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• Maronites — • History of the Maronite nation and Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maronites     Maronites     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Maronites — الموارنة ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ …   Wikipedia

• Maronites in Israel —   Part of a series of articles on the Maronites …   Wikipedia

• Maronites in Cyprus —   Part of a series of articles on the Maronites …   Wikipedia

• Maronites — Maronite Mar o*nite, n.; pl. {Maronites}. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Maronites —    Christian Arabs (q.v.) of Lebanon whose church goes back at least to John Maron, a bishop of the seventh century. The Maronites may have separated over their support of Monotheletism (q.v.), despite its condemnation at the Sixth Ecumenical… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• MARONITES —    a sect of Syrian Christians, numbering 200,000, dwelling on the eastern slopes of Lebanon, where they settled in the 7th century, and who joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1445, while they retain much of their primitive character; they… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Maronites — n. member of a Christian sect that live mainly in Lebanon and in communion with the Roman Catholic Church …   English contemporary dictionary

• RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Maronites — The Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Maronites is a Montreal Eparchy which was canonically by Pope John Paul II on August 27 1982. It is located on Grenet Street, and is directly subjected by the Holy See. The bishop is Joseph Khoury. An East… …   Wikipedia