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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s
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Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon analyzes the relations between the Maronite notables and the Church in the context of socio-economic transformations in Mount Lebanon in the period 1736-1840. Special ...
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Created on 30 November -0001
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s
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Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon analyzes the relations between the Maronite notables and the Church in the context of socio-economic transformations in Mount Lebanon in the period 1736-1840. Special ...
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Created on 01 May 2017
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John Lewis Burckhardt
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... described in detail the geography, landscape, people, socioeconomic situation, Christians especially Maronites and their clergy and even the political situation dominant at that period of time.
His ...
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Created on 30 November -0001
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De Khazen Overview
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... le temps, ils sont maronites et n'ont jamais change d'appartenance religieuse au gre des ambitions politiques. Ils ont plutot profite de leur confession pour obtenir plusieurs avantages, Le moindre etant ...
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Created on 30 November -0001
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Cheikh Wadih el Khazen
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Profile: Minister Of tourism: (2005) Occupation: Executive committee member ( 1967- 1996) : National Bloc Party Vice-president : Central Maronite council. (1987-1999) Politician and columnist. Lecturer ...
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Created on 30 November -0001
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Melto D’Moronoyo: Cardinal Patriarch Rai Aussie visit will unite <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Eparchy
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... hope and strengthen their faith, sending a message to Lebanese Catholics across the world.
This week, the Australian Maronite Catholic community welcomed our Patriarch, His Beatitude and Eminence, Patriarch ...
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Created on 24 September 2023
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> leader to visit Australia
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by cathnews.com -- The Maronite Eparchy of Australia has announced the head of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, will visit Australia in September. The Patriarch of Antioch and All ...
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Created on 28 July 2023
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Faith, fortitude and the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> identity
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... Maronite. Having grown up in this bubble of mine, stepping out of my Maronite world and into the real world was a stark change—one I hadn’t expected, despite all the warnings I received. Going into university, ...
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Created on 24 July 2023
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‘Lebanon is sick, and officials do not want to treat its illness,’ says <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch
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... double killing near Qurnat as Sawda BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi reiterated his call for an “international conference for Lebanon after Lebanese politicians fled from dialogue due to being ...
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Created on 06 July 2023
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Frangieh candidate for Lebanon’s presidency hails talks with <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch after surprise visit to Bkerke
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... former President Michel Aoun’s term ended at the end of October. Franjieh made a surprise visit to Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi at his headquarters in Bkerke, and made a statement for the ...
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Created on 19 April 2023
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Lebanon Head of <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church calls for deportation of Syrian refugees; urges international assistance
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... -- The Head of Lebanon's Maronite Church has called for the deportation of Syrian refugees, urging the international community's help in carrying it out. In his recent Easter service message, Patriarch Bechara ...
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Created on 13 April 2023
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch, Christian deputies attend spiritual retreat on Lebanon’s presidential elections
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By Najia Houssari - arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: A spiritual retreat on Wednesday was attended by Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi and Christian deputies in a bid to resolve a six-month stalemate ...
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Created on 06 April 2023
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch asks for international help for Lebanon - full statement
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by indcatholicnews.com -- Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and the head of the Maronite Church, gave an overview of the situation in Lebanon on Tuesday evening, ...
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Created on 11 January 2023
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch meets with UK politicians and Lebanese delegations
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by indcatholicnews.com -- On his first official visit to the UK, His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, has taken part in a series ...
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Created on 11 January 2023
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi urges Lebanese politicians to stop impeding process of electing president
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By Najia Houssari -- BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi has called on Lebanese politicians to help play their part in the election of a new president following 10 failed attempts. He appealed ...
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Created on 27 December 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch: The Lebanese state must control every weapon
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Patriarch Mar Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi condemned the assassination of the Irish soldier within the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), stressing that the time has come for the state to ...
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Created on 19 December 2022
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What can the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> rite offer the Eucharistic Revival? Here’s what two Maronite bishops say
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By Joe Bukuras --- catholicnewsagency.com -- What can the Maronite Catholic Church offer to aid the U.S. bishops’ Eucharistic Revival that is currently underway in the United States? The two Maronite ...
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Created on 25 November 2022
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Patriarch Cardinal Rai: "To block the presidential elections aims to overthrow the republic and exclude the Christian and <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> rol
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros Rahi, warned on Sunday during Sunday Mass service against any attempt to disrupt the presidential elections because it excludes Christians from power. "To block ...
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Created on 26 September 2022
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Three U.S. Cardinals Issue Statement in Support of <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Moussa el Hage
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... (3) U.S. Cardinals who lead the Roman Catholic Archdioceses of Washington, D.C., New York and Galveston-Houston join with their Middle Eastern counterparts in a statement of support for the Maronite Bishops ...
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Created on 01 August 2022
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What happened with Archbishop al-Hajj is not only an insult, but an assault and an insult to <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarchate and me personally
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khazen.org stands with his Beatitude Maronite Cardinal Patriarch Bechara el Rai and the Maronite church from the insult of the unlawful detention of Archbishop Moussa al-Hajj. What has happened is an ...
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Created on 25 July 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic officials denounce 12-hour detention of archbishop
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Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, greets Maronite Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land at Diman, the patriarchal summer residence in north Lebanon July 20, 2022. ...
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Created on 22 July 2022
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Melto D’Moronyo: A budding <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> saint
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by catholicweekly.com.au -- Dr Margaret Ghosn mshf -- Elias Boutros Howayek, born 4 December 1843 in Helta, North Lebanon, went on to become a priest (1870-1899), bishop (1889-1899) and Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 08 July 2022
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Cardinal Bechara el Rai urged to form government
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NNA - The "Caritas Lebanon Association" celebrated today its foundation golden jubilee in a Mass service presided over by Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, held at the "Basilica of ...
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Created on 27 June 2022
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Lebanon's <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Urges Government Formation, Presidential Electio
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by aawsat.com -- Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai called for the formation of a new government, asserting his rejection of a "caretaker government," "constitutional ...
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Created on 20 June 2022
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MP Cheikh Farid Haykal el Khazen from Bkerke stressed for a defense strategy as outline by the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch
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MP Farid Haykal el Khazen stressed after his visit to his Eminence the Cardinal Maronite Partriarch Bechara el Rai the national constants related to Lebanon's unity, as well as the project and proposals ...
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Created on 19 May 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops express joy for Pope Francis' visit to Lebanon
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By Deborah Castellano Lubov -- vaticannews.com -- The Maronite Bishops of Lebanon have "expressed their joy at the news of Pope Francis' visit to Lebanon," reported Fides on Wednesday. Following an ...
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Created on 08 April 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Rahi to Lebanese officials: Are you conscious of what you’re doing?
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source NNA -- Maronite Patriarch indicated during his Sunday homily in Bkerke, “the right to express an opinion is born with the human being,” warning against violating it, and transferring the country ...
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Created on 28 March 2022
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President El-Sisi Receives the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
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by presidency -- Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received Cardinal Mar Béchara Boutros Raï, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. The meeting was attended by Lebanon’s Ambassador in ...
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Created on 21 March 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Cardinal Mar Bechara Rai: Pope's visit will keep country's 'hope ali
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... come as "political or economic savior," says the Maronite Catholic patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Rai, but "as one man close to the people." "He knows that sometimes the human person needs someone who is close, ...
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Created on 04 March 2022
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Urges IMF Deal, Elections on Time
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by english.aawsat.com -- Lebanon’s Cardinal Patriarch Mar Bechara Rai called on Wednesday for the government to agree a plan with the International Monetary Fund to save the country from financial collapse ...
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Created on 10 February 2022
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Cardinal His Eminence Patriarch Mar Bechara el Rai seeks implementation of Taif Agreement
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by NAJIA HOUSSARI -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi has reiterated the necessity of implementing the Taif Agreement, international resolutions and the removal of ...
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Created on 27 January 2022
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Lebanon's <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch says judges must be left to wor
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... into last year's blast at Beirut port. The Maronite patriarch also said it was unacceptable for anyone to resort to threats or violence. In Lebanon's worst street violence in over a decade, seven people ...
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Created on 18 October 2021
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Why <span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s love praying with Mary -- The Rosary and Maronite Faith -
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By Fr Danny Nouh -- Devotion to Our Lady and praying her Rosary are non-negotiable aspects of the Maronite way In a year that most of us have often wished away thanks to the pandemic and its impacts, ...
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Created on 03 October 2021
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Threatened by Hezbollah Supporters After Calling for Lebanese Neutrality in Region
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By courtney Mares -- ncregister.com -- BEIRUT, LEBANON — The leader of the Maronite Catholic Church received threats from Hezbollah supporters this week after calling for an end to missile launches ...
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Created on 14 August 2021
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Explain Lebanon’s ‘Message’ of Religious Freedom and the Struggles of Lebanese Christians
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... including Christians, and detailed some of the threats and challenges to that coexistence. Bishop Mansour went to Lebanon earlier this month for the synod of bishops’ meeting with the head of the Maronite ...
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Created on 18 July 2021
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Lebanon’s <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch urges Aoun to seek reconciliation
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... the country’s political deadlock. “The tragic state of the country and the people does not justify any delay in the forming of (new) government,” Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai said at his Sunday ...
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Created on 19 January 2021
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s launch Christmas Appeal to aid tragic suffering of Lebanon
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by catholicweekly.com.au -- The Maronite Eparchy of Australia and Caritas Lebanon have launched a “Lebanese Family Appeal” to address massive poverty and social dislocation in the nation in the aftermath ...
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Created on 26 December 2020
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Accuses Politicians of 'Killing The Country's Peopl
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“The political authority has killed its people economically, financially and in terms of living and development, and has thrown them into a state of loss and anger, despair and revolution, emigration ...
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Created on 01 November 2020
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Archbishop Appeals for International Aid for Lebanon
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... It killed 200 people, injured more than 6,500 and left 300,000 people homeless. The tragedy comes as Lebanon’s economy is collapsing, pushing the population further into poverty. Maronite Catholic Archbishop ...
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Created on 31 October 2020
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Amid Deadly Blast in Beirut, Lebanese Turn to <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic Saint for Healing
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... miraculous healing. In a country where 60 percent of the population is Muslim and nearly thirty-five percent are Christian, most of whom are Maronite Catholics, St. Charbel is a powerful saint to pray ...
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Created on 07 August 2020
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Top Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> cleric slams Hezbollah for taking part in regional wars
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by arabnews.com -- CAIRO: Lebanon’s leading Christian cleric has ramped up his condemnation of Hezbollah saying it has always sidelined the Lebanese state at times of war. The head of the Lebanese Maronite ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch reiterates criticism of Hezbollah, confirms shift
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by yourmiddleeast.com -- Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai stepped up criticism of the Iran-backed radical Shia group Hezbollah and its political allies without directly naming them, ...
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Created on 12 July 2020
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Brisbane <span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s plead for prayers for Lebanon, ‘really, that’s the main thing that we need’
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by catholicleader.com.au -- Peter Bugden -- MARONITE Catholics of Brisbane are appealing for prayers for Lebanon, a nation in crisis. “We would like people to join us in prayers. Really, that’s the ...
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Created on 17 May 2020
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church to launch food and social assistance plan
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The plan involves various social or socio-political associations and organisations. Lebanon’s Maronite Church is already helping 33,456 people at a cost of 71.585 billion Lebanese pounds (about US.2 ...
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Created on 08 May 2020
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch and parliament speaker warns against sacking central bank governor
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... or anyone, I am defending Lebanon. And if the central bank of Lebanon does not remain, then everyone knows that depositors' funds are gone forever."
The politically influential Maronite Catholic Cardinal ...
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Created on 27 April 2020
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<span class="highlight">MARONITE</span> PRIEST FLIES WITH BLESSED SACRAMENT OVER LEBANON
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BEIRUT (ChurchMilitant.com) - Jules Gomes -- A Maronite Catholic priest has taken to the skies with the Blessed Sacrament to "bless and protect" his homeland as the coronavirus spreads across Lebanon. ...
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Created on 15 March 2020
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Archbishop: True Leader is One who Resists Naturalization of Refugees
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by naharnet -- Maronite Archbishop of Beirut Boulos Abdul Sater on Sunday noted that “a true leader is one who resists the naturalization (of refugees) and one who chooses to leave rather than disappoint ...
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Created on 09 February 2020
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Lebanon & The <span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s Bids Farewell to our Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
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... gathered on Thursday for the funeral of the former Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, who pushed for Syrian forces to leave Lebanon after its civil war. Ten black-clad priests with purple scarves ...
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Created on 16 May 2019
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Former <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, 98, dies - Videos & Pictures
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khazen.org offers its deepest condolences to the Maronite Church. Today is a great loss for Lebanon, the Maronites around the world and the Catholic Church. Rest in Peace!
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Created on 12 May 2019
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St. Sharbel <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic Church opens in Michigan
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by lebaneseexaminer.com -- Named after a saint known for his miracles around the world, St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church announced its opening of a 29,000-square-foot church in Clinton Township, ...
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Created on 17 September 2018
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Asks the World to Encourage Syrian Refugees to Return Home
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Paris -by Michel Abu Najm aawsat.com -- -- Maronite Patriarch Bshara Al-Rai will return to Lebanon on Thursday following an official visit to France, where he met with President Emmanuel Macron and ...
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Created on 31 May 2018
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Pope tells <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> students to be light for region's peopl
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by ansamed.info - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday received staff and students from the Pontifical Maronite College here in Rome, telling them that these years of training were the foundation stone ...
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Created on 17 February 2018
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Washington DC
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Maronite Church in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Washington DC -Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception #khazen
Harrissa History ...
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Created on 02 January 2018
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic patriarch visits Utah, discusses refugees
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By Ashley Stilson - ksl.com SALT LAKE CITY — The head of the Maronite Catholic Church visited Salt Lake City on Friday, speaking with interfaith leaders about difficulties his country faces amid ...
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Created on 22 October 2017
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Berri, Hizbullah, Hariri Reportedly Oppose Moving <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Seats from Muslim-Majority Districts
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... three in the South, four in Mount Lebanon, three in the North and two in Beirut.
MP George Adwan's electoral proposal involves moving three Maronite seats from Muslim-majority districts but sources close ...
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Created on 28 May 2017
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch says Hezbollah divided Lebanese
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khazen.org supports the stands of our Patriarch His beatitude Mar Bisharah Al Rai. The Daily Star, BEIRUT:
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai criticized Hezbollah's intervention in
the war raging in ...
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Created on 11 March 2017
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch deplores conversions for sake of divorce
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catholicculture.org - In an address to judges of ecclesiastical courts, the head of the
Maronite Catholic Church deplored the conversion of Lebanese Maronites
to other Christian communities or to ...
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Created on 07 January 2017
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Cross Meaning
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(De Khazen Overview)
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By seiyaku.com The Maronite Cross is also referred to as an Antiochene Cross.
Antioch, an ancient city in present day Turkey, was converted to
Christianity through the ministry of the apostle Paul ...
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Created on 14 December 2016
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BEIRUT: Comments made by President Michel Aoun during a trip to Bkirki Thursday led to a war of words with Speaker Nabih Berri, while <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Beshara Rai’s remarks drew the ire of the Higher ...
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By Joseph Haboush from Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT:
Comments made by President Michel Aoun during a trip to Bkirki Thursday
led to a war of words with Speaker Nabih Berri, while Maronite
Patriarch ...
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Created on 18 November 2016
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Lebanon letting foreign states decide on president: <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch
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... BEIRUT:
The failure of Lebanese politicians to elect a president is effectively
allowing foreign powers to make the decision for them, Maronite
Patriarch Beshara Rai said Sunday. “The ...
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Created on 27 September 2016
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Lebanon’s <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> League Calls for Return of Syrian Refugees
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by Asharq Al-Awsat - Beirut-A seminar organized by Lebanon’s Maronite League is expected
to adopt several recommendations that encourage the return of Syrian
refugees to their country. The officials ...
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Created on 14 September 2016
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir turns 96
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Created on 19 May 2016
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Les <span class="highlight">maronite</span>s, une communauté fidèle à son attachement pour la France
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Les maronites célèbrent chaque 9 février à travers le monde la fête de leur St. Patron, Maroun, un moine chrétien syriaque ayant vécu à Brad, en Syrie, au début du Ve siècle. Cette fête, inscrite ...
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Created on 12 February 2016
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Report: Al-Rahi's Call for <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Meeting Not Heeded ...
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by Naharnet Newsdesk
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi had recently attempted to hold a meeting for the main Maronite leaders in Lebanon, revealed the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Sunday.
It ...
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Created on 27 December 2015
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Lebanon's <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> leader urges factions to choose a presiden
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Lebanon's Maronite patriarch on Saturday urged the political factions to elect a new president, effectively throwing his weight behind a power-sharing plan that would make an ally of Syria' ...
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Created on 06 December 2015
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> bishops to lawmakers: elect president or Lebanon may collapse
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Catholic World News -
The Council of Maronite Bishops warned that Lebanon may soon collapse unless the nation’s parliament elects a new president.
Since 1943, Lebanon has typically had a Maronite ...
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Created on 11 August 2015
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Hope Dialogue Resolves Presidential Crisis, Urge Backing for the State
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The Council of Maronite bishops welcomed on Friday the dialogue among the country's different factions, hoping that it would lead to the election of a new president, and urged the Lebanese to back the ...
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Created on 21 February 2015
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Lebanon <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Rai to leave hospital next week
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai is in good shape and will leave the hospital next week, his spokesman announced Saturday, a day after he underwent surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage.
“His ...
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Created on 24 January 2015
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Lebanon <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch denounces media over church court criticism
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Beirut: Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai lashed out at “privacy invading” media Friday, calling on journalists to abide by standards of objectivity, after a TV program earlier this week reported ...
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Created on 09 January 2015
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Hezbollah says relations with <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> church 'strong
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BEIRUT: Hezbollah and the Maronite church continue to foster strong relations, the party's politburo chief Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed said Friday.
“The relationship between us is [very strong], ...
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Created on 26 December 2014
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Lebanon <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch prays for end to presidential election crisis
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai asked God during a Christmas Day mass attended by the country’s key Christian rivals to guide politicians towards electing of a new president.
“How much we ...
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Created on 25 December 2014
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> bishops hail Army, condemn slaying of soldiers
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BEIRUT: The Council of Maronite Bishops deplored the latest killing of Lebanese troops by jihadis in east Lebanon Wednesday, calling on rival political groups to rally around the Army and security ...
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Created on 03 December 2014
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Suleiman Awarded Top Vatican Medal, Urges <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Parties to Shun 'Personal Interests
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Former president Michel Suleiman on Monday called on the Maronite political parties to put aside “personal interests” and put an end to the drawn-out presidential vacuum.
“I reiterate my call for ...
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Created on 25 November 2014
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Synod Delegate: Family Issues Facing Catholics Are Not All Universal
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... all of those issues are the same.
Selim and Rita El Khoury, spouses who are coordinators of the Pastoral Office of Marriage and Family in the Maronite Patriarchate in Lebanon, had the opportunity ...
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Created on 18 October 2014
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Une escapade à Bécharré, refuge des <span class="highlight">maronite</span>s persécutés après la chute de Byzance
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Située au Liban-Nord, la localité de Bécharré culmine entre 1 400 et 1 650 mètres d'altitude. La ville compte près de 30 000 habitants et jouit d'un climat montagnard sec et doux.
