Mariamite Maronite Order

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Mariamite Maronite Order
Maronite Catholic Church

The Mariamite Maronite Order (

Estephan Douaihy
(1670–1704).

Its name comes from the Arabic Halabiyyah (

Arabic: الرهبنة الحلبية), city of Aleppo monks. It is one of the three Lebanese congregations founded by Saint Anthony the Great
. The name is in reference to the origin of the founders and first members of the order. On 9 April 1969, the order was named, in Latin, Ordo Maronita Beatae Mariae Virginis.

The second order is the Baladites (or Baladiyyah), country monks, the antonym of Halabiyyah. This order resulted from a split with the Aleppians. Pope Clement XIV sanctioned this separation in 1770.

The third Lebanese monastic order is the

(1704–1705).

See also

  • Monastery of
    Qozhaya

Maronite religious institutes

  • Baladites
  • Antonins
  • Kreimists or Lebanese missionaries

Melkite religious institutes

References

  1. ^ "Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.)". GCatholic. Retrieved December 31, 2021.

External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Eastern Monasticism". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.