Raï, had earlier refused, along with other priests, to obey an order by the Israeli military to evacuate the Christian ...

‘It’s the spirit of Maronites to survive and be strong against any kind of adversity and dangerous living.’ A representation of the image of Our Lady in the Qannubine Monastery, which is a fresco of ...

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...

Today, Maronites in Lebanon face challenges and threats within and beyond far more dangerous than ever before. The community’s history is worth reviewing. The term “Political Maronitism” entered ...