Le nom de Bécharré ...
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Created on 17 July 2014
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishop Synod Slams 'Unacceptable' Behavior by MP
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The Maronite bishops synod reiterated on Thursday Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's stance regarding the ongoing presidential vacuum, considering that the delay in electing a new head of state violates ...
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Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch visits Holly Land, first since 1948
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Lebanese Maronite patriarch visits Holly Land, first since 1948 to welcome Pope Francis
Cardinal Patriarch Rai said Monday that his journey is celebrating the roots of Christianity ...
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78.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Institutions: Thwarting Presidential Elections Violates National Pact
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Maronite institutions warned on Wednesday lawmakers against the failure to elect a new president and the consequent vacuum in the country's top post. They said: “Obstructing presidential elections sessions ...
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79.
Milestones In The History Of The Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Order (Part 2 of 3)
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In this second part of the historical study done by Father Karam Rizk on Maronites in Lebanon, we will explore the organizational period of the Maronite Church, the period of difficulties between ...
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80.
Milestones In The History Of The Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Order (Part 3 of 3)
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In this third and last part of the historical study done by Father Karam Rizk on Maronites in Lebanon, we will explore the period of transformation between 1832 ad 1913, the period of openness and ...
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81.
Milestones In The History Of The Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Order (Part 1 of 3)
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The Maronite Church witnessed 8 important milestones throughout its history. Father Karam Rizk, Director of the Institute of History at the University of the Holy Spirit, Kaslik, Lebanon and Co-Founder ...
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82.
The Khazens and the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church: The Role of the Khazens In Electing The Maronite Patriarch
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(History part II)
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Maronite Patriarch Summer Residence in Diman
Before the 18th century, the Maronite Patriarchate in Mount Lebanon was subjected to the rule of Tripoli's governors, a reality which forced the ...
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83.
The Khazens and the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church:The Church Under The Patronage of the Khazens
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The Khazens and the Maronite Church
The Khazen family have shown an unmatched affection like no other ever since they moved to Keserwan in the middle of the 16th century. They took charge of the ...
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84.
Rai, <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> leaders want election on time
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai agreed with three rival Maronite political leaders Friday on the need to hold the presidential election on time.
Rai chaired a meeting at the patriarchate ...
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85.
The Khazens and the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church
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Throughout the next few days, we will be publishing a series of posts on the Khazens and the Maronite Church. Ever since they moved to Keserwan in the 16th century, the Khazen family and its Cheikhs ...
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Created on 29 March 2014
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86.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Call for End of Assault on Suleiman's Dignit
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Maronite bishops regretted on Wednesday Hizbullah's campaign against President Michel Suleiman and condemned the "assault on his dignity" as the symbol of the nation's unity.
Following ...
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87.
Married man becomes <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic priest in US
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Manal Akiki greets her husband Wissam George Akiki after his ordination as a priest in the the Maronite Catholic Church at St. Raymond Cathedral in St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014.
ST. ...
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88.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s redeem land from Shiites in Hadath
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BEIRUT - The Maronite League redeemed a huge tract land in the town of Hadath near Baabda after lengthy negotiations with the main buyers from the Shiite sect.
The land, around 80,000 m² in size, ...
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89.
St Anthony <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic Church, Palestine
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This is a recent picture of the St. Anthony Catholic Maronite Church in Ajami Neighborhood in Yafa (Occupied Palestine).
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90.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops: Parliament, Tripoli Have Become Arenas for Political Parties to Settle their Scores
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The Maronite Bishops Council lamented on Wednesday the ongoing political deadlock in Lebanon given the failure to form a new government and convene parliament and given the unrest in the northern city ...
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91.
Rahi Inaugurates 1st <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Church in Eastern Europe
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Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi inaugurated on Sunday the first Maronite church in eastern Europe, calling for an end to the confessional conflict in Lebanon and rejecting the political hegemony of one sect ...
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92.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch calls for taking pride in nation’s diversity
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DIMAN, Lebanon: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called Tuesday on Levant Christians to safeguard their existence through building a diverse society with Muslims. Rai made the comments while receiving ...
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93.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Wakfs of the Khazen family
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Maronite Wakfs of the Khazen family
Despite being very wealthy, The Khazen family never built a castle but instead built an impressive number of 27 covenants and schools, among which:
- St Antoine ...
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94.
The <span class="highlight">Maronite</span>s and The Khazens
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We cannot talk about the Druzes without mentioning the Jumblatt family, the same goes for the Maronites and the Khazen family. In fact, the Maronite population in Lebanon was concentrated ...
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95.
The sword of the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Prince
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(De Khazen Overview)
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... was entitled to pass to his sons and daughters. Ever since the Khazen were known as Princes of the Maronites and Mount Lebanon. The correspondences were signed by King Louis himself, Mazarin, Pont-Chartrain, ...
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Letter from <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch of Antioch Youhanna Boutros el Helou to Cheikh Khattar Khazen el Khazen about wakf Bkerke
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Letter from Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Youhanna Boutros el Helou to Cheikh Khattar Khazen el Khazen 5 October 1815. After an issue between a priest in Bkerke and Cheikh Khattar khazen el Khazen, the ...
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97.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch in Syria
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros al-Rai arrived in Damascus on Saturday to attend the enthronement of Syria's Greek Orthodox leader, Yuhanna X Yazigi, Syrian state television said. The Lebanese ...
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98.
Origins of the "Prince of <span class="highlight">Maronite</span>" Titl
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(History part II)
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... of French consul. The Khazen were successful in spreading the message of the Maronites in Lebanon. They played a unique role in supporting the Clergy and strengthen the relationship of the Maronites with ...
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99.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Call for Dialogue
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Maronite Bishops urged on Wednesday Lebanese politicians to cooperate with President Michel Suleiman's call for dialogue, saying the cabinet issue should be resolved within the constitutional framework. Following ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Reject 1960s Electoral Law
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The Maronite bishops council hoped on Friday that officials would set as a priority reaching an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law, stressing that the elections should be held on time. They ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch against arming Syrian opposition
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai on Wednesday denounced the armament of the Syrian opposition. “Some countries [are] sending weapons to support the Syrian revolution, which could make everybody’s ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> patriarch warns Syrian conflict could spread to Lebanon
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Antioch, Turkey, Aug 19, 2012 / 05:04 pm (CNA).- Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai of Antioch, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, has warned that the armed conflict in Syria is affecting ...
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Endorsement of the Catholic <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Foundatetion of Wisconsin
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(Khazen Blog)
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Endorsement of the Catholic-Maronite Foundation, Malek Khazen - Support to Tommy Thompson!
1-Budget expertise
The Obama policies are out of control the national debt has spiked ...
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104.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> bishops slam government, warn Lebanon might collapse
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DIMAN, Lebanon: The Council of Maronite Bishops launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government Wednesday, warning that the deteriorating economic situation and lack of decision-making ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Urge Adherence to Constitutional Practices at Parliament
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The Maronite Bishops council noted on Wednesday that the recent dispute at parliament has created division in Lebanon “that is unwanted by all sides.” It urged in a statement after its monthly meeting ...
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106.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops Back Baabda Declaration as Means to Stability
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The Maronite bishops synod backed on Saturday the Baabda Declaration made following the national dialogue held last week, saying it guarantees security stability in Lebanon. Following a six-day synod ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops: National Dialogue Must Be Resumed without Preconditions
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The Maronite bishops council urged on Wednesday officials to set Lebanon’s interests as a priority above all else, “completely rejecting” attempts to drag the country towards “a new war through ...
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108.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Priest kidnapped in Baalbeck for baptizing a Muslim girl
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Unknown individuals on Monday kidnapped the pastor of Baalbek’s Our Lady of Good Help Church, Father Walid Gharious, aka Father Elias Maroun Gharious, on the Baalbek road near the intersection leading ...
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109.
Mazloum Denies Postponement of <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Meeting
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Bishop Samir Mazloum has denied that a conference of Maronite MPs that was set to be held in Bkirki next month was postponed to avoid a meeting between Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Lebanese Forces ...
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Created on 20 March 2012
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110.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops on New History Book
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The Maronite bishops council condemned on Wednesday the ongoing dispute over the new official history book that is being prepared to be taught at schools, saying that it should serve the country’s ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> agreement on election law draws fire
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By Hussein Dakroub -
BEIRUT: A radically new election law endorsed by Maronite leaders that would allow each sect to choose its own representatives during the 2013 parliamentary elections has come ...
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112.
Patriarch Kirill to meet with <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived yesterday in Lebanon and is expected to visit the Maronite Patriarch as well as visit the Antiochian Orthodox Church and the Lebanese preident among ...
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<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Leaders Meet in Bkirki
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After coming back from his visit to France, Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi initiated on Friday the second round of discussions between rival Maronite leaders and lawmakers in Bkerke.
The top four ...
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114.
Lebanon's <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch Rai meets French President Nicolas Sarkoz
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... worldwide request less confrontation and more dialogue and a better economy.
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai headed to France on Saturday on his first official visit which is expected ...
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115.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarchate and Lassa events
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khazen.org completely rejects the actions of some outlaws at Lassa Lebanese village. These criminals and thugs used violence against civilians and Religious prelates to scare them away of the Maronite ...
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Created on 23 August 2011
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116.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch hosts talks on Lebanon's futur
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... of the common good “for the betterment of the country, society and government” were the goals laid out by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rahi at a meeting with 34 Maronite political leaders, from both the ...
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Created on 04 June 2011
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117.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch expresses hope for Lebanon
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... when he takes political stands; This is not a political position!
Please join the Facebook Group
Khazen.org offer its complete support to our Maronite Patriarch, our father, the Hope of Lebanon. ...
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118.
Election of the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriach history
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(Khazen Blog)
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... Al Raai. The khazen family pray for the new Patriarch to continue, in strengthening and lead he Maronite Catholic Nation all around the World. It is a day of extreme hope, unity and happiness for Khazen.org! Rai, ...
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Created on 05 March 2011
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119.
Le Syriaque: pour les <span class="highlight">maronite</span>s, pour tout le monde- by Soha Kerbage
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Est-il possible de connaître et de savoir une langue considerée morte telle que la langue Syriaque? Est-il possible d’apprendre cette langue, langue de nos ancêtres, langue des maronites?
Nombreux ...
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120.
The <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishop sent coffee in 1792 to the El Khazen family
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(Documents)
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The Maronite Bishop sent coffee in 1792 to the El Khazen family. In the 18th and 19th centuries, coffee was scarce and expensive unlike nowadays where it can be found in many households. Please click "Read ...
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121.
The <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> clergy
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SOURCE: Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon by Richard Van Leewen, Chapter 4: Section I
The Maronite clergy
The Maronites originally had few contacts with the Ottoman authorities, or, if such contacts ...
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122.
NOTE SUR LES SAVANTS <span class="highlight">MARONITE</span>S
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(Documents)
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NOTE SUR LES SAVANTS MARONITES
17 Janvier 1618.
Le 17 janvier 1618, le Roi de la ville de Paris pour le bien de son peuple, a voulu prendre
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123.
LES <span class="highlight">MARONITE</span>S & LES KHAZEN
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(De Khazen Overview)
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LES MARONITES
On ne peut parler des druzes sans evoquer les Joumblatt, de meme pour les maronites sans s'etendre sur les Khazen. En effet, la population maronite du Liban etait concentree principalement ...
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124.
نشأة العائلة الخازنية ودورها في الحياة السياسية (1598 ـ 1918)
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(News)
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... France, Librairie Académique, Perrin.
51-Toufic TOUMA, Paysans et Institutions Féodales chez les Druzes et les Maronites du Liban de XII Siècle jusqu´au 1914, deux tomes, publications de l´Université ...
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125.
Lebanon’s FIBA World Cup journey is about much more than basketball
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... Maronite supporters, the “Beirut Derby” catapulted the sport’s popularity and made the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL) one of the best in Asia. Although team rosters were always multi-confessional, sectarian ...
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Created on 26 August 2023
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126.
Bkirki dissatisfied with French policy towards Lebanon
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by naharnet -- The Maronite church’s dismay over the French policy towards Lebanon was clearly reflected in the sermon of Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday, when he criticized the questions addressed ...
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Created on 24 August 2023
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127.
Lebanon's top Christian cleric Cardinal Patriarch Al Rai calls for state control over weapon
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(News)
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by The National News -- The head of Lebanon's Maronite Church called for state control over weapons on Sunday, days after a deadly skirmish between residents of a Christian village and members of the ...
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128.
US, France, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries urge Lebanon to elect a president
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... make-up centres on a fragile confessional power-sharing scheme in which the presidency is traditionally held by a Maronite Christian, while the office of prime minister is held by a Sunni Muslim. Several ...
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129.
Deputy Lebanon central bank governors' threat to collectively resign 'dangerous', deputy premier say
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... must be a Maronite Catholic, while the four deputies - a Shi'ite Muslim, a Sunni Muslim, a Druze and an Armenian Catholic - must have the approval of the political chiefs representing their respective sects. ...
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Created on 08 July 2023
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130.
Calls for calm in Lebanon as Bsharri killings raise fears of sectarian violence
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... any escalation of the situation and to control any interaction with its supportive environment, which is located close to Bsharri.
Dennieh has a Sunni majority, while Bsharri area has a Maronite majority. ...
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Created on 03 July 2023
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131.
Lebanon’s Presidential Troubles Have Reached the International Level, Again
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... of the major Lebanese political actors, meeting with the leaders of each of the leading political parties and independent reformist camp, Maronite patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Parliamentary Speaker ...
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Created on 29 June 2023
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132.
Lebanon’s MPs to try again to elect Aoun’s successor
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... Suleiman Frangieh and Jihad Azour officially announced their candidacy for the presidency two days prior to the 12th scheduled parliamentary voting session. The Maronite Patriarchate has declared that ...
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Created on 13 June 2023
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133.
Former minister Sejaan Azzi dies aged 71 - He was a Lebanese hero
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... According to local media, Maronite patriarch Bechara al-Rai visited Azzi's bedside Thursday morning at the intensive care unit of the Rizk-LAU Medical Center in Ashrafieh. Azzi, who was close to the Maronite ...
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Created on 13 May 2023
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134.
Arab League move fails to allay Lebanese concerns over Syrian refugee ‘burden’
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... fear that the decision will do little to encourage Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return to their homeland. Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi said during Sunday’s Mass that the growing number of ...
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Created on 08 May 2023
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135.
Christians in Lebanon and blows dealt by allying with the West
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... accuse Macron of backing Prime Minister Najib Mikati and "Political Shiism". Some Christians in Lebanon (Maronites) have always viewed the alliance with France, in particular, and the West, in general, ...
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Created on 25 April 2023
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136.
Compounding crises dampen Easter joy for Lebanon’s Christian community
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... presidential vacuum is another issue, while tensions remain between Christian parties. Christian lawmakers were scheduled to respond to the invitation of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi for ...
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137.
Qatari envoy explores views of Lebanese officials on next president
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... Habib, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi and head of the Kataeb Party MP Sami Gemayel. He later met Hussein Khalil, the political adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General ...
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Created on 04 April 2023
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138.
Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi on Palm Sunday: Politicians are not lords
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By Najia houssari - arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Politicians need to commit to serving love, justice, and the good of humanity, Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi said on Sunday. His appeal, ...
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139.
Lebanon time zones: Partial clock change causes confusion
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... time remains unchanged, Muslims will be able to break their fast an hour earlier, at around 18:00 instead of 19:00, the time the sun sets. But Lebanon's influential Christian Maronite Church said it would ...
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Created on 27 March 2023
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140.
Salameh testifies before European judicial delegation in Lebanon
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... by proxy. Mansouri, however, is Shiite, with the central bank governor position reserved for the Maronite community. Meanwhile, there was turmoil in the financial market as banks continued their strike ...
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Explainer: Four contenders vying to become Lebanon's next president  ...
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... crisis. Since Aoun's departure, the Lebanese parliament has convened — and failed — more than 10 times to elect a new president. The position under Lebanon's sectarian system is held by a Maronite Christian, ...
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Created on 10 March 2023
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Lebanese religious leader slams politicians’ abuse of ‘power, influence’ over election of new president
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By Najla Houssari -- arabnews.com -- In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi said the Arab and international communities condemned their “corruption,” adding that parliament ...
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Created on 13 February 2023
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143.
AL-RAHI CALLS ON BITAR TO CONTINUE HIS WORK, SEEK INT'L HEL
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday threw his support behind the embattled Beirut port blast investigator, Judge Tarek Bitar, calling on him to “continue his work” despite the recusal ...
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Created on 30 January 2023
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Lebanon church leader calls for repatriation of 1.5 million Syrian refugees
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi, strongly criticized the nature of the presidential election sessions, describing the scene in Parliament as a "continuing farce." "The farce ...
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145.
She was blind, but now she sees, after prayers before St. Charbel's reli
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(News)
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... she told CNA,"You don’t see anything. You just don’t." “What hurt the most is that I had little ones, and I had to depend on them,” she told CNA in a Sept. 30 interview at St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church ...
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Created on 01 January 2023
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146.
Stray bullets hit jets at Beirut airport as Lebanese welcome new year
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... In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi reiterated his stance on key issues. He accused Lebanese politicians of stalling the investigation into the Beirut port explosion for more ...
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Created on 01 January 2023
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147.
Could Lebanon's presidency be within reach for army commander Joseph Aoun
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... Christian parties – the FPM and the Lebanese Forces – to guarantee that he has Christian legitimacy. This is required since the presidency is always held by a Maronite Christian. But the reality is that ...
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Created on 22 December 2022
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148.
Lebanese Patriarch Cardinal slams MPs for failing nation’s people, world
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By Najia Houssari -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: The head of the Maronite Church in Lebanon on Sunday launched a withering attack on the country’s political leaders accusing them of failing the Lebanese ...
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Created on 12 December 2022
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149.
Mikati faces row over Lebanese Cabinet meeting on Monday
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi criticizes inability of parliament to elect president after 8 sessions
By Najia Houssari -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati ...
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150.
'Parliament cannot continue to deliberately delay and manipulate the election,' Rai warn
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BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai warned on Sunday from Rome that Parliament "cannot continue to deliberately delay and manipulate the election of a head of state." Rai's remarks come as the ...
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Created on 28 November 2022
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Seeking compromise candidate, Lebanese politician Bassil leaves door ajar for presidency bid & Lebanon fail to elect president 6th time
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... it is my total right to be the candidate and promote myself but I see that the existence of Lebanon is much more important than this and it's now the existence of Lebanon that is at stake," Bassil, a Maronite ...
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Created on 18 November 2022
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152.
President of the Republic is the Master of the Republic: Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, affirmed, on Sunday, that the President of the Republic is the Master of the Republic and supervises the proper functioning of its institutions. ...
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Created on 07 November 2022
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153.
Taif Agreement is best solution to Lebanon crisis, Saudi Arabia stands by us: Mikati
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... that implements the necessary reforms leading to economic and financial recovery.” Priest Boulos Matar, representing the Maronite Patriarchate, said: “Christians and Muslims constitute one nation in the ...
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Created on 06 November 2022
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154.
