Blessed Estephan El Douaihy: Maronite Patriarch, Historian and Father of Maronite History
Blessed Estephan El Douaihy was Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1670 to 1704, a historian and liturgical scholar from Ehden. He was beatified on August 2, 2024.
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.
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.
Saints Sergius and Bacchus: Roman Officers, Martyrs and Patrons of the Syrian Frontier
Two Roman officers remembered as companions in faith and martyrs, whose shrine at Resafa in Syria became a great pilgrimage centre, told from the ancient sources.
Saint Artemios of Antioch: Roman Commander, Great Martyr and Healer
The Roman commander of Egypt beheaded under Julian the Apostate, whose complicated record and healing shrine in Constantinople are told from the ancient sources.
Saint John Maron: The First Patriarch of the Maronite Church
An Exhaustive Portrait of the Saint Who Forged a Nation and a Rite in the Fires of the Seventh Century
Saint John Maron (c. 575–707) is not merely one saint among many. He is the living cornerstone of the entire Maronite Catholic Church, the man who, by the grace of God and at the cost of immense personal sacrifice, transformed a scattered monastic community into an autonomous patriarchal Church in full communion with Rome. Recognized as the first Maronite Patriarch (685–707), defender of Chalcedonian orthodoxy against imperial Monothelitism, organiser of armed resistance to invasion, and author of the earliest known Maronite liturgical and theological texts, he is venerated as the spiritual father of an entire people. His feast is celebrated on March 2 in the Maronite calendar and on February 21 in some local traditions. This comprehensive study draws upon the most ancient Syriac, Arabic, and Greek sources, the 10th-century Chronicle of Patriarch Stephen Douaihy (the “Father of Maronite History”), the 12th-century Vita by Patriarch Jeremiah of Dmalsa, Vatican archival documents, and modern critical scholarship to present the fullest portrait available of the man whom Maronites still call “Mar Abba Yuhanna Maroun – “Our Father Saint John Maron.”
Who Are the Maronite Saints? Exploring the Rich Heritage of Holiness in the Maronite Church
Discover the holy men and women of the Maronite Catholic Church — Saint Maron, Saint Charbel, Saint Rafqa, and more. Learn their stories of faith and miracles.