Blessed Elias Peter Hoayek: Maronite Patriarch and Father of Greater Lebanon
Blessed Elias Peter Hoayek was Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1899 to 1931. He founded the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family, led relief efforts during the First World War famine, and argued at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference for an enlarged Lebanon. He was beatified in 2026.
Beshara Abu-Mrad: Melkite Basilian Monk, Confessor and Missionary of Lebanon Approved for Beatification
Father Beshara Abu-Mrad was a Melkite Basilian monk, confessor and missionary of Lebanon, approved for beatification in 2026. Read his life and what is documented and what is tradition.
Saint Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini: Maronite Monk, Teacher of Saint Charbel and Saint of Kfifan
The life of Saint Nimatullah Al-Hardini, Maronite monk of Kfifan and teacher of Saint Charbel, with his teaching, death, canonization and traditions.
Saint Nohra: Martyr of Smar Jbeil and Patron of Eyesight
The biography of Saint Nohra (Mar Nuhra), Maronite martyr of Lebanon and patron of eyesight, with the medieval evidence, the traditional life, the well at Smar Jbeil and his devotion today.
Blessed Abouna Yaacoub: Lebanese Capuchin, Apostle of Lebanon and Servant of the Sick
The biography of Blessed Abouna Yaacoub (Jacques Haddad), Lebanese Capuchin and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, with documented dates, his beatification in 2008 and his place among Eastern Catholics.
Saint Awtel of Lycia: Hermit and Wonderworker of Kfarsghab
The biography of Saint Awtel of Lycia, a hermit honoured in Maronite and Syriac tradition, with the sources, the disputed century, the traditional stories and the devotion of Kfarsghab.