Top US official says Lebanon will face more pain before a new government forms
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... for Aoun, former commander of Lebanon's army during the 1975-1990 civil war, to be selected president in 2016. Lebanon's sectarian system reserves the presidency for a Maronite Christian, the prime minister' ...
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Created on 05 November 2022
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155.
Lebanon's parliament session on government's fate will not lead to new preside
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... confessional system, the presidency is always held by a Maronite Christian, the parliamentary speaker a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim. Now those backdoor discussions are once again ...
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Lebanon’s outgoing president leaves behind power vacuum, slams judiciary, political opponents (video)
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... beginning of a “confrontation with the corrupt regime and the usurpers of the constitution and power.”
In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi warned against disrupting the harmony ...
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157.
.Lebanon parliament fails to elect new president for fourth time
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... a Maronite Christian. Aoun was elected in 2016 after a more than two-year vacancy at the presidential palace, as lawmakers made 45 failed attempts to name a candidate. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been ...
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How the economic crisis is transforming the Christian population in Lebanon
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... condition. The end of October marks the expiration of the Lebanese president’s six-year term. The presidency has been held by a Maronite Catholic since 1943. With no new candidate elected yet, a constitutional ...
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Lebanon's MPs fail for a third time to elect next presiden
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... — it took 46 sessions and 29 months for parliament to elect him in 2016. In the country's confessional system, the presidency is always reserved for a Maronite Christian. If parliament fails to decide on ...
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RAHI: WE DON'T WANT A "SETTLEMENTS PRESIDEN
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NNA - "We do not want a settlements president," said Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rahi, this Sunday from Bkerki, adding that "the Maronite Patriarchate does not distribute its support ...
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Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Rahi: "We hope that Lebanon will come out of this shameful stage
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, hoped Saturday for having a new president of the republic, a new government and restoring the beauty and good reputation of Lebanon. His words ...
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Crisis-hit Lebanese parliament fails to elect president
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... power-sharing system, the country’s 128-member parliament votes for a president, who must be a Maronite Christian. That's a challenging threshold, and in the context of the country's struggling economy and ...
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Cardinal denounces migrant ‘boats of death’ launching from Lebanon
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... and Palestinians. Two days later, it sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tartus, Syria, about 30 miles north of Tripoli. “Tragedies have become the daily bread of the Lebanese,'” Rai, Maronite patriarch, ...
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Lebanese lawmakers to convene to elect country's presiden
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... system, the country's 128-member parliament votes for a president, who must be a Maronite Christian. The six-year term of incumbent President Michel Aoun — a retired military general and an ally of Iran-backed ...
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AL-RAHI calls for forming a government and elect a President before October 31st
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, presided this morning over the annual Mass service devoted to the souls of the martyrs of the Lebanese resistance, held at "Our Lady of Ilige" ...
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166.
Lebanon: Rahi Rejects Obstruction of the Constitution, Disabling the Nation
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by english.aawsat.com -- Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al Rahi criticized Monday the efforts of some political parties to obstruct the implementation of Lebanon’s constitution, the formation ...
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Rai: Manipulation with the presidency is manipulation with the republic itself
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by lbcgroup.tv -- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed on Sunday that putting forward a presidential vacancy is fundamentally unacceptable, stressing that the election of a new president within the ...
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Nuncio says what he’ll miss most is ‘meetings with the Lebanese’
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... Michel Aoun’s six-year mandate expires Oct. 31. Under Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the presidential post is reserved for a Maronite Catholic. “We really pray and hope that the politicians will do their ...
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Hezbollah's cautious approach to the Lebanese presidential electio
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... Berri as Speaker. Rather than naming a presidential candidate, Hezbollah appears to be waiting and seeing if a consensus emerges around a given figure. The problem is that two of its Maronite Christian ...
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Rahi talks about “neutrality” in Sunday sermon and next President with Vision
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by english.sawtbeirut.com -- In his Sunday sermon from Diman, Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi said that Lebanon cannot live in accordance with his message if it does not maintain active ...
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171.
BASSIL; FIRST & FOREMOST CHARACTERISTIC OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC IS REPRESENTATION
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... would lose much of this power,” deemed Bassil. His words came following his visit to Al-Diman this afternoon, where he held a two-hour closed meeting with Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, ...
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172.
Rahi: Shameful Delay in Cabinet Formation Causing Lebanon's Deca
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Asharq Al-Awsat -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Sunday it is "shameful" that Lebanese politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic ...
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Cardinal Patriarch Bechara el Rai speaks of two crimes: Beirut explosion, stalled investigation
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By Doreen Abi Raad • Catholic News Service • BEIRUT (CNS) — The 2020 Beirut port blast was the “crime of the century,” said Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch. In a solemn Mass commemorating ...
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Rahi: Fears of a huge fall if forces fail to elect a new President of the Republic
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presided this morning over Sunday Mass service in Diman. In his religious homily, the Patriarch underlined that “dropping the new government ...
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Analysis: Three initiatives for post-Aoun Lebanon
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... for Christians nonetheless, who abhor the thought of surrendering the presidency - which has traditionally been held by a Maronite Christian - to a Sunni Muslim.
None of the mainstream Christian parties ...
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176.
Politically motivated Lebanese Government’s Detention of Catholic Archbishop Moussa el Hajj
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Khazen.org condemns the lebanese government unjust detention of the Maronite Catholic Archbishop Mousa El-Hajj at the Naqoura border crossing as an apparent intimidation from Hezbollah and its allies ...
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AL-RAHI CALLS ON VTO SECURE NEW GOVERNMENT FORMATION, PRESIDENT ELECTION
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presided this morning over Sunday Mass at the summer patriarchal edifice in Diman. In his religious sermon, the Patriarch urged all thoose ...
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Rahi Urges Formation of All-Party Gov’t, President to ‘Pull Lebanon from Rock Bottom’
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... bottom. "The government shall be inclusive, inspire confidence through its national approach, and seriously address some outstanding issues," Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi said at ...
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179.
Lebanon’s Mikati named PM, urges action to secure IMF deal
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... Michel Aoun, the Maronite Christian head of state. But with splits running deep among Lebanon’s ruling elite, it is widely believed Mikati will struggle to form a government, a process that can drag on ...
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Lebanese PM Mikati likely to be nominated again amid deep crisis -sources
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... is reserved for a Sunni Muslim, the presidency for a Maronite Christian and the parliament speaker for a Shi’a. Unlike many Lebanese leaders, Mikati does not hail from a traditional political dynasty but ...
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Elections in Lebanon: In Tripoli, anger with no outlet
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By alaraby -- The parliamentary election on 15 May in Tripoli was very open. In that huge port city with its 80% Sunni Muslim population and its Greek Orthodox, Maronite and Alawite minorities, three ...
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182.
Catholic priests martyred under Ottoman Empire beatified in Lebanon
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... choices we face each day — knowing that this is how we live life to the full.’”
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï attended the beatification ceremony, as did the Syriac Catholic Patriarch ...
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183.
Inside Australia’s diverse and longstanding Lebanese community
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... and Christian denominations like Protestants, Greek Orthodox, Maronites and Melkites accounting for around 48 percent. Compared to other prominent minorities, such as Afghan or Sudanese, Australia’s Lebanese ...
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Lebanon Has an Opposition Movement Again - Berri reelected for 7th time & Bou Saab elected as deputy house speaker
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... as well. Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, the leader of the Maronite Church, blames Hezbollah’s militia for undermining stability, repelling foreign investments, and killing economic growth. The way ...
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Who are the major winners and losers? Lebanon Parliamentary 2022 Elections
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... of many Lebanese who were roused by the secular approach he advocates. Ghosn scored the second-highest number of Maronite votes in a constituency dominated by traditional parties and prominent political ...
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186.
Hezbollah Loses Majority Bloc in Lebanon Election, Results Show
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... of President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian bloc and an ally of Hezbollah, was among those that lost seats. The new Parliament will be tasked with replacing Mr. Aoun, 88, as president when his term ...
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Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies likely to lose parliamentary majority (digest news
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... area, where Maronite Christians and Druze predominate, some reformist candidates will take seats from the traditional parties, she said. “I think that the reformists and the independents have done a good ...
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188.
Parliamentary Elections Pivotal for Troubled Lebanon
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... and soaring fees for subscriptions to private generator providers have become out of reach for many households and businesses.
Opportunity for Real Change
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite ...
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189.
Al-Rahi lauds expat voting process, urges heavy turnout
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by naharnet.com -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday lauded “the role of the government, the concerned ministers and the employees of embassies and diplomatic missions for the proper management” ...
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190.
Saudi daily slams 'Iranian-bearded' Hariri, accuses him of 'political Shiitizatio
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... voters in Lebanon (1,081,520 million), followed by Shia, the Maronites and then other sects. On Monday, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian, warned of the danger of boycotting the ...
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AL-RAHI MARKING THE OUTSET OF THE MARIAN MONTH FROM HARISSA: TRAGEDY OF TRIPOLI'S SINKING BOAT SHOULD NOT BE A 'PASSING INCIDENT', SACRIFICING PEOPLE'S DEPOSITS NOT AN 'INEVITABLE F
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presided this morning over the feast Mass of "Our Lady of Lebanon" and the start of the Marian month in the Basilica of "Our Lady of Lebanon" ...
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Patriarch Raï's appeal to the Lebanese: if you really love your country, participate en masse in the election
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... and erase its historical identity, they must participate massively in the legislative elections on 16 of May. The appeal comes from Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, ...
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Vatican Committee Visits Beirut to Complete Preparations for Pope's Visi
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... to chair a ministerial committee to prepare for the Pope’s visit. The Maronite Patriarchate appointed Archbishop Michel Aoun to represent the Catholic Church in the committee.
Asharq Al-Awsat learned ...
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194.
The Ponzi Scheme That Broke Lebanon
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... used the Global Magnitsky Act to sanction the leading Maronite Christian politician Gebran Bassil, ostensibly for corruption but really because he is an ally of Hezbollah. David Schenker, who served as ...
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Lebanese celebrate Easter amid election campaign
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... Easter. He took part in the Easter Mass, which was led by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai in Bkerke. Aoun said he hoped for “the resurrection” of Lebanon. “We are living through a difficult tragedy ...
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Long live the difference: this Easter I can mark our faith’s triumph over racism
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By Sarah Ayoub -- smh.com.au -- Almost 15 years ago, while sitting in a meeting among some church volunteers, a white Roman Catholic priest opined that the Maronites were taking over the Catholic Church ...
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Saudi ambassador hits ground running on return to Beirut
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... Akl of the Unitarian Druze community Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna. He concluded his tour by meeting the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi in Bkerke.
On Friday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah held ...
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Lebanon seen not enacting IMF reforms before election
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Speaking after meeting with President Michel Aoun, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai linked the IMF deal to the return of the Gulf envoys. “This all feeds into the same place because they always ...
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Bassil last grip to power
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... been a Maronite Christian since the early 2000s. Hachem would flip this if his appointment goes through. It remains unclear who the next Lebanese envoy to the US will be after longtime Aoun supporter Gaby ...
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Lebanese president says pope could visit in June
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... nine Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant leaders from Lebanon to the Vatican in July for a day of prayer and reflection on Lebanon and its religious, political, social and economic challenges. Aoun, a Maronite ...
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Lebanese Political Forces Fear Low Turnout in Upcoming Elections
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... Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, and other prominent figures, have been repeatedly calling for a wide participation in the elections, as a first step towards addressing ...
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Will renewables bring light to a particularly dark situation in Lebanon?
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... the ratio of parliamentary representatives must be half Muslim and half Christian. The factional, sectarian political system is structured so that the President of Lebanon must be a Maronite Christian, ...
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Lebanese president sparks Christian anger by defending Hezbollah at the Vatican
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... that Hezbollah’s weapons had “no influence in any way” on the security situation of the Lebanese and that “resisting the (Israeli) occupation” was not terrorism. His words led Maronite Patriarch Bechara ...
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Bishops from Europe, U.S., Canada back call for conference on Lebanon
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... right to free and fair elections; and help establish “good governance, honesty, transparency and accountability in the service of Lebanon’s people.” Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, repeatedly ...
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Patriarch Accuses Lebanese Leaders of Destroying the Country
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... the country and impoverish its population despite the appeals launched by the whole world,” he declared, recalling that the pope himself has repeatedly made similar appeals.
The head of the Maronite ...
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Jury out on Bahaa Hariri as Lebanon prepares for polls
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by lbcgroup.tv -- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai met on Monday with Lebanese businessman Bahaa Hariri at his residence at the Maronite Institute in Rome. Discussions focused on the situation in Lebanon, ...
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Lebanese religious take on roles as relief, social workers
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... real presence of Jesus Christ, without helping the people. Otherwise, we are just a functionary of the church," Maronite Father Hani Tawk told Catholic News Service. "We are missionary workers, because ...
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Lebanon: Int’l Pressure to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Time
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... of the diaspora voting.”
In this context, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai reiterated the importance of respecting the constitutional deadlines and the necessity of holding the parliamentary and presidential ...
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RAHI URGES POLITICIANS TO STOP DAMAGING REPUTATION OF CENTRAL BANK
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presided over Sunday Mass in Bkirki this morning, whereby he emphasized in his homily: "It is not acceptable to allow practices that undermine ...
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Lebanese Patriarch Warns Against Calls for Postponing Vote
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... Maronite Christian patriarch said on Sunday. Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rai said he was surprised by three times-former prime minister Saad al-Hariri's decision and said he hoped Sunnis would still take ...
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Lebanon's Michel Aoun is on his way out but where does that leave the son-in-law
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... of this. Almost immediately, however, most key political figures declined to attend. This included Mr Hariri, the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, the Maronite Christian politician Suleiman Franjieh, a leading ...
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RAHI PRESIDES OVER SUNDAY MASS IN BKIRKI
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presided over Sunday Mass at "Our Lady’s Church" in the patriarchal edifice in Bkirki. In his sermon, Patriarch Rahi urged the Lebanese ...
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PM: 'Hezbollah, for God's sake, have mercy on Lebano
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... the more significant as his Maronite Christian Party, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), is part of the "March 8 Alliance" with Hezbollah. Furthermore, the Lebanese are increasingly worried about Hezbollah' ...
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AL-RAHI CALLS FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi, considered in the New Year's mass that "Lebanon is sick with the loss of its identity, and like any patient who complains of losing his ...
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Lebanon's Cardinal His Eminence Patrairch Rai Issues Elections Ple
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by aawsat.com -- Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rai, stressed the importance of the country holding legislative elections next year as he delivered his Christmas sermon on Saturday. Al-Rai also ...
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Political rift between Hezbollah and political rivals widens in Lebanon
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... work amid a widening rift between Hezbollah and the rest of the political establishment. Aoun, an ally of Hezbollah, made his remarks after Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi attacked “those who ...
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Patriach Cardinal Lebanon’s Bechara Al Rai says cabinet should reconvene
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by reuters -- AMMAN: Lebanon's top Christian cleric, His eminence Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, on Sunday accused unidentified politicians of using their power to obstruct a resumption ...
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Archbishop Sater: signs of hope amid Lebanese crisis
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... disaster. However, according to Maronite Archbishop of Beirut Paul Abdel Sater, not all is lost and there still is hope. "It is a disaster, which has yet to be fully grasped" Speaking to Vatican News in ...
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Lebanese protesters block roads over economic meltdown
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... Gulf states,” he said.
Aoun’s remarks came as Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi took a firm position against “attempts to change Lebanon in order to impose a new governing formula by force ...
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AL-RAHI: WE WARN AGAINST ANY ATTEMPT TO POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS UNDER ILLOGICAL PRETEXTS
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, affirmed that "the parliamentary elections are not only a periodic constitutional entitlement, but a stage to renew national life through democracy ...
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Pope receives Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati in audience at Vatican
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... day.
Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, the leader of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholics, welcomed the formation of the new government when it was announced on Sept. 10. He wished the government success in carrying ...
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The alarm of Catholic Patriarchs and bishops: let us resist the designs of those who want to annihilate Lebanon
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... the "line" proposed by Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, in the introductory speech he gave on Monday, November 8, at the opening of the Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs ...
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Lebanese PM visits Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at COP26 amid Gulf row
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... of Hezbollah and the Marada Movement. Saudi Arabia said Kordahi’s stance reflected Hezbollah's hegemony over Lebanon. A delegation of economic bodies met Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi on ...
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Analysis-Lebanon is dragged back into eye of Iranian-Saudi storm
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... told Reuters at the weekend the issue went beyond the comments by Kordahi, who was named to Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government by Suleiman Frangieh, a Maronite Christian and a close ally of Shi'ite ...
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Saudi Arabia foreign minister denies a diplomatic ‘crisis’ with Lebanon
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... whereby the prime minister, president and speaker of the house must come from the country’s three largest religious groups: Sunni, Maronite Christian and Shiite, respectively. This setup, Lebanese citizens ...
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Franjieh: Kordhai Offered to Resign but I Refused, Lebanese in Gulf 'Not Refugee
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... refused because he did not make a mistake,” Franjieh said, after talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki. “I did not name Georges Kordahi to offer him as a sacrifice to anyone,” Franjieh ...
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Lebanon's top politicians agree on solution to tensions, cleric say
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... investigations. “There is a constitutional and legal solution to the current crisis,” Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai said during a news conference after a day spent shuttling between the prime ...
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Military court charges 68 over deadly Beirut clashes
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... entered the parliament and participated in several governments. He ran in the presidential elections in 2014 before adopting the nomination of his political opponent, Michel Aoun. Maronite Patriarch Mar ...
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Geagea Slams Judiciary over Summoning Following Beirut Clashes
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... itself above the law, and unfortunately the military judiciary has kept up with it so far,” he remarked.
In parallel, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai underlined his support for the independence of ...
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Al Rahi initiates call for Lebanese, international monitoring of electoral process
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by lbcgroup.tv -- Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al Rahi appealed for a Lebanese and international surveillance of the electoral process starting today. Speaking in his religious sermon ...
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Lebanon patriarch calls for an end to meddling in judiciary after blast probe stalls
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... group to Bitar that he would be removed.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, who has been sharply critical of Hezbollah, said in a Sunday sermon that political pressure on Bitar weakened the authority ...
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'The clinic is Therese' - the Lebanese mountain village relying on one retired nurs
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... of Beirut. “A sick man is a sick man.” Most people in Tannourine, a historic Maronite Christian refuge close to 1,500 metres above sea level with a natural reserve of Lebanon’s famed cedar trees and deep ...
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From Jbeil to Annaya, thousands in procession for Lebanon’s redemption
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... veiled Muslim women, for the procession. Two businessmen and a former mayor of Jbeil paid for the buses, the organisers said. Some 300 Maronite scouts served as stewards, while personnel from the Red Cross, ...
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As economic crisis bites, Lebanese army withdraws soldiers from Beirut suburbs
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... is teeming with corruption.” After his meeting with the president on Friday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi said: “Sects should not deal with justice; we are a country that separates between ...
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Lebanese openly criticise Hezbollah as crisis intensifies
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... over to Lebanese troops, who released them the same day. Later, Hezbollah angered many Christians after supporters launched a social media campaign against the head of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic church, ...
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Rahi to officials: Stop manipulating people's feelings, end the obstructionist approac
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by National News Agency -- Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi urged officials to stop torturing and manipulating citizens’ feelings and put an end to the approach of obstruction and stalling in regards ...
