853 |
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