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Hezbollah under fire as Lebanese political, economic crises continue
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... Najib Mikati is slowly coming to a stalemate. Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched a broadside against the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, accusing him of taking stances that are no different than ...
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Rahi criticizes Nasrallah’s speech: I call on Lebanese army to take control of all Lebanese territories in South
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khazen.org stands by the our Maronite Patriarch
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Lebanon’s Billionaire Prime Minister Can Only Buy Time
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... by a Sunni Muslim. Mikati, a Sunni himself, will not hand over the crucial ministry to the Maronites as control over this ministry might make all the difference at the ballot. “The Sunnis have held the ...
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Lebanese pound little changed, eyes on govt effort
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... Najib Mikati attempts to form a government. President Michel Aoun and Gebran Bassil, head of the largest Maronite Christian party and Mr Aoun's son-in-law, are trying to wrest control of the ministry into ...
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Lebanese PM-designate Mikati aims to form gov't to implement reform pla
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... over the government.
In Lebanon's political system, the post of prime minister has to be held by a Sunni Muslim, while the presidency is held by a Maronite Christian. Western governments have been piling ...
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The Observer view on the unfolding crisis in Lebanon
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... government.
Power-sharing arrangements between Lebanon’s Christian Maronite, Shia Muslim and Sunni Muslim communities were once held up as a model. But this system, which kept the country’s elites happy ...
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Lebanese Sunni leaders endorse Mikati to form new government
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... Maronite Christian, and the speaker of parliament is a Shia Muslim. The country has been without a full-fledged government for almost a year since caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned following ...
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Why Lebanon Is So Important to the Holy See — and to the World
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by ncregister.com -- On July 1, leaders of Christian Churches of Lebanon — including heads of the Maronite, Melkite, Greek Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Chaldean, Syrian Catholic and evangelical communities ...
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Pope Francis: ‘Stop using Lebanon and the Middle East for outside interests and profits’
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... a severe economic crisis.
Representatives from Lebanon’s Maronite, Melkite, Greek Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Chaldean, Syrian Catholic, and evangelical community came to the Vatican for the day of prayer. ...
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Lebanon, a haven for Christians, is in deep trouble
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... and an informal agreement even dictates that the President be a Maronite Catholic. For this reason, it has welcomed thousands of Christian refugees fleeing persecution in Iraq or Syria. “Over the years, ...
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Ambassadors say Vatican summit should offer some hope for Lebanon
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... stressed that, in Lebanon, "there is real religious freedom and freedom of expression, and at the same time sharing of responsibility." The Lebanese system reserves the presidential office to a Maronite ...
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Deal or No Deal: Iran’s Foreign Proxies Must be Dismantled
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... can operate with complete impunity. The administration should work with France and follow the recommendation of the Syriac Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Boutros al-Rai, to convene an international ...
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Which Christian leaders are coming to the Vatican’s day of prayer for Lebanon?
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... Peter’s Basilica. These are the leaders who are expected to attend the Vatican’s day of prayer for Lebanon:
Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai As the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Rai has ...
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Lebanese leaders exchange barbs as country sinks into crisis
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... Maronite Church, have faded without a breakthrough in the face of intransigence from the rival parties in Lebanon. Amid the Aoun-Hariri barbs, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab warned that a collapse ...
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Pope Francis invites Lebanese Christian leaders to Vatican to pray for peace
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... Lebanon’s Maronite Catholics, has repeatedly urged the country’s political leaders to “overcome the logic of partisan interests” and form a government to rescue the country. Rai said in February that the ...
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Al-Rahi Urges Authorities to Control Lebanese Border with Israel
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by Naharnet -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on Lebanese authorities to “control the Lebanese-Israeli border” and “prevent the use of Lebanese territory as a launchpad for rockets,” ...
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Lebanese in war of words over Palestine action
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... goes back to the demands of the Maronite Patriarchate for Lebanese neutrality. Solidarity with Palestine dominated Friday sermons in mosques, and protests broke out around the country. MP Bilal Abdallah ...
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Lebanese sanctuary where Mary, Jesus rested is ‘very holy land’
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... sign of fraternity,” Archbishop Haddad said.
Each month, Archbishop Haddad and Sidon’s Maronite Catholic and Greek Orthodox bishops meet with the Sunni and Shiite muftis of Sidon. They discuss matters ...
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RAHI: TO KEEP JUDICIARY AWAY FROM POLITICAL POLARIZATIONS
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NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rahi, called on Lebanese officials to keep the judicial body away from the vicious circle of polarizations and political polemic. "We insist on restoring ...
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Patriarch Raï invokes Paris and Washington accord to unblock Lebanese crisis
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Beirut (AsiaNews) Fadi Noun - The Maronite patriarch, Card. Beshara Raï yesterday held a Zoom press conference with a dozen transalpine journalists belonging to the French Diplomatic Press Association ...
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Iran Haunts the 46th Anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War
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... civil unrest continue to keep Beirut on the brink of collapse, the country is at risk of Tehran’s expanding footprint. Prior to the civil war, Lebanon was a functioning multi-sectarian country, with Maronite ...
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‘Act before it is too late,’ Arab League envoy tells Lebanon
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... the political impasse in Lebanon. The Arab League official voiced his support for Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai’s call for “a neutral Lebanon,” a plea that sparked an internal dispute in the ...
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Patriarchs urge Lebanese, Syrians to find hope in the Resurrection
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... the prevailing darkness. One of the patriarchs also visited Syria, where he called for the international community to lift sanctions. From Lebanon, Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, ...
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Al-Rahi Urges All Lebanese to Recognize Lebanon as 'Final Homeland
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by naharnet -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday said that it would be unreasonable for the Lebanese to “waste all their sacrifices and martyrs for the sake of domestic caprices and foreign ...
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Lebanon Can Be Saved, But America Must Act Now
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... architect may be the patriarch of the Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch, Cardinal Boutros al-Rai, who represents the largest Christian population in the country. Patriarch Rai recently called for a new ...
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Lebanon's top Christian His Beatitude Cardinal Patriarch Rai criticizes Hezbollah in leaked vide
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... “I want to tell them...You want us to stay in a state of war that you decide? Are you asking us before you go to war?” Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai said in a leaked video circulated by local ...
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-U.S. ambassador tells Lebanese leaders it is time to form government
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... Lebanon's top Christian cleric also repeated calls on Thursday for politicians to rise above disagreements. "We are determined in our path to save Lebanon and the Lebanese," Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros ...
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Diab rules out reforming resigned Lebanese government
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... “The constitution is suspended and neither Saudi Arabia nor France is controlling (Lebanon’s) internal affairs. The reason behind the constitution’s suspension is Hezbollah.”
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Lebanese president Aoun discusses government formation with Saudi ambassador
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... from the Baabda palace after his first meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in more than a year.
by naharnet -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rahi told UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, that the Lebanese ...
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Lebanon stalemate continues after 18th Aoun-Hariri meeting collapses.
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... meeting between Aoun and Hariri last Thursday also complicated Monday’s meeting, making it difficult to reach a solution to Lebanon’s political crisis.
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, ...
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Hezbollah reneges on Lebanese govt pledge
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... initiative to help those around them.” The address brought widespread anger, with a source in the Maronite Patriarchate condemning the “betrayal” of Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi’s demand for a neutral Lebanon. ...
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Lebanon’s president wants investigation into currency crash
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By NAJIA HOUSSARI -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun asked Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh about the reason for the rise of the dollar exchange rate after exceeding 10,000 Lebanese ...
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Lebanese rally to back church leader’s neutrality calls
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khazen.org stands by Our Maronite His Beatitude Cardinal Patriarch Rai and offers all its support!
BEIRUT (Reuters) By Matilda Colman – Hundreds of Lebanese gathered at the seat of the ...
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Support for Cardinal Al-Rahi’s call for an international conference is growing
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Beirut (AsiaNews) – The call for a UN-sponsored international conference to get Lebanon out of its current constitutional crisis, issued by the head of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Beshara Al-Rahi ...
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Lebanon to hold parliamentary by-elections by end of March: Fahmi
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... Two MPs from Metn, Sami Gemayel and Elias Hankash occupying Maronite seats; two MPs from the first Beirut electoral district, Paula Yacoubian occupying the Armenian Orthodox seat and Nadim Gemayel, the ...
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Lebanese president blasts Hariri over ‘inaccuracies and incorrect information’
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... president was always required to be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of parliament a Shiite. Aoun hit back at Hariri in a statement. “Hariri exploited the anniversary ...
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Cardinal Sandri invokes intercession of St Maron for Lebanon
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By Lisa Zengarini -- vaticannews.va On the occasion of the Feast of Saint Maron, patron of the Maronite Church, on February 9, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental ...
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Lebanese MP Jean Obeid dies of COVID-19
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... by gunmen in West Beirut and released unharmed after four days. A member of a prominent Maronite family, Obeid had a successful career as a journalist before entering politics. He was an MP from 1991 until ...
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Al-Rahi Calls for U.N.-Sponsored Conference on Lebanon
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by naharnet.com -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for organizing a U.N.-sponsored international conference on Lebanon. “The collapsed situation of Lebanon -- which according to ...
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The Good Friend of the French Nation -
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Among the distinguished foreigners who came to Paris to visit the Exhibition was a Maronite prince, Emir Hassen-el-Khazen (Hosun el Khazen), whose family has always stood out for his work ...
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Rahi: Lebanon’s Constitution Written to be Implemented, not to be Cause of Tension
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by english.aawsat.com -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed Sunday that the Lebanese Constitution was written to be respected by officials and not to become a source of tension. “The Constitution ...
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Why is President Aoun Under Fire From The Lebanese Parliament?
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... opposition against the president to ask for his removal or pressure him to resign? Such opposition should be headed by the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai, and I rule out its formation since it will ...
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Introduction To Khazen.org
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This site is dedicated to the Christian Maronite el Khazen family in Lebanon. Its recorded history in Mount Lebanon dates back to the sixteenth century. For over three centuries, the el Khazen family ...
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DISPARITION Massoud Achkar n’est plus, Achrafieh pleure un de ses héro
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Ce plébiscite populaire le pousse à se présenter deux autres fois consécutives aux élections, pour le seul siège maronite de Beyrouth, mais sans réussir à accéder au Parlement, malgré un changement du ...
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Lebanese cardinal Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rai urges leaders to help country avoid ‘total collapse
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By Courtney Mares -- Rome Newsroom, (CNA).- Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch has said that the country could be facing “the risk of total collapse” amid a deepening economic and political crisis. In his ...
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Lebanon: Rai Blames Government Deadlock on ‘Interests’ of Political Parties
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by aawsat.com -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rai slammed political parties over the obstacles facing the government formation process “for the sake of immediate or future calculations and interests.” ...
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Pope issues appeal for stricken Lebanon
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... Maronites and President of the Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, the Pope says his words are for the “Lebanese people, without distinction of community or religion.” They are ...
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Lebanese use spirit of Christmas to recover from deadly August shock
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... demanding for his Free Patriotic Movement one-third of posts and veto power over any decisions. After mediation by France, Maronite Catholic Archbishop Beschara Al Rai, and Hizbollah Aoun now insists on ...
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Lebanese patriarch in talks to break political deadlock
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... that the Lebanese are “hungry and losing hope.” The move by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai follows a series of fruitless meetings between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad ...
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Cabinet breakthrough hopes shattered as Macron visit nixed
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... mediation role in previous political crises, has met behind-the-scenes separately with Aoun, Berri and Hariri for this purpose, the source said. The source added that Hariri’s meeting with Maronite Patriarch ...
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Protesters mark Lebanon’s Independence Day with brooms and basil
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... economy,” said Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi. Al-Rahi added: “If we form a government like its predecessors, it will produce total ruin, asking those who are hindering the formation ...
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What the history of Lebanese-Israeli Negotiations can tell us about the future
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... may in part have been due to the history of secret contacts between Israeli and Lebanese Maronite leaders, each of whom saw the other as a potential ally. Contacts extended to other religious groups inside ...
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Lebanese economic bodies call for assistance amid government formation crisis
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... not benefit the country. We hope to have a prime minister assigned on Thursday by a parliamentary majority.”
On whether he expects a postponement of consultations under new pretexts, Hajjar said: “Maronite ...
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إزالة التعديات عن أملاك الكنيسة المارونية في لاسا
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khazen.org thanks the Lebanese Authority in taking prompt action against the thugs that has invaded lands that are owned by our Maronite Church.
by imlebanon.org --
أزالت عناصر الفهود بمؤازرة ...
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Enraged Macron washes hands of Lebanese crisis
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... has been left without a fully functioning government since caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab submitted his Cabinet’s resignation on Aug. 10 over the Beirut Port explosion.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara ...
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Lebanese Patriarch urges leaders to stop delays in forming government
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... financial crisis and political deadlock. Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, leader of the Maronite church, was speaking a day after demonstrators marched through Beirut to mark the first anniversary of ...
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US Embassy in Beirut: Schenker did not praise Aoun
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... Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt, Samir Geagea, Suleiman Franjieh, and the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai. Lebanese political sources said that Schenker stressed to the Lebanese officials that it is in the ...
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Lebanese MPs criticize delay of consultations to choose new prime minister
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... Walid Jumblatt on the second day of his visit to Lebanon, after attending the opening session of the Lebanon and Israel negotiations in Naqoura. Schenker also met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi, ...
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Lebanese Patriarch Renews Debate over Syria Border Demarcation in Shebaa Farms
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by english.aawsat.com -- Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai revived on Sunday debate over the demarcation of the Lebanese-Syrian border in the southern Shebaa Farms ...
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Saad Hariri could lead Lebanese government again
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... the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai said: “The enormity of the situation and the possibility of developments of a diverse nature necessitates the acceleration of the formation of a government that embodies ...
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His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Rai likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship
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... winds that blow in our homelands.” The assessment by the patriarch of Maronite Catholics during a meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches executive committee Sept. 18 underscored the dire reality ...
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Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet
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... FPM head and son-in-law of the president, chaired a meeting of the party’s political leadership. Bassil is a Maronite, Lebanon’s largest Christian community.
Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib, ...
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Is Lebanon a Failed State? Here’s What the Numbers Say.
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... a Sunni Muslim serves as prime minister, a Maronite Christian as president, and a Shiite Muslim as the speaker of parliament. But by concentrating power among certain families and former warlords—including ...
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'Fateful Times': Lebanese Patriarch Says New Cabinet Must Spurn Old, Corrupt Wa
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... that have plunged the Middle Eastern nation into an economic crisis. Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, leader of the Maronite church, has an influential role as religious leader of the biggest Christian ...
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Cardinal Parolin in Lebanon: The Church, Pope Francis are with you after Beirut explosion
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... injured thousands, and left thousands without a home. The pope has called for Sept. 4 to be a universal day of prayer and fasting for the country.
Cardinal Parolin celebrated Mass for around 1,500 Maronite ...
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Pope surprises priest with Lebanese flag, calling him to microphone
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by aleteia.org -- We need a miracle to change the hard hearts of those who govern [Lebanon],” Fr. Georges Breidi, a Maronite priest, told I.MEDIA on September 2. He is the priest with the big Lebanese ...
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Why Franco-Lebanese ties transcend strategic, economic interests
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... of years old. One can trace the beginning of France’s links with Lebanon to St. Louis, the 13th-century monarch who recognized the Maronite nation in Mount Lebanon and was committed to ensuring its protection. ...
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Lebanese ambassador Adib poised to be designated Prime Minister
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... political backing on Sunday from former prime ministers including Saad al-Hariri, who heads the biggest Sunni party, the Future Movement.
President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, is due to meet ...
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Lebanese cardinal says international court could look at Beirut blast
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CNA Staff (CNA).- The Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch has said an international court may need to examine the circumstances that led to a massive explosion in Beirut on August 4. Speaking to ...
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Iran's Zarif meets Lebanese leaders as senior US official visits Beiru
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... Agreement on a new government will likely be very difficult in a country with deep factional rifts and a sectarian power-sharing system. Senior Christian cleric Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, ...
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France's Macron Holds Talks With Russian and Iranian Leaders Over Lebanon, Belaru
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... militant Shia Hizballah group, whose political wing was a major bloc in the outgoing Lebanese government and has an alliance with President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian. Lebanon's government under ...
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Beirut explosion: Lebanese people scramble to find missing people online
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... Maronites urged emergency assistance from the UN and the international community Wednesday in the aftermath of a massive explosion that rocked Beirut, according to Lebanon's official news agency. Bechara ...
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Lebanon’s former beauty queen throws wedding party amid ban
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... wedding bans. Chacra, an actress, married Lebanese businessman Ziyad Ammar in an open-space wedding in Bkerke during which Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai led the nuptials. The ceremony ...
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Chinese and Iranian vultures circling over Beirut
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... had effectively been mortgaged to Beijing. Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch, Bechara Al-Rahi, has appealed for Lebanon to be internationally recognized as a neutral state — open to all, but beholden to no ...
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US Sanctions on Syria Leave Hezbollah More Isolated in Lebanon
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... successfully backed Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian and head of the Free Patriotic Movement party, to become president. However, the group’s allies are now starting to distance themselves from Hezbollah ...
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Top Lebanese cleric Al-Rahi renews attack on Hezbollah
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... HOUSSARI -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab was fighting to save his job on Saturday after Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi repeated his attack on Hezbollah’s role in the ...
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Dialogue Needed over Issue of Lebanon's 'Neutrality' in Region, Says PM Di
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by english.aawsat.com -- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Saturday dialogue was needed over the country’s stance on regional conflicts, after meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai ...
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Lebanon's Christian patriarch blames Hezbollah for crisi
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... the Iran-backed Shiite movement. Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai's comments marked his strongest intervention in Lebanon's crisis, which is seen as the worst threat to its stability since the 1975-90 civil ...
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Al-Rahi Urges Aoun to Break Siege on 'Legitimacy, Free National Decision
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by naharnet -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on President Michel Aoun to break what he called the siege that is imposed on Lebanese “legitimacy” and the country’s “free national ...
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Churches in 6 states damaged by violent protests
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Sad day for our cathedral in USA. Vandalism against Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral, the Official Seat of the Maronite Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles, California.
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Middle East patriarchs speak of faith, hope, during Easter homilies
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... evoking the hope of the Resurrection. Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, acknowledged that the COVID-19 threat had deprived the faithful of celebrating Easter in churches. Still, he said, ...
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In Lebanon, Some Turn To Beloved Saint Charbel For Solace And Protection From COVID-19
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... is nearly 200 years old and follows the traditions of the Lebanese Maronite Order of monks, founded in 1695. Badr wore a mask, kept his distance and held a small bag of mud, which he had just scooped up ...
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Al-Rahi Urges 'More Serious' Anti-Coronavirus Approac
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by Naharnet Newsdesk -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on Lebanese authorities to adopt a “more serious approach” in its measures against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. ...
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There is little chance of change in Lebanon – we can only expect more suffering
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... of course) of Gebran Bassil, the former foreign minister who just happens – no nepotism, please – to be the son-in-law of the still-reigning Aoun. Both are Christian Maronites. Of course, they have/had ...
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Lebanese government wins confidence vote as protesters clash with police outside parliament
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... of they’ve misplaced hope of their homeland,” Tony Khadra, the top of Labora mentioned. This phenomenon was additionally the main focus of a sermon delivered by the Curial Bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate ...
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US Middle East plan could lead to 'more bloodshed', bishops war
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... Melkite, Maronite, Syrian, Armenian, and Chaldean churches in communion with Rome. The ordinaries said that the plan was one-sided in favor of Israel’s traditional demands for a two-state solution and ...
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Lebanese vow to reject any Palestinian resettlement linked to Trump peace plan
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... that might be offered to Lebanon in exchange for resettlement.”
Walid Ghayad, a spokesman for the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate in Lebanon, stressed that it “absolutely rejects any attempt to resettle ...
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Cracks appear in Lebanon’s Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition
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... has emerged in the March 8 Coalition. In 2016, Maronite leader Suleiman Frangieh, who heads the Marada Movement, briefly withdrew his support after Hezbollah nominated Michel Aoun for the presidency, a ...
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Give Lebanon's cabinet a chance, say Christian religious leader
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... the Christian religious leaders said in a statement after a summit.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai had called the summit which gathered patriarchs of Lebanon’s many Christian sects, according ...
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326.
New government in crisis-hit Lebanon, but protests continue
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... Carnegie Middle East Centre. Ms Yahya said one name stood out: Foreign Affairs Minister Nassif Hitti, a Maronite Christian and formerly Lebanon’s ambassador to the Arab League. “He is quite highly regarded ...
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327.
Lebanon’s leaders in blame game over crisis
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... Al-Rahi, the Maronite Patriarch, on Sunday urged all political parties to cooperate with Diab and facilitate the formation of a rescue emergency government. Protesters have demonstrated in Beirut and elsewhere ...
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328.
Rahi: Rulers Brought Lebanon to Collapse and Citizens to Poverty
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by naharnet.com -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said in his Christmas message on Tuesday that officials have brought Lebanon to economic and financial collapse and the Lebanese to poverty. “Our ...
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329.
An artist uniting a nation: Lebanon's Fairu
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... is Fairuz, who began her artistic career during the 1950s.
Fairuz's career
Fairuz was born in 1935 to a Syriac Catholic father from Mardin and a Lebanese Maronite mother in a poor neighborhood of ...
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330.
Lebanon protests: University professor Hassan Diab nominated to be PM
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... was required to designate the candidate with the most support. Mr Diab was nominated by the biggest Shia Muslim factions, Hezbollah and Amal, as well as Mr Aoun's Maronite Christian Free Patriotic Movement ...
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331.
3rd Night of Clashes as Lebanon Puts Off Talks on New PM
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... minister has to be a Sunni Muslim, the president a Maronite Christian and the parliament speaker from the Shi'ite community. Hariri has emerged as the only candidate with enough backing for the job, but ...
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332.
The French connection couldn’t save Lebanon
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... at the American University of Beirut, department of history. His forthcoming book, “Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory,” (Edinburgh University Press) covers collective ...
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333.
Lebanon Sunnis back ex-PM Hariri to take top office again - Samir Khatib withdraws
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... news to caretaker PM in person. Under Lebanon's political system, designed to maintain a balance between the three key religious groups in the country - the Maronite Christians, Sunnis and Shiites - the ...
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334.
No sign of new cabinet as Lebanese leaders meet, bank curbs continue
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... power-sharing system, the prime minister is a Sunni Muslim, the president a Maronite Christian and the speaker a Shi’ite.
Aoun has yet to formally start consultations with lawmakers over nominating the ...
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335.
U.S. says supports Lebanese people's call for action for economic refor
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... said Lebanese leaders are discussing a possible government reshuffle to defuse the protests. Lebanon’s highest Christian Maronite authority and a prominent Druze politician threw their weight behind the ...
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336.
Lebanese prime minister agrees to reform amid massive anti-corruption protests
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... threatening further paralysis.
CONDITIONS MET
A chorus of voices, from union leaders to politicians, have joined popular calls for Hariri's government to resign. The Maronite Christian Lebanese Forces ...
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337.
Is Lebanese icon Fairuz a fading voice?
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... was seen as the great unifier, appreciated by Maronites and Muslims alike—one of the only instances of inter-city ceasefire was the crossing of her deceased husband’s funeral hearse. Makhlouf echoes a ...
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338.
A food critic feeds his love for Lebanese cuisine at the source
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... neoclassical St. Georges Maronite Cathedral next to it, and then stared down into the ruins of the Roman baths three blocks away.
We ate hard. We worried the staff of breakfast institution Al Soussi ...
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339.
Al-Rahi Says Lebanese Politicians ‘Experts in Creating Obstacles
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by naharnet -- Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday said Lebanese politicians are “experts in creating and resolving obstacles,” referring to the latest deadlock over the deadly Qabrshmoun incident. ...
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340.
Lebanese monastery brings together Christians scattered by war
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... one. It was an early home for Lebanon’s Christian Maronites, the first followers of the Roman Catholic church in the East. The Maronites and sometimes the Druze, a Muslim sect, sought the sanctuary of ...
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341.
Lebanese police to probe rock band for 'insulting religion': lawye
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... statement. The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil (Byblos) said most of the band’s songs “violate religious values” and it was not becoming for the festival to host concerts “directly at odds with Christian ...
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342.
Lebanese police to probe rock band for 'insulting religion': lawye
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... statement. The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil (Byblos) said most of the band’s songs “violate religious values” and it was not becoming for the festival to host concerts “directly at odds with Christian ...
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343.
FPM Reopens Debate on Lebanese Who Fled to Israel
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... Lebanese who fled to Israel, allowing pardon for all crimes committed before December 31, 2000. Former president of the Maronite League Antoine Klimos, who previously worked on this file, told Asharq Al-Awsat ...
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344.
Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Rahi: Kushner's peace plan is "the slap of the centur
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... is actually "the slap of the century," this according Maronite Patriarch Card Bechara al-Rahi. During his homily yesterday in Gherfine (Jbeil) during the consecration of the St Stephen Church, the patriarch ...
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345.
Two aides to Lebanese minister killed as convoy hit by gunfire
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The tensions on Sunday grew out of a plan by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, a Maronite Christian who is a political ally of Arslan, to visit the area, which led protesters to block roads. Bassil canceled ...
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346.
Trump Mideast plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears. “Lebanon is not a real estate firm" Nadim Gemayel
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... neighboring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon.
Maronite Christian MP Nadim ...
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347.
Not supporting the Lebanese Army is akin to supporting Iran and Hezbollah
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by Toufic Baaklini
& Peter Burns
washingtonexaminer.com -- As we mourn the loss of Maronite Patriarch Emeritus Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, we are reminded of his legacy of being a courageous defender ...
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348.
Ex-Patriarch Sfeir in very critical health condition
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by DailyStar.com.lb -- Joseph Haboush -- BEIRUT: Former Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir was in critical condition late Wednesday, prompting current Patriarch Beshara Rai to cancel a trip ...
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349.
Lebanese defense minister says US policy on Hezbollah will not pay off
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... has been active most notably in Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Saab is a member of Lebanese President Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, a Maronite Christian party and a political ...
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350.
Lebanese demand civil marriage on home soil
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... head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council said Friday. "We strongly oppose civil marriage because it violates the constitution," he said.
The head of Lebanon's Maronite church, Beshara Rai, however, said ...
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351.
Lebanese man finds hand of Providence in mystical experience
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... was a child, growing up in a Maronite Catholic family, where he “was always asking questions about God and creation,” he told CNA. He began to look for answers in science, and after high school studied ...
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352.
The Lebanese saint who unites Christians and Muslims
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... in Annaya, Lebanon, told CNA. Speaking in Arabic with the help of an interpreter, Mater said the shrine, which encompasses the monastery where the Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit lived for nearly ...
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353.
Lebanese bishops: A new government against internal wars and regional influences
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Beirut (AsiaNews) -by Fady Noun -- A catastrophic picture has been painted of the internal situation in Lebanon yesterday in some passages of the final communiqué of the Assembly of the Maronite bishops ...
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354.
Believe it or Not But Lebanon is Expected to Have New Cabinet in Next 48 Hours
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... bloc. Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai weighed in on the Cabinet standoff, by saying that all the main political parties should be represented in a national unity Cabinet. He appeared to oppose the LF’s ...
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355.
At 100, Holy Family’s Lebanese roots still strong
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... were members of the Maronite Church, an eastern rite of the Catholic Church. They initially worshipped with Roman Catholics at St. Michael on the city’s West Side, but, when Maronite Catholics at St. Maron ...
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356.
Lebanon’s mountains offer cool refuge from Mideast heat
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... One trek takes you up to an imposing, 23-meter (75-foot) statue of St. Charbel, a 19th-century saint revered by Lebanon’s Maronite Christians. A hooded monk, he raises a hand in blessing over the landscape ...
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357.
Sec. Pompeo speaks ahead of first ever Ministerial on religious freedom - Lebanon to participate
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... of two Maronite Christians in Lebanon earlier this month. AMCD reports that the Maronite Christians were targeted for their contacts with Israeli Christians made at an American conference on reviving the ...
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Created on 21 July 2018
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358.
Lebanese Bishop praises the courage of the Grand Mufti in defending Mideast Christians
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... by John Paul II of 1997, said Mgr Maroun-Nasser Gemayel, bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris, about the Sunni authority in Lebanon, speaking to AsiaNews.He recently ...
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Created on 20 July 2018
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359.
Lebanon Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Is Plea for Peace in Middle East
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... prevail. “We believe that with the intercession of the Virgin Mary, wars can stop,” Maronite Bishop of Tyre Shukrallah Nabil El-Hajj, who heads the patriarchal committee for the consecration, told the ...
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Created on 19 July 2018
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360.
Ancient relics of Saint Marina the Monk arrive in Lebanon
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... preserved body arrived in a glass box, and was transported to the Maronite Patriarchate in Dimane. According to Christian teachings, Marina lived in Lebanon’s Kadisha Valley as a monk in the 5th century. ...
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Created on 18 July 2018
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361.
Can former Lebanese MP Mustafa Alloush turn even the coldest of Middle Eastern sceptics into an optimist?
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... of this last election is that the people went to vote. I regard Lebanon as a company, as a partnership. It was originally Sunni [Muslim] and [Christian] Maronite. The new partners are the Shiites and they ...
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Created on 22 June 2018
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362.
Lebanon's mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care
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... church, primarily Maronite, is the biggest landowner in Lebanon although the spoliation of the country has been committed across hundreds of miles, affecting Muslims and Christians alike. I spent hours ...
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Created on 08 June 2018
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363.
Lebanese Deputy Speaker to Asharq Al-Awsat: Return of Syrian Refugees Priority After Government Lineup
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... imminent,” he said
His comments came after Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai said he had asked French President Emmanuel Macron to encourage Syrians return to their country, during a meeting ...
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Created on 02 June 2018
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364.
Lebanon: Aoun Signs Controversial Naturalization Decree
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... batch of names came from the Maronite Foundation in the World, and only 10 Syrians were included in the new decree. The decree gave citizenship to around 300 people, including Syrians, Palestinians, Iraqis, ...
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Created on 02 June 2018
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365.
Speaker Berri Re-Elected to Post, Ferzli as Deputy Speaker
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... then further splits them among the various sects. The position of speaker is reserved for a Shiite Muslim, while the other two top positions of prime minister and president go to a Sunni Muslim and a Maronite ...
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Created on 23 May 2018
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366.
Congratulations from khazen.org Cheikh Farid Haikal el Khazen
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... Maronite seat in Jezzine. The FPM meanwhile won two seats in Jezzine, including that of incumbent MP Ziad Aswad. Elsewhere, FPM chief Jebran Bassil announced that he won a Maronite seat he ran for in Batroun ...
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367.
What to expect in the Lebanese election and why it matters
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... that smashed the country to bits from 1975 to 1990 (the constitution dictates that the president is a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of Parliament a Shia Muslim) ...
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368.
Hezbollah’s homecoming: What happens when fighters return to Lebanon from a Middle Eastern mini-world war?
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... power-sharing agreement that sees Saad Hariri, a pro-Western Sunni politician, serving as the country’s Prime Minister, while Mr. Aoun, a Maronite Christian who has aligned himself with Hezbollah and Syria, ...
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Created on 21 April 2018
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369.
Cardinal Bechara el Rai warns against ‘new drums of war’ in Syria
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... are beating the drums of a new war against Syria, we regret the absence of a language of peace from the mouths of senior officials in our world today," said Cardinal Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, ...
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Created on 19 April 2018
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370.
'Mission Accomplished!': Trump praises the US, UK, and France for Syrian military strike
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... great powers are beating the drums of a new war against Syria, we regret the absence of a language of peace from the mouths of senior officials in our world today,” said Cardinal Rai, patriarch of Maronite ...
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Created on 14 April 2018
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371.
MIDDLE EAST’S NEXT OIL WAR? ISRAEL THREATENS LEBANON OVER HEZBOLLAH AND NATURAL GAS
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... dispute between supporters of Aoun, who represented the mostly Maronite Christian Free Patriotic Movement, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, leader of the Shiite Muslim Amal Movement. Both former civil ...
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Created on 02 February 2018
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372.
Lebanon's Aoun urges forgiveness, stability after protest
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... protested again after the FPM statement, briefly setting fires in a main road in Beirut, security sources said. Political tensions between Berri, a Shi‘ite, and Aoun, a Maronite Christian, have been escalating ...
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Created on 30 January 2018
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373.
Eastern Christians celebrate night when Jesus blesses the faithful
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... Orthodox Church’s Christmas Eve. In Lebanon, the holiday is celebrated “in unison” by the three different Christian communities: Maronites, Catholics and the Orthodox.
However, although the dates coincide, ...
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Created on 06 January 2018
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374.
New Lebanese Ambassador to the Holly See
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... of the Maronite League, director of the Maronite League, director for Foreign Relations at the Maronite Foundation in the World; ambassador to Argentina (since 2013). He has held numerous lectures in cultural, ...
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Created on 05 January 2018
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375.
Mideast Catholic patriarchs express hope amid uncertainty at Christmas
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... 70 years.” He also called on them “to pray for Jerusalem to remain a holy city for Christians, Muslims and Jews.”
In his Christmas message, Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, also touched ...
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376.
Lebanese prime minister Hariri rescinds his resignation
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... to arrest some 500 people on corruption charges; the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian and a domestic ally of the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah, who claimed that Hariri had been kidnapped ...
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Created on 05 December 2017
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377.
Did Kushner Keep Tillerson in the Dark on Saudi-Lebanon Move? US stands on Hariri resignation
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... Michel Aoun (a Maronite Christian), said that he believed the Saudis had “kidnapped” Hariri while Hassan Nasrallah, the Shiite leader of the Iranian-aligned Party of God (Hezbollah), publicly described ...
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Created on 27 November 2017
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378.
Saudis Target Lebanon, the Hope of Middle Eastern Christians
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... being Druze (6%) and other minorities. Under the constitution, Lebanon’s president is Maronite Catholic, the Prime Minister is Sunni, and the Speaker of Parliament is Shiite. Lebanon is a unique country ...
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Created on 27 November 2017
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379.
Lebanon’s Jumblatt calls for Saudi-Iranian discussions
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... other religions had been evidenced by the recent visit of Lebanon Maronite Patriarch Rai to Saudi Arabia. “Patriarch Rai revealed the kingdom's plan to build a church, which is great news,” Jumblatt said, ...
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Created on 25 November 2017
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380.
Busy diplomat Macron gets stuck into Lebanon crisis
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... Nov 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Christian Maronite Patriarch met Saudi Arabian King Salman on Tuesday in an historic visit to the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom which bans the practice of other religions ...
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Created on 14 November 2017
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381.
Exclusive: How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Harir
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... Saudi visit amid Hariri crisis
RIYADH (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Christian Maronite Patriarch began a historic visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday under heightened scrutiny amid political tensions that ...
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Created on 13 November 2017
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382.
'Time not right to challenge Hizballah,' says Sisi as Riyadh accuses Lebanon of declaring wa
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... presidency ended in October 2016 when Hariri finally agreed to nominate Hezbollah’s candidate, Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian (as all Lebanese presidents are required to be). In return, Hariri won the ...
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Created on 07 November 2017
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383.
Lebanon's Prime Minister resigns, plunging nation into new political crisi
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... the Lebanese Constitution, the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni and the speaker of the Parliament a Shiite Muslim. Trump, Lebanese PM speak at White House Earlier this ...
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Created on 04 November 2017
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384.
St. Charbel shrine revealed in prominent New York cathedral
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The Daily Star BEIRUT: A shrine to Maronite Saint Charbel was inaugurated at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Saturday. Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai attended the inauguration ceremony, giving ...
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Created on 29 October 2017
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385.
Lebanon’s World Cup is about more than simply rugby league
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(News)
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... lapsed into serious depression. He is Muslim and Saab is Maronite Catholic, but their friendship was vital to his recovery. After the Cedars qualified they travelled to Lebanon for a holiday, and Saab ...
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Created on 19 October 2017
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386.
Pope Francis, Lebanese prime minister discuss Middle East
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... than native Lebanese. In Lebanon, Christians make up about 41 percent of the population, and Muslims, evenly divided between Sunnis and Shiites, around 54 perecent. Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian ...
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Created on 14 October 2017
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387.
Why women are almost invisible in Lebanon's parliamen
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Not a minority
Lebanon is a melting pot of diverse religious sectors including Maronite Christian, Sunni Muslim and Shia Muslim. It is also currently housing an estimated one million Syrian refugees and ...
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Created on 18 July 2017
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388.
Holy tattoo! A 700-year old Christian tradition thrives in Jerusalem
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... Armenian, Syriac and Maronite Churches. To this day, many Coptic Churches require a tattoo of a cross or other proof of Christian faith to enter a church. (Tattoo traditions among groups such as Celtic ...
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Created on 09 July 2017
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389.
Coexistence and 'deepening of democracy in Lebanon' sends message of hope, say Christian and Muslim leaders ...
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... lift their hearts toward God "to learn how to build the city of man." Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, spearheaded the July meeting, which included the Vatican ambassador ...
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Created on 04 July 2017
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390.
The consecration by Cardinal Rai will take place at Fatima on Sunday
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(News)
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by catholicherald.co.uk
The head of the Maronite Church is to consecrate Lebanon and the whole of the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a pilgrimage to Fatima. The act of consecration ...
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Created on 23 June 2017
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391.
Aoun-Hariri Meeting Raises Lebanon’s Optimism in Approving New Electoral Law
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... Forces and Free Patriotic Movement saying that they had reneged on an agreement made with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki. “They have gone against what we agreed on at Bkirki. Their fear has ...
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Created on 12 June 2017
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392.
Why are Lebanese successful?
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(News)
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... consider themselves Maronites, direct descendants of the disciples, or Phoenicians, who supposedly invented the alphabet, arithmetic and glass. Carlos Slim’s parents were Maronite Catholics.
Political ...
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393.
Lebanon pushed to brink in election law stand-off
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... paralysis as the government tries to revive an economy saddled by massive public debt and to cope with the strain of 1.5 million refugees from neighboring Syria.
MARONITE GRIEVANCES
Parliament' ...
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394.
Al-Rahi Meets Pope, Hands Him Invitation to Visit Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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by Naharnet Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held talks Friday in
the Vatican with Pope Francis I and handed him an official invitation to
visit Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. “The ...
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395.
Will Lebanon's president keep parliament from 're-electing' itself? ...
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(Uncategorised)
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... members in some constituencies. Aoun, a Maronite
Christian, along with Hezbollah
and the Amal Movement, are insisting on a "total proportionality"
system, while others want either a hybrid law or ...
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396.
Lebanese build biggest inhabitable Cross in the Middle East
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(Uncategorised)
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... reconciliation and coexistence,” the Ijdabra Project website states. The Maronite Patriarch Moran Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi has
encouraged the project, as seen in this photograph of His
Beatitude cutting ...
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397.
Lebanon should hold elections under 1960 law
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(Uncategorised)
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... decision garnered fresh controversies, as Speaker Nabih Berri
hailed the Maronite Patriarch Mar Bisharal Al Rai’s latest position on
the electoral law. The powerful patriarch considered the
controversial ...
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Created on 18 April 2017
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398.
Al-Rahi Calls on Officials in Easter Mass to Relinquish Personal Interests
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(Uncategorised)
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SourceNaharnet Maronite Patriarch Beshara
al-Rahi urged the political authority in Lebanon to stop obstructing the
political process in the country for their own personal gains, as he
assured that ...
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Created on 15 April 2017
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399.
Parliament sessions scheduled to ‘pave way for extension’
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... that is embedded in the revised 1960 paradigm. Irrespective
of alternatives, extending parliament’s term so cavalierly upset a vast
portion of the Lebanese, and infuriated the Maronite Patriarch,
Cardinal ...
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Created on 04 April 2017
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400.
Al-Rahi Urges Politicians to 'Rise Above Private Interests
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(Uncategorised)
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by Naharnet - Maronite Patriarch Beshara
al-Rahi on Sunday noted that “all politicians in Lebanon will not be
able to make any initiative unless they rise above their private
interests that are ...
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401.
Lebanon protests over tax hikes
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(Uncategorised)
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... and political
groups including the Progessive Socialist Party of Druze leader Walid
Junblatt, the mainly-Maronite Phalange party headed by Sami Gemayel and
the National Liberal Party headed by Dory ...
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Created on 18 March 2017
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402.
Gibran Bassil proposal draws severe criticism
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... recommendation that it be chaired by a non-Maronite Christian was
explosive, and unanimously rejected by most officials and commentators. Ta’if
envisaged the Senate leadership to be allotted to the ...
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Created on 15 March 2017
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403.
Crunch time for Lebanon's 2017 budget, controversial salary hike bil
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(Uncategorised)
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... constituency is the best law.” For his part, Maronite
Patriarch Beshara Rai urged Parliament to “enact a new law for elections
based on real parity and just and comprehensive representation in line ...
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Lebanese decry unprecedented traffic chaos
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... in the country. “I promise to light a
candle to Mar Charbel [the country’s venerated Maronite patron saint]
the day I reach my shop in an hour,” Khalife, a salesman who works in
downtown Beirut, ...
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405.
Lebanon appoints new army chief
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(Uncategorised)
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... relation to President Michel Aoun) was born in 1964 in Aychiye,
East of Sidon, a predominantly Maronite Village in South Lebanon. He
joined the military right out of college and reached his current ...
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406.
Lebanon to get new military chief after 8 years
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... military chief under the presidency of Michel Sulaiman in 2008. Aoun
(no relation to President Michel Aoun) was born in 1964 in Aychiye,
East of Sidon, a predominantly Maronite Village in South Lebanon. ...
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Created on 04 March 2017
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407.
Why can’t Lebanese elites agree on a new electoral law?
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(Uncategorised)
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... formula allocates influence to most communities in a
more-or-less harmonious fashion. That’s the theory of the
consociationalism mechanism that determines Maronite, Sunni and Shiite
authority. In ...
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Created on 01 March 2017
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408.
French leader Le Pen visits Beirut as she eyes Elysée Palace
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... state that makes no ethnic, religious or class distinction between its
citizens," he said. On Tuesday, Le Pen is to meet Lebanon's grand mufti, the
leader of its Sunni community, the Maronite Christian ...
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409.
FEAST OF SAINT MARON
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(Maronites)
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... And what better is than celebrating the Feast of
our own Saint Maron, the Father of the Maronite Church and the Patron of
our parish here in Minneapolis? It was in the year 410AD that Saint Maron ...
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Created on 19 February 2017
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410.
Aoun makes first Egypt visit as Lebanese president
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(Uncategorised)
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... ready "to support the capabilities of Lebanon's army and its
various security bodies". Aoun,
a Maronite Christian, also met the leader of Egypt's Coptic Church,
Pope Tawadros II, and held talks with ...
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Created on 13 February 2017
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411.
Will Lebanese Oil And Gas Ignite The Country?
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(Uncategorised)
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... Lebanon’s Sunni, Shia, and Maronite Christian communities. There are plenty of examples for how such a scenario could play out. Econometric studies
demonstrate that the more countries depend on oil & ...
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Created on 10 February 2017
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412.
Lebanon: Electoral Law Reform Dragging, Divergences Persist
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... are demanding that 30% of the parliament seats be reserved for women as their quota.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, during a meeting with Maronite bishops, stated that efforts to “adopt one standard” ...
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Created on 03 February 2017
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413.
Just Back From Syria, Rep. Gabbard Brings Message: 'There Are No Moderate Rebels
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... Maronite
Church of Aleppo, Rev. Ibrahim Nseir of the Arab Evangelical
Presbyterian Church of Aleppo, and others. Each called for peace, and an
end to foreign support of terrorists who are trying ...
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Created on 29 January 2017
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414.
Catholic Relief Services Chairman Bishop Mansour wants to share agency’s work more widely among Catholics
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(Uncategorised)
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... East deserves far more
attention than it has received and Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour
says it’s time Catholics in the pew knew about it. The work of feeding, sheltering and providing health ...
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Created on 27 December 2016
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415.
Nativity scenes in Lebanon show harmony between Christians and Muslims
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...
trees and even mangers in public places.
“Wherever you go you can find Christmas decorations,” even in the
cities and the places where the residents are Muslim, Maronite Father
Joseph Soueid told ...
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Created on 23 December 2016
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416.
Having Tea with Hezbollah’s No. 2
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... the many parties who represent
Lebanon’s eighteen recognized sects. For more than two years, Lebanon
had no President—a position reserved for Maronite Christians—because of
political paralysis in ...
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Created on 13 December 2016
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417.
Lebanese political pipe dream: Yoda for Education Minister?
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(Uncategorised)
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... becoming the norm these days.
After a period of over two years without a president, a
position constitutionally ascribed to a Maronite Christian, Freedom and
Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, ...
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Created on 12 December 2016
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418.
New Lebanese president's career highlights US inconsistencie
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... parliament of former Gen. Michel Aoun, a Maronite Catholic
who received his military training in the United States, as the
country’s new president. One of the most striking is his shifting
allegiances ...
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Created on 28 November 2016
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419.
Lebanon to try Gemayel assassin in absentia
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(Uncategorised)
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... a member of the Syrian Social National Party (SSNP), was born into a
Maronite Catholic family in Aley (Chouf Mountains) and served in one of
the SSNP stations there though he fled to Cyprus and France ...
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Created on 27 November 2016
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420.
Beirut skyline captures religious rivalry and harmony
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(Uncategorised)
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... his offices in Beirut. "So therefore I wanted the tower's height to be at the same height as the mosque, so there is solidarity and harmony," he said. The cathedral belongs to Lebanon's Maronite Christian ...
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Created on 23 November 2016
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421.
Lebanon marks 73rd Independence Day
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... May 2017.
According to the agreement that brought an end to the 15-year civil
war in 1990, Lebanon’s president must be a Maronite Christian, the
premier a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker ...
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Created on 22 November 2016
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422.
U.S. bishops urged to bring wider attention to Christian persecution
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(Uncategorised)
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By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour called on the
bishops of the United States to bring wider attention to the persecution
of Christians ...
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Created on 17 November 2016
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423.
Patriarch Al-Rahi calls for an “inclusive government” based on Lebanon’s constitution and national pact
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By Asia News agency BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros
al-Rahi has called for an "inclusive government” to represent all of the
country’s groups when it takes office, hopefully before ...
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Created on 15 November 2016
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424.
Politics in Modern Lebanon, after french Independence.
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(Maronites)
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... an unwritten agreement between Shi'ite, Sunni, and Maronite leadership in 1943, laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multi-confessional state, having shaped the country to this day. Lebanon is part of the ...
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Created on 05 November 2016
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425.
Lebanese president asks ex-PM Hariri to form new government
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(Uncategorised)
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... power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Muslim Sunni and the parliament speaker a Shiite Muslim. The Aoun-Hariri deal is an unlikely partnership between ...
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Created on 03 November 2016
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426.
On the 46th try, Lebanon gets a new president General Michel Aoun
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(Uncategorised)
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... from
parliament. Fireworks echoed across
Beirut as the tally showed Aoun the winner. Aoun, an MP, was shown smiling in
his seat. The Lebanese presidency is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the
country' ...
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Created on 29 October 2016
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427.
Door to Lebanese presidency 'wide open', will vote for Aoun: Hezbolla
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(Uncategorised)
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... in 2014. Each of the previous sittings failed to gain the
two-thirds quorum needed for a vote.
The position of president must be filled by a Maronite Christian. Nasrallah
...
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Created on 24 October 2016
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428.
US cautiously optimistic Lebanon will get president
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(Uncategorised)
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... unable to agree a successor to
president Michel Sleiman. Hariri, a Sunni Muslim whose party leads a Western- and Saudi-backed political bloc, had opposed Aoun’s candidacy. Aoun,
an 81-year-old Maronite ...
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Created on 22 October 2016
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429.
The Lebanese presidential puzzle
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(Uncategorised)
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... At the time, Geagea interpreted Hariri’s
uncoordinated move as an affront and evidence that the former premier
was taking for granted the support of his Maronite coalition partners
when deciding ...
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Created on 21 October 2016
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430.
Lebanon's Hariri backs Aoun for president, some allies oppose
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... allies said. The
presidency, which is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's
sectarian power-sharing arrangements, has been vacant for 2 1/2 years
due to political conflicts. Aoun, a veteran ...
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Created on 20 October 2016
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431.
We miss the great leaders of Lebanon
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... Elle
permit aux maronites de collaborer sincerement avec les druzes dans le
gouvernement de la Montagne et a l'emir lui-meme de faire l'unite
politique du Liban en rapprochant ces deux peuples.»
...
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Created on 20 October 2016
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432.
Lebanon speaker Nabih Berri warns of civil war
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(Uncategorised)
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... of modern Lebanon that allocated
power along an essentially confessional system that handed the powerful
post of president to a Maronite Christian, the prime ministership to a
Sunni Muslim and the ...
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Created on 18 October 2016
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433.
Lebanese activists fight to save Beirut’s architectural heritage
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(Uncategorised)
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... and Sunni
Muslim districts, or Maronite and Orthodox Christian quarters.
As a 2015 Blominvest Bank study
outlined, the Lebanese real estate market has always been “one of the
backbones of the ...
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Created on 06 October 2016
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434.
Rai Lebanon 'package' dea
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... BEIRUT:
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai Sunday criticized Lebanon's
politicians for their attempts to broker an all-inclusive deal to end
the country’s crises, saying such an agreement ...
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Created on 02 October 2016
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435.
Lebanon: The Bohemia of the Middle East
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(Uncategorised)
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... shaped the Lebanon of today. In
1860, when Lebanon was part of the Ottoman Empire, Britain stepped in
during a peasant uprising which led to clashes between the country’s
Maronite and Druze communities. ...
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Created on 02 October 2016
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436.
Seven Reasons Why Lebanon Survives - And Three Reasons Why It Might Not
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(Uncategorised)
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... the political system. No major
faction seeks to violently overthrow it. Lebanon’s civil wars in 1958
and 1975 were in large measure rebellions against the domination of one
community—the Maronites—over ...
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Created on 28 August 2016
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437.
Beit Beirut: snipers’ lair turns into museum of Lebanon’s war memories
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(Uncategorised)
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... those who lived in the Beit Beirut building. All
that changed when Lebanon’s civil war started in April 1975, sparked by
the fatal shooting between Palestinian Muslims and Maronite Christian
phalangists. ...
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Created on 26 August 2016
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438.
Lebanese cardinal says terrorists don’t represent Islam
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(Uncategorised)
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... reserved for a Maronite Catholic.
Yet, Rai stressed, “the Lebanese formula still remains unique, and
our constitution is a model to be imitated by other states on the basis
of civic equality and ...
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Created on 23 August 2016
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439.
Order of Malta Lebanon Camp: seeing the face of God in the disabled
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(Uncategorised)
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... renovation
and expansion, whereby two buildings were joined and a new building added in
time for the 2016 camps. Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch, will
consecrate the center Sept. 3. ...
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Created on 19 August 2016
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440.
Reconciliation Marked by the Patriarch, Khazen and Joumblatt
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By Malek Fady el Khazen Khazen.org thanks His Eminence Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir and Walid
Beik Joumblatt who started the reconciliation between the Druze and the Maronite ...
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Created on 06 August 2016
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441.
Lebanese Economy to Remain Sluggish as Political Instability Drags
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(Uncategorised)
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... power sharing system between 18 sects
of Christians and Muslims that make up the country’s indigenous
population. Lebanon’s confessionalism system states that the country’s
President must be Maronite ...
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Created on 01 August 2016
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442.
Can Lebanon shed its confessional chains?
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(Uncategorised)
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... post. Since the presidency
was entrusted with Maronite Catholics, the premiership to Sunnis, and
the parliamentary speakership to Shiites, it is assumed the leadership
of the senate would be given ...
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Created on 24 July 2016
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443.
Christian town along Lebanese-Syrian border mourns, vows to defy fear
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(Uncategorised)
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... just going to survive. We're going to live our
lives," said Bashir Mattar, the mayor of al-Qaa, a village of about
15,000, predominantly Melkite Catholic, with some Maronite Catholic and
Orthodox. ...
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Created on 15 July 2016
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444.
Patriarch urges refugee repatriation as long-term solution in Middle East
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(Uncategorised)
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catholicherald.co.uk Destitute refugees now comprise half the people living in Lebanon,
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, has
said during his visit to New York. He ...
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Created on 29 June 2016
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445.
6 Reasons to Visit Beirut Despite the Travel Warning
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(Uncategorised)
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... split between Shia and Sunni, and the Christians include
Maronite, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant. In Beirut I heard Arabic,
French, and English spoken. The people I met were cultured and
welcoming, ...
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Created on 05 June 2016
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446.
Fadel resigns due to misrepresentation
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(Uncategorised)
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... Rafik al-Hariri, for nominating a Hezbollah ally to
fill the vacant presidency.
Speaking at a televised news conference on Monday, Rifi said Hariri's
decision to back Maronite politician Suleiman ...
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Created on 30 May 2016
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447.
Beirut Archbishop calls for end of Islamic persecution of Christians -
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(Uncategorised)
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... is not like other
Muslims. “There is no place for Christians in the Islamic State,” the Maronite clergyman said. He came to Poland at the invitation of the Society of Christ for
Poles Living Abroad ...
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Created on 25 May 2016
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448.
Asiri Gathers Lebanese Leaders over Dinner, Hopes for President Election 'before Eid al-Fitr' ...
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(Uncategorised)
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... Abdul Latif Daryan, a representative
of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Greek Orthodox Archbishop
Elias Aude.
It was also attended by Army chief General Jean Qahwaji,
Internal Security ...
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Created on 21 May 2016
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449.
Rai urges Lebanese diaspora to take gaining citizenship 'seriously
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(Uncategorised)
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Daily Star.com.lb BEIRUT:
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai Saturday called on the Lebanese diaspora
to cease the chance to gain the Lebanese citizenship so they can
preserve their ancestry for future ...
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Created on 21 May 2016
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450.
Municipal Vote: Murr, Kataeb Triumph in Sin el-Fil, N. Metn as FPM Wins in Hadath, Khazen wins Ghosta, Ajaltoun, Mazraa and dozens of cities FPM Clinches 14 Out of 18 Seats in Jounieh
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(Uncategorised)
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... Cheikh Farid Haykal el Khazen and Mansour Ghanem al-Bon, the
Lebanese Forces, and the Maronite Foundation in the World.
FPM founder MP Michel Aoun had paid a visit to Jounieh
on Saturday night ...
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Created on 16 May 2016
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451.
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih changing religion
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(Uncategorised)
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... she
prepares to marry Wassim Salibi, a wealthy music producer who is a
Maronite Christian.. While Fakih was
raised as a Shiite Muslim, she attended a Catholic school near the
Lebanese capital ...
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Created on 14 May 2016
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452.
Lebanon debates controversial electoral law again
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronites for
Maronites, and so on. In other words, the idea behind the law is
to abandon the current list system (dating back to 1960) that requires
political parties to line up a variety of candidates ...
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Created on 04 May 2016
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453.
The Eternal Magic of Beirut
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(Uncategorised)
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...
remove its whey, the freshly baked Levantine bread called manakish and
the eggs from chickens raised in gardens that the couple rents from the
Maronite Order in the nearby Chouf mountains. They cure ...
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Created on 04 May 2016
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454.
French president Hollande visits Lebanon: Midde East tour
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(Uncategorised)
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... he held separate talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and later Army Commander General Jean Qahwahi. Al-Rahi reiterated during the meeting the need to elect a a president to fill the vacuum that ...
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Created on 17 April 2016
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455.
Why Ted Cruz Was Booed Off Stage at a Christian Event
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronite
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; Gregorios III Laham, Melkite
Greek Catholic Patirarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria, and
Jerusalem; Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic ...
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Created on 04 April 2016
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456.
Two Lebanese contend for Unesco chief position
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(Uncategorised)
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... reports, Al Khoury-Lacoeuilhe visited Bkerke on March 20 to
seek the support of Maronite Patriarch Mar Besharah Al Ra‘i. Salameh,
a son of Kfardebian and a professor of international relations at
Sciences ...
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Created on 30 March 2016
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457.
Saudi-Hezbollah spat traps Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... opposing political power centres. In December 2015, Hariri made a bid for the prime minister’s post with Maronite Christian politician Suleiman Franjieh vying for the presidency. Hezbollah however opposed ...
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Created on 04 March 2016
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458.
15 great books: How civil war (re)-shaped the Lebanese novel
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(Uncategorised)
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... novelist Iman Humaydan wrote in email, “destroyed the mainstream ethics which were generated by the ruling (Maronite) political power. It gave voice to underground Beirut, the peripheral areas. Though ...
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Created on 08 February 2016
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459.
As Lebanon’s demographics shift, Christians bear the brunt
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(Uncategorised)
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... Christian losses.
In fact, and even if no references were made to the latter, the council of Maronite bishops addressed the issue of balance among all sects in state institutions a few days ago, after ...
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Created on 06 February 2016
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460.
Can Hariri Co-exist with a Strong Christian President in Lebanon?
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(Uncategorised)
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... Lebanese Presidency on the 20th of January 2016.
Lebanon has been without a President since May 2014. As per Lebanese custom, the President should be Maronite (Eastern Catholic) and is elected by the ...
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Created on 02 February 2016
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461.
Hezbollah leader committed to Aoun for Lebanon presidency
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(Uncategorised)
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... votes have failed to produce a president and parliament is due to convene on February 8 for another attempt.
Under Lebanon's power-sharing agreement, the president is always drawn from the Maronite ...
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Created on 30 January 2016
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462.
The Lebanese ‘Christian Marriage’ Between Aoun and Geagea Leaves Many Skeptical
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(Uncategorised)
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... with rival Maronite leaders that left thousands dead and maimed.
I remember listening to the news with my family on the way to school the day that Gemeyyel left Beirut for Paris—It was a happy day. ...
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Created on 26 January 2016
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463.
In Surprise Move, Bitter Political Rivals in Lebanon Announce Deal
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(Uncategorised)
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... because Lebanon’s political system allocates power according to sect. The president must be a Maronite, from the country’s largest Christian denomination. But the candidate must be approved by Parliament, ...
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Created on 19 January 2016
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464.
Geagea backs Aoun for the Lebanon presidency
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(Uncategorised)
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Joseph A. Kechichian, Senior Writer
Beirut: Lebanese Christian politician Samir Geagea will back his arch rival Michel Aoun for the presidency on Monday, local media reported, an apparent break ...
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Created on 18 January 2016
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465.
Khalil Gibran : Spirits Rebellious
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(Uncategorised)
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... agitation developed. The book was publicly burned in the Beirut market place by Maronite Church and Ottoman State officials who judged it fiercely dangerous to the peace of the country. Gibran’s bitter ...
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Created on 08 January 2016
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466.
One of Lebanon’s last statesmen dies at 98
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(Uncategorised)
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... parties, capable to speak for Lebanon whenever possible and to the Lebanese when circumstances required it. Long before the 2005 Cedar Revolution, Boutros acted as a negotiator between the Maronite ...
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Created on 04 January 2016
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467.
Lebanese cardinal calls for more help for refugees
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(Uncategorised)
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... in May 2014. Under Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the post is held by a Maronite Catholic.
Cardinal Rai emphasized that the Maronite Patriarchate has given policymakers three documents, “road maps ...
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Created on 29 December 2015
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468.
To be, or not to be (in the Saudi anti-terror coalition)? That is Lebanon's questio
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(Uncategorised)
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... between the number of Sunni and Shia Muslims, as well as Maronite Christians, isn’t significant.
More importantly, there are clear signs that the bipolar nature of Lebanon’s government is starting ...
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Created on 22 December 2015
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469.
Lebanon fails to elect president despite cautious optimism
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(Uncategorised)
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... and Shiite Muslims and Druze cannot agree on a candidate. Under a power-sharing agreement, the president is always drawn from the Maronite Christian community, the prime minister is a Sunni and the ...
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Created on 16 December 2015
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470.
Al-Sisi meets Lebanese patriarch, calls for national unity
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President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met the head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church on Sunday, stressing the importance of continuing efforts to achieve national unity and select a president for Lebanon.
Al-Sisi’s ...
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Created on 14 December 2015
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471.
Can bitter rivals, both sons of murdered fathers, move Lebanon forward?
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(Uncategorised)
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... shifting alliances can be maddening, but it's necessary to understand how unexpected this proposal to end the impasse is.
The plan would see Suleiman Frangieh, scion of a Maronite Catholic dynasty, ...
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Created on 12 December 2015
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472.
BEIRUT: Talks aimed at ending Lebanon's 18-month-long presidential vacuum are not going smoothly, a Christian leader said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the outlook for a power-sharing proposal aimed at ...
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(Uncategorised)
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... failed to take even the most basic decisions.
Aoun, who himself covets the presidency - which in Lebanon is reserved for a Maronite Christian -, is seen as vital to the success of any deal due to ...
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Created on 08 December 2015
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473.
The dash for the Lebanese presidency
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(Uncategorised)
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... Aoun and Samir Geagea and what remains of the Christian factions within the March 14 coalition. While the former believe that it is his sacred right as the legitimate representative of the Maronite ...
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Created on 08 December 2015
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474.
Sleiman Frangieh, next President of Lebanon?
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(Uncategorised)
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... state as lawmakers repeatedly failed to agree on a consensus president.
According to the country's power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim ...
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Created on 05 December 2015
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475.
Christians face exile or 'living under the shadow of Islam', says Damascus cleri
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(Uncategorised)
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catholicherald.co.uk
The Church in Syria faces a “suicidal choice” of either exile or “living under the shadow of Islam”, one of Syria’s leading clerics has said.
In his pre-Christmas letter Maronite ...
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Created on 28 November 2015
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476.
Exclusive: Lebanon army chief sees growing risk from Syrian camps
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(Uncategorised)
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... the country.
Kahwaji, 59, assumed command of the army when his predecessor, Michel Suleiman, became president in 2008.
A Maronite Christian, Kahwaji is seen as a possible candidate to fill the presidency ...
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Created on 27 November 2015
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477.
Squabbling Politicians Push Lebanon to Sectarian Brink
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(Uncategorised)
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... of Nations "mandate") former Ottoman provinces dominated by Maronite Christians and Druze, a Shia Muslim off-shoot. Lebanon officially won its independence in 1943 and relied on an informal ...
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Created on 22 November 2015
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478.
Lebanese parliament to hold a technical legislative session
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(Uncategorised)
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... initiatives. Geagea’s LF and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) accepted the compromise formula advanced by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bisharah Al Ra‘i, who urged parliament to adopt several ...
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Created on 10 November 2015
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479.
Patriarch of Antioch: Muslims Want to Conquer Europe with ‘Faith and the Birthrate’
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(Uncategorised)
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... 75-year-old cardinal is the Maronite Patriarch of the ancient city of Antioch, where Christianity has deep and millennial roots. He said that the ongoing conflict provoked by the Islamic State is forcing ...
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Created on 07 November 2015
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480.
Beit Douma: Beirut’s Home Away From Home
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(Uncategorised)
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... which included some of the most distinguished chefs and foodies in the world. The women—Druze, Shiite, Sunni, Maronite, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Palestinian and Armenian—represented a cross section of ...
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Created on 07 November 2015
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481.
Saint Rita of Cascia, Hewn From the Rocks of Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... Peter’s Square, with the sculptor, Alwan, and other Lebanese individuals in attendance.
The statue was dedicated and unveiled in Cascia on October 18 during a Mass celebrated by Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 06 November 2015
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482.
Faction-riven Lebanon scrambles to pay late army salaries
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(Uncategorised)
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... Saudi Arabia.
The Lebanese army, led by a Maronite Christian, is carefully balanced to reflect the sectarian make-up of the country.
It plays an important role in internal security, as well as safeguarding ...
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Created on 02 November 2015
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483.
Rahi during Christian spiritual summit: For ending war through diplomatic, political solutions
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(Uncategorised)
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... presence of the Apostolic Nuncio Gabriel Katchea.
A large number of patriarchs or representatives of eastern churches attended said summit, amongst them Maronite Patriarch Cardnial Mar Bechara Rai. ...
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Created on 30 October 2015
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484.
Lebanon teeters on sectarian brink
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(Uncategorised)
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... statesmen willing to look beyond their personal and group interests.
Modern Lebanon emerged from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire with France controlling former Ottoman provinces dominated by Maronite ...
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Created on 28 October 2015
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485.
Shia Muslims In Lebanon: Shedding Blood For Syria On The Day Of Ashura
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(Uncategorised)
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... Akle, a Maronite nun, attended Ashura wearing her nun’s habit and a silver cross around her neck. She comes every year as the director at College Notre Dame d’Antoine, a nun’s elementary and high school ...
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Created on 26 October 2015
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486.
Ambitious Politicians Play As Lebanon Teeters On Sectarian Brink
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(Uncategorised)
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... of Nations “mandate”) former Ottoman provinces dominated by Maronite Christians and Druze, a Shia Muslim off-shoot. Lebanon officially won its independence in 1943 and relied on an informal confessional ...
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Created on 20 October 2015
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487.
Thousands of Lebanese rally for Christian politician Aoun
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(Uncategorised)
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... that houses the headquarters of the presidency.
The presidency is set aside for a Maronite Christian but has been unoccupied due to a political crisis stoked by regional conflicts including the war ...
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Created on 11 October 2015
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488.
Pope urges Lebanon’s Christian leaders to unite and elect president
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(Uncategorised)
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... high-ranking sources as saying that the pope sent the letter to the unidentified Maronite officials around ten days ago.
He asked them to “unite for the sake of electing a Lebanese president,” said ...
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Created on 05 October 2015
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489.
Lebanon and the language of Laudato Si’
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... are needed. The Taif accord, which recognises the existence and rights of Lebanon’s eighteen official sects, commits politics to a division of power along sectarian lines: a Christian Maronite president, ...
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Created on 25 September 2015
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490.
Lebanese government agrees plan to resolve rubbish crisis amid public anger
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... which is backed by Iran, and the Future Movement, led by the Saudi-backed Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri, together with rival Christian parties.
The presidency reserved for a Maronite Christian has ...
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491.
All together... We do: 37 couples tie the knot
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emirates247.com
Lebanese Christian couples take part in a mass wedding at the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke on September 6, 2015. Thirty seven couples got married during the event organized ...
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492.
Patriarch al-Rai blames politicians for Lebanon crises
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Ya Libanan
Commenting on the garbage crisis and yesterday’s ‘You Stink’ group protest in downtown Beirut , Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai said on Sunday during the Sunday mass in Diman :”The tragic ...
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493.
Archbishop of Damascus: Nine dead and 47 injured in “rain of mortars” in Syria
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catholicherald.co.uk
The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus has spoken about the moment bombs rained down on his neighbourhood – killing nine people and injuring 50.
Two churches were the target of ...
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Created on 27 August 2015
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494.
Things to Know About Lebanon's Governmen
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... include Maronite and Greek Orthodox Christians, Shiite and Sunni Muslims and adherents to the ancient Druse faith. The president must be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, and ...
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ANALYSIS: Can growing pressure make Lebanon’s army reform its military courts? -
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... Maronite patriarchy told the head of the army last month that the army was “the last safe haven for the people”.
That said, there seems to be growing traction for change within the government. In early ...
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Created on 18 August 2015
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496.
Lebanese Journalists Union Elections: Rerun, Rehash, Rejection
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... was also headed by a decades-long president.
Under Lebanon's sectarian system, a Maronite Christian heads the LJU by while the LPS's chief is a Sunni Muslim.
In various media reports this week, the ...
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Created on 17 August 2015
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497.
Arabic and Life Lessons: My Summer in Lebanon
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... roles to different religious groups. For fifteen centuries, Lebanon has housed a multitude of religious sects and ethnic groups. Druze, Maronite Christians, Shias, and Sunnis, among others, make up ...
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Created on 12 August 2015
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498.
The Ruined Apartment Building Becoming Beirut's Memorial to Civil Wa
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... concrete – hence "yellow-house" style.
Of the eight apartments, four were rented out. A Palestinian Christian family lived opposite a Maronite dentist – supposedly opposing factions when ...
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Created on 31 July 2015
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499.
Iran deal may help Lebanon elect a president: Official
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... by his office.
The president is elected by parliament and must be a Maronite Christian according to Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system. But Lebanese politicians, deeply divided over issues ...
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Created on 15 July 2015
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500.
Stormy Cabinet session ends in compromise
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... a mud-slinging match between the premier and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Aoun’s son-in-law, when the latter began talking about violation of the Constitution and infringing on the Maronite president’s ...
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Created on 10 July 2015
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501.
Al-Rahi Rejects Terrorist 'Intruders
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday described extremist groups as intruders, vowing to spread the culture of tolerance along with Muslims.
“We lived with Muslims for 1,400 years in the Orient ...
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502.
Rahi Urges Rivals to Elect President to Stop Country from 'Dying
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged the rival March 8 and 14 alliances on Thursday to officially announce the name of their presidential candidates and elect a new head of state.
“It is a shame ...
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Created on 26 June 2015
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503.
Israel Threatens Lebanon Again
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... 18 recognized religious sects. The main two religions are Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East) and Islam (Shi' ...
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Created on 21 June 2015
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504.
Al-Rahi, Archbishop of Milan to Visit Erbil on Friday
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is scheduled to travel to the Iraqi Kurdish region of Erbil on Friday to follow up the situation of Christians who have been displaced as a result of the Islamic ...
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Created on 18 June 2015
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505.
Al-Rahi Says Vacuum Unacceptable, History Stained with Blood
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Monday that it was unacceptable for the presidential vacuum to last more than a year, hoping for a divine “interference” in the country's blood-stained ...
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Created on 16 June 2015
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506.
Qahwaji Outraged with Politicians' Behavior: Not Holding Onto Post
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... a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, the daily reported.
The high-ranking military official called on party leaders to prevent their rift over the appointment of new security and military ...
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Created on 12 June 2015
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507.
The Lebanese Advantage
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A 2004 Synod document, The Presence of the Maronite Church within the Patriarchal Domain, details some of the educational achievements of the Lebanese: (1) "[In the Ottoman period, Maronite] students ...
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Created on 11 June 2015
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508.
Al-Rahi Laments Presidential Vacuum, Says Linked to Armed Clashes in Region
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi expressed concern Wednesday over Lebanon's deviation from its role, warning of linking it to the armed and sectarian clashes in the region.
“Due to violations of ...
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Created on 10 June 2015
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509.
Competing Calls to Prayer Stir Beirut Site
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... cafes for several minutes. The source of the discord is a street corner that joins St. George Cathedral and the Grand Mosque, the largest houses of worship for Beirut’s Maronite Christian and Sunni Muslim ...
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Created on 07 June 2015
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510.
FPM, LF Entrust Al-Rahi with Declaration of Intent
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The Free Patriotic Movement and Lebanese Forces handed over to Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi a copy of the so-called declaration of intent between the two parties for his review. FPM lawmaker ...
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Created on 07 June 2015
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511.
Bkirki Says Rahi Will not Meet Syrian Officials in Damascus
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The seat of the Maronite church announced on Wednesday that Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will not hold talks with Syrian officials during his visit to Damascus next week.
Bkirki's press officer Walid ...
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Created on 03 June 2015
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512.
Salam: Presidential vacuum threatens country’s existence
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Tuesday warned that the yearlong presidential vacuum is threatening the country’s existence, as Christian March 14 lawmakers lobbied for the Maronite patriarch’s ...
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Created on 27 May 2015
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513.
Rai welcomes March 14 efforts to end presidential vacuum
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai offered his support Tuesday to efforts announced by March 14 politicians to reduce the quorum required to hold a presidential election session in Parliament from ...
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Created on 26 May 2015
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514.
March 14 MPs in Bkirki to Protest Yearlong Presidential Vacuum
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A delegation from the March 14 alliance lawmakers will visit the Maronite church seat on Tuesday to express resentment over the lingering presidential vacuum.
Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reported Friday ...
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Created on 22 May 2015
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515.
Christians Skeptic on Aoun's Initiative to End Presidential Stalemat
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The seat of the Maronite church in Bkirki and the Kataeb Party reportedly expressed reservations on the Change and Reform bloc's initiative to resolve the presidential deadlock.
Sources said in comments ...
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Created on 19 May 2015
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516.
FPM delegation meets Rai over Aoun’s initiative
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BEIRUT: A Free Patriotic Movement delegation began a number of scheduled talks with Lebanese officials with a visit to Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai Monday, to promote MP Michel Aoun’s initiative ...
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Created on 18 May 2015
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517.
Lebanese parties sign Document of "national partnership
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(Uncategorised)
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... Partnership to strengthen the state and fight terrorism" prepared and proposed at the initiative of the Political Commission of the Maronite League as a base to relaunch political dialogue and ...
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Created on 12 May 2015
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518.
Vatican Envoy in Lebanon to Assist al-Rahi in Pressing Election of New President
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(Uncategorised)
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... reported on Tuesday that the Vatican’s dispatched envoy comes in light of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's recent visit to Paris, where he met with French President Francois Hollande.
Al-Joumhouria ...
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Created on 05 May 2015
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519.
Lebanese cardinal: Christian exodus weakens moderate Islam
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... he said, is “the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
The speech at UNESCO was on the first day of a four-day visit to France, where the cardinal inaugurated the new Maronite Diocese ...
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Created on 30 April 2015
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520.
Hollande offers to help end political standoff
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: French President Francois Hollande conveyed his country’s readiness to help end Lebanon’s 11-month presidential deadlock to the Maronite patriarch Tuesday, and reiterated France’s support for ...
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Created on 29 April 2015
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521.
Al-Rahi Urges from Yerevan for World Recognition of Armenian Genocide
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has urged the international community to recognize the Armenian genocide, expressing fears of further such atrocities against Christians in the world.
Al-Rahi, ...
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Created on 23 April 2015
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522.
Al-Rahi from Armenia: Lebanese United despite Political Rift
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Wednesday that the Lebanese rivals are united concerning the necessity to safeguard the country's coexistence and diversity, considering that the Christian ...
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Created on 22 April 2015
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523.
Mazloum Warns of Wider Gap between Rivals, Collapse of Cabinet
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Maronite bishop Samir Mazloum expressed regret on Monday over the verbal spat between political arch-foes over the situation in Yemen, hoping that dialogue would defuse tension and preserve the cabinet. ...
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Created on 20 April 2015
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524.
Al-Rahi Exerting Efforts to End Presidential Vacuum, to Meet Prominent Western Ambassador
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will reportedly meet on Thursday the ambassadors to Lebanon of western powers, Gabriele Caccia, the papal ambassador to Lebanon and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon ...
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Created on 15 April 2015
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525.
Kanaan Denies Crack in Ties with Bkirki
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(Uncategorised)
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Change and Reform bloc lawmaker Ibrahim Kanaan stressed on Wednesday that ties with the seat of the Maronite church are still intact despite differences over political matters.
“The national partnership ...
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Created on 08 April 2015
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526.
Rai: Lebanon has reached the ‘peak’ of suffering
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BEIRUT: The lack of a president and the sharp divide across the political spectrum has caused Lebanon to reach the peak of suffering, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Sunday.
Distress in Lebanon ...
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Created on 06 April 2015
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527.
Rai: Parties await 'signals from outside' to elect presiden
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Politicians have no excuse for procrastinating over the election of a new Lebanese president, Maronite Beshara Rai said Saturday, accusing political parties of relying on external powers for ...
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Created on 04 April 2015
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528.
Hollande, al-Rahi to Discuss Baabda Crisis this Month
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(Uncategorised)
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Lebanon's presidential deadlock will top the agenda of talks that are expected to be held between French President Francois Holland and Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi this month, al-Akhbar newspaper ...
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Created on 03 April 2015
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529.
Sources: Rahi Praised Army during Meeting with Qahwaji
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lauded the military leadership during a meeting he held with Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji, sources in Bkikri said on Thursday.
The sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper ...
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Created on 02 April 2015
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530.
Spiritual Summit in Bkirki to End Presidential Stalemate
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A spiritual summit will be held on Monday at the seat of the Maronite church in Bkirki to press forward the election of a new head of state, An Nahar newspaper reported.
The daily said on Wednesday ...
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Created on 25 March 2015
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531.
Al-Rahi Calls on Ambassadors of U.N. Security Council to Resolve Presidential Deadlock
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will reportedly demand the ambassadors to Lebanon of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members to press their countries to end the presidential deadlock ...
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Created on 24 March 2015
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532.
Lebanon Takes In Fleeing Christians
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(Uncategorised)
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... European powers pressed the Ottoman Empire to draw the borders of Lebanon, declaring its status as a homeland for the then-dominant Maronite Christians.
Demographics have since changed, with the ...
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Created on 21 March 2015
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533.
Al-Rahi Says Not Only Christians Impeding Presidential Election
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(Uncategorised)
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Bkirki spokesman Walid Ghayad stressed on Friday that the Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi informed a French diplomat, who is following up the presidential deadlock, that the crisis is not only linked ...
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Created on 20 February 2015
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534.
Al-Rahi Lauds Geagea-Aoun Talks, Says Vatican Pushing for Election of President
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi revealed Thursday that the Vatican is exerting major efforts to end the presidential vacuum in Lebanon, as he hailed the recent rapprochement between Free Patriotic ...
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Created on 19 February 2015
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535.
Rai seeks help of Vatican, France to end vacuum
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai has pleaded with France and the Vatican to help in the election of a new Lebanese president, officials said Tuesday, in the latest attempt by the influential ...
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Created on 11 February 2015
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536.
Bishop Andari: We Can't Confine Maronism to Those Who Bowed Their Heads for Personal, Foreign Interest
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarchal Vicar of Jounieh Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari lamented Sunday that “no one can understand why a new president has not been elected until the moment,” stressing that Maronism cannot ...
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Created on 09 February 2015
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537.
Mazloum Lauds Dialogue between Christians: Bkirki Awaiting Substantial Results
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Bishop Samir Mazloum stressed on Wednesday that Bkirki encourages dialogue between the rival Christian parties, expressing hope that talks among the arch-foes would lead to extensive results. ...
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Created on 21 January 2015
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538.
Bkirki Tasked with Negotiating Return of Christians to IS-Held Territory
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(Uncategorised)
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... of the IS, said al-Liwaa.
It said it received information that the Vatican tasked Bkirki, the seat of the Maronite church in Lebanon, with the mission. The fall of the Iraqi city of Fallujah in January ...
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Created on 19 January 2015
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539.
Lebanon at risk, but consensus gradually building -
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(Uncategorised)
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... the Lebanese system, Maronite Catholic Christians control the presidency and the armed forces, while the Prime Minister is Sunni and leadership of the parliament belongs to Shi’a.
However, there is ...
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Created on 05 January 2015
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540.
Unprecedented optimism over hostages ordeal
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(Uncategorised)
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... in this case, but I will not announce it today, awaiting the final word on it,” Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk told reporters after meeting with Maronite Bishop Boulos Matar at the archdiocese in Ashrafieh ...
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Created on 05 January 2015
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541.
Rai: Aoun-Geagea meeting important step to end vacuum
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai has lent support for the planned dialogue between the country’s two rival Christian leaders, describing it as an “important step” toward ending the deadlock that ...
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Created on 03 January 2015
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542.
Byblos Brims With Culture, History and Life
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... in the Roman architectural style, albeit with a Byzantine flare. Its parishoners are of the Maronite (Catholic) sect.
St. John the Baptist church (Abu-Fadil)
Another house of worship from that ...
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Created on 02 January 2015
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543.
Al-Rahi Hails Dialogue between Rival Parties, Says to Break Ice Gradually
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lauded on Thursday the exerted efforts to launch dialogue between the political arch-foes to break the ice and reduce tension in Lebanon.
“Dialogue between rival ...
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Created on 01 January 2015
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544.
Hezbollah, Rai spar over presidential election
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Sharp differences emerged Friday during a meeting between a Hezbollah delegation and Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai after the party said it was adamant on backing MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, ...
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Created on 27 December 2014
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545.
Lebanese wineries
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(Uncategorised)
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... that time, a majority of Maronite Christians with large Sunni and Shia minorities and smaller ones of Greek and Syrian Orthodox Christians, Druze, Armenians and Alawites (the Christian sects now make ...
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Created on 08 December 2014
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546.
Lebanese Bid Farewell to Senior Poet Akl
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(Uncategorised)
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The funeral service for poet and writer Said Akl was held on Tuesday at Saint George Cathedral in downtown Beirut.
He passed away on Friday at the age of 102.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi ...
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Created on 02 December 2014
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547.
Leading Nationalistic Lebanese poet Saeed Akl dies at 102
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The funeral service for poet and writer Said Akl was held on Tuesday at Saint George Cathedral in downtown Beirut.
He passed away on Friday at the age of 102.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara ...
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Created on 28 November 2014
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548.
Lebanese singer Sabah dies at 87 - Sabah Pictures
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(Uncategorised)
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... sang their favorite Sabah songs. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, background center, leads prayers during the funeral procession of Lebanese singer and actress Sabah, ...
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Created on 26 November 2014
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549.
Google answers Lebanon’s Independence Day woes
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronite parties for the ongoing presidential vacuum, although he estimated that presidential elections could be staged in “less than 36 hours if they agreed on a consensual candidate.” He did not say ...
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Created on 22 November 2014
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550.
Report: Bkirki Seeks International Pressure to End Presidential Deadlock
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(Uncategorised)
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... on Saturday.
This was emphasized by the visits of ambassadors of countries of permanent membership at the United Nations Security Council to Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi at Bkirki earlier this ...
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Created on 15 November 2014
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551.
Al-Rahi Criticizes 'Cold-blooded' MPs over Baabda Vacuum, Extensio
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi slammed on Monday “cold-blooded” lawmakers for violating the constitution by causing a vacuum at the presidential palace and extending their own term.
MPs are using ...
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Created on 10 November 2014
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552.
Al-Rahi Slams Lebanese Politicians: Masks Have Fallen
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Friday criticized Lebanese politicians for “destroying” the country and slammed lawmakers for “protecting their seats” at the parliament. At the end of his two-week ...
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Created on 07 November 2014
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553.
World Middle East Is sectarian strife in Mideast dimming Lebanon's 'beacon of democracy
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(Uncategorised)
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... power-sharing formula, the presidency is restricted to Maronite Catholics. So far, the two main rival political blocks have rejected each other’s candidates and have been unable to agree on a consensus ...
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Created on 06 November 2014
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554.
Rahi pursues pastoral visit to Sydney: Lebanon is a neutral state under national charter
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Maronite Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi said that Lebanon is a neutral state under the National Charter, stressing the need for efforts at home and with the international community, to declare such ...
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Created on 06 November 2014
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555.
Papal delegation arrives to Lebanon for Middle East conference
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BEIRUT: A papal delegation headed by Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops Lorenzo Baldisseri arrived to Beirut’s international airport Thursday, one day before a mass conference joining all political ...
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Created on 06 November 2014
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556.
Al-Rahi Says Coexistence in Lebanon a Leading Example
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Tuesday the importance of equality between Muslims and Christians in Lebanon, reiterating that the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ...
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Created on 04 November 2014
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557.
Lebanese religious figures reject sectarian conflict label
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(Uncategorised)
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... including a representative of newly elected Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, Sidon Maronite Bishop Elias Nasr, MP Ali Osseiran, a representative for MP Bahia Hariri, and the head of the Army Intelligence ...
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Created on 04 November 2014
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558.
Rai condemns tripartite power-sharing idea
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Friday that some political parties in the country wanted to change the country’s power-sharing governance formula between Muslims and Christians, and expressed ...
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Created on 01 November 2014
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559.
Syrian Christians, building cemeteries instead of schools
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... to get by – even with the help of the Maronite local Church.
“The number of people taking the sacraments is falling from year to year – very sharply,” Samir Nassar, Maronite Archbishop of Damascus ...
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Created on 28 October 2014
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560.
Al-Rahi Calls on Christians to Confront Attack on Islam
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Tuesday that Christians should help Muslims to confront the assault against Islam by terrorists.
“The developments in the Middle East are not related ...
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Created on 28 October 2014
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561.
Al-Rahi Fears Lebanese Would Adapt to Vacuum
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-RAhi renewed on Saturday his call for the election of a new head of state, rejecting to let the Lebanese get used to the vacuum at the Baabda Palace.
“There is no justification ...
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Created on 25 October 2014
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562.
Al-Rahi Returns from Rome: Officials Would Be Violating Constitution by Extending Parliament's Ter
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Tuesday his rejection of the proposed extension of parliament's term, noting that it would violate the constitution and the will of the people.
He ...
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Created on 21 October 2014
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563.
‘God only knows’ if Christians will survive in the Middle East
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... East in 20 years time such is the persecution they are facing.
Maronite Archbishop Elias Nassar of Saida in Lebanon was speaking at an Aid to the Church in Need event at Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral ...
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Created on 17 October 2014
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564.
National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon
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... Francis. The shrine becomes just the second Maronite Catholic basilica in the world, the other being the original shrine in Lebanon. The observance began Aug. 15, recalling that date in 1964 when ground ...
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Created on 11 October 2014
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565.
Hariri to Meet with al-Rahi Monday in Rome
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Head of al-Mustaqbal Movement Saad Hariri is expected to meet with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday in the Italian capital Rome.
Local newspapers published on Wednesday reported that ...
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Created on 08 October 2014
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566.
Al-Rahi Attends Vatican Synod on Family
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi attended at the Vatican on Sunday a landmark two-week synod of bishops on the family.
Pope Francis opened the synod of bishops from around the world, which will ...
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Created on 06 October 2014
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567.
Le liban que jai aime
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(Khazen Blog)
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... pour en faire des sourires. Car chaque blessure n'est autre qu'une manière de devenir plus courageux, plus audacieux, plus tolérant.
J'ai appris qu'être musulman, juif, orthodoxe, maronite, druze n'est ...
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Created on 28 September 2014
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568.
Assailants Threaten Parish of Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Sydney
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Four assailants in a vehicle bearing the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) drove past the Maronite Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Sydney, shouting death threats to church-goers, ...
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Created on 19 September 2014
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569.
A Cheikh’s Summary of Israeli-Lebanese Relations
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... religious sects. The main two religions are Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East) and Islam (Shi’a and Sunni). ...
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Created on 15 September 2014
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570.
Sen. Cruz's tense Middle East remarks prompt calls for Christian unit
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... Bechara Boutros Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, implored the attendees of the conference to remember its purpose “to truly have a witness today with unity and the solidarity that ...
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Created on 12 September 2014
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571.
Lebanon envoy withdraws in protest of Israel remarks
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... he added, addressing an audience representing the Christian churches of the Middle East, including Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai.
The republican senator from Texas, who was a member of George W. Bush’s ...
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Created on 11 September 2014
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572.
A Time for Unity: Widespread Support for Washington Summit On Plight of Middle Eastern Christians
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... meet with Members of Congress and their staff, policy makers, diplomats, human rights activists, and religious leaders. Speakers include: Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Rai; Syriac Patriarch Ignatius ...
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Created on 10 September 2014
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573.
Al-Rahi Urges Politicians to Put Aside Personal Interests
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday on politicians to set aside personal interests, urging them to fend off crises.
“We demand political leaders and Christian figures to put aside ...
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Created on 07 September 2014
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574.
Al-Rahi: Lebanon Has Been Deprived of President for Factional Reasons
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Thursday the ongoing vacancy in the presidency, urging lawmakers to exercise their duty and elect a president. He said: “Lebanon has been deprived of ...
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Created on 05 September 2014
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575.
Al-Rahi Heads to Vatican: Outgoing Presidents Should Continue Tasks Until Successor Elected
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi proposed on Thursday that any future outgoing president should continue to carry out his tasks until the political arch-foes agree on his successor in order to avoid ...
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Created on 28 August 2014
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576.
Patriarchs of the Orient Deplore International, Arab 'Silence' over Christians' Persecution, Demand Fatwa against Takfiri Threa
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... Iraq where they are victims of crimes and are forced to leave (their towns),” Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's envoy Bishop Boulos Sayyah said after a meeting of Christian clerics of the Orient in Bkirki. ...
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Created on 27 August 2014
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577.
Rai from Irbil: World should protect Christians, minorities
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BEIRUT: Visiting the Kurdish capital Irbil, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called Wednesday on the international community to help Iraq’s minorities, asking the country’s Christians to stick to their ...
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Created on 20 August 2014
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578.
Patriarchs of the Orient Urge International Protection for Christians from Erbil, Say Idea of Own Province 'Now Acceptable
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"What we care about is safeguarding the presence of our (Christian) brothers and providing protection for them,” Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said after a visit to the Iraqi Kurdish region ...
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Created on 20 August 2014
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579.
Rai: East and West must stop financing terrorism
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EIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called on Eastern and Western states to stop funding terrorism Sunday, urging them to stop sending militants to battle in Iraq and Syria.
Rai renewed his appeal ...
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Created on 19 August 2014
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580.
Al-Rahi: MPs Must Stop Violating Constitution and Elect President
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized on Sunday the ongoing failure to elect a president, blaming lawmakers for the delay.
He demanded MPs during his Sunday sermon “to halt the violation ...
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Created on 17 August 2014
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581.
Al-Rahi Proposed Vatican Meet for Top Christian Leaders over Presidency
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has suggested to bring together Lebanon's top Christian political leaders in Rome but his proposal was rejected, An Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday. Al-Rahi wanted ...
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Created on 14 August 2014
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582.
Al-Rahi Calls on SCC to End Boycott of Official Exams Correction
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged on Sunday the Syndicate Coordination Committee to stop taking the future of students hostage. Al-Rahi called on teachers during Sunday's sermon in his summer ...
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Created on 10 August 2014
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583.
Former PM Hariri back in Lebanon for first time in three years
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(Uncategorised)
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... political deadlock. Hariri also met with Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk and US Ambassador David Hale. There was support from other prominent figures including Christian Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai ...
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Created on 08 August 2014
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584.
Bishops of Oriental Churches Demand Issuing Fatwas Banning Attacks against Christians
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... innocents,” Beirut Maronite Bishop Boulos Matar said after a congregation of the bishops of Oriental Churches at Diman, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's summer seat.
The conferees discussed the ...
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585.
Saniora Meets al-Rahi: No Issues Take Precedence over Electing President
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He said: “No other issues take precedence over the election of a president.” He made his remarks after holding talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi at Bkirki. “The presidential vacuum is fatal ...
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Created on 02 August 2014
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586.
An Interview with Cheikh Malek el-Khazen - By Matthew Olson http://catholicanalysis.org-
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(Khazen Blog)
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... to leave Keserwan and migrate to the South of Lebanon and the Maronites, including clergy, to move to the Keserwan district.
The Khazen families, who were now controlling the Kerserwan district, were ...
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Created on 28 July 2014
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587.
Al-Rahi Infuriated over Ongoing Presidential Vacuum
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi expressed anger on Sunday over the ongoing delay in electing a new head of state as reports said that he intends to propose the names of new candidates to fill the ...
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Created on 13 July 2014
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588.
Bkirki Rejects Constitutional Amendment Ahead of Presidential Elections
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Bkirki is engaged in a battle to elect a new head of state only and rejects to interfere in details that impede the poll as the Maronite Patriarch is holding onto his decision that all matters should ...
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Created on 01 July 2014
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589.
Al-Rahi Admits to Reaching 'Dead End' in Presidential Crisi
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has said that the efforts exerted to resolve the presidential deadlock reached a “dead end” after he held the parliamentary blocs boycotting legislative sessions ...
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Created on 30 June 2014
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590.
Al-Rahi Says Vast Challenges require Further Unity
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Thursday the necessity to implement peace and dialogue, saying that the country is facing an immense challenge that requires the unity of the Lebanese. “We ...
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Created on 27 June 2014
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591.
U.N., P5 Envoys Meet al-Rahi, Urge Speedy Election of President
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Wednesday held a meeting in Bkirki with U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly and the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security ...
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Created on 25 June 2014
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592.
Rahi Calls for 'Brave Initiatives' to Resolve Crises, Rejects 'Unconstitutional' Vo
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged on Wednesday the March 8 and 14 alliances to make “brave initiatives” to resolve the country's crises, saying the failure to elect a president is a violation ...
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Created on 11 June 2014
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593.
Hezbollah to uphold accord with Church over Lasa: official
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BEIRUT: A senior Hezbollah officials said the party would uphold an agreement over disputed land with the Maronite church in the Jbeil village of Lasa, saying last week's controversy was aimed at sowing ...
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Created on 09 June 2014
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594.
Al-Rahi Angered by Presidential Vacuum: Protests, Civil Disobedience an Option
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi allegedly will not hesitate in calling for protests and civil disobedience over the ongoing presidential deadlock, urging the U.S. administration in a letter to facilitate ...
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Created on 06 June 2014
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595.
Patriarch Rai: Lebanese who Fled to Israel are Not 'Criminals', Urges 'Reconciliatio
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The Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai on Friday said the Lebanese state must not deal with its citizens who fled to Israel in 2000 as “criminals.”
During a visit to the Druze village of Isfiya near ...
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596.
Al-Rahi Back in Lebanon after Controversial Jerusalem Visit, Refuses to Make Statement at Airport
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi returned to Beirut on Saturday afternoon after his controversial visit to Jerusalem, but rejected to make any statement upon his arrival at the Rafic Hariri International ...
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Created on 31 May 2014
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597.
Lebanese patriarch embraces exiled Lebanese from the civil war
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By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 3:16 PMCAPERNAUM, Israel — The leader of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic church celebrated an outdoor Mass Wednesday ...
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Created on 28 May 2014
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598.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman farewell ceremony - Lebanon Enter Vaccum
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... all of the president’s powers.
However, the move could raise concerns that the prime minister – a Sunni, in line with tradition – would infringe on the power of the Maronite president, a sensitive ...
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Created on 24 May 2014
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599.
Rai adamant on Jerusalem trip
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai stood firm Monday on his decision to go to occupied Jerusalem, a visit that has stirred controversy in Lebanon. “I told Prime Minister [Tammam Salam] that we are going ...
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Created on 19 May 2014
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600.
Suleiman, Al-Rahi, Jumblat Celebrate Christian-Druze Reconciliation in Brih
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... Michel Suleiman, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat attended the celebration along with a number of lawmakers from various parliamentary blocs. Suleiman ...
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Created on 17 May 2014
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601.
Vatican Considers Presidential Elections 'Battle of Existence' for Christian
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The Vatican considers the presidential elections in Lebanon as a battle of existence that surpasses the Maronites and focuses on the active Christians role in state posts in the country and the Middle ...
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Created on 16 May 2014
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602.
Rai: Vacuum will eliminate Christian role
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai warned Sunday a presidential vacuum would run contrary to the 1943 National Pact and eliminate the role of Christians in the country’s power-sharing system.
Rai’s ...
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Created on 12 May 2014
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603.
Suleiman Reportedly Urges Rahi Not to Visit Jerusalem
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President Michel Suleiman has told Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi that it was preferable for him not to visit the Holy Land later this month over local controversy on the planned trip, As Safir ...
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Created on 09 May 2014
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604.
Al-Rahi: It's My Duty to Welcome Pope in Jerusalem and I Ask Those against My Visit Not to Come to Bkirk
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi announced on Tuesday that it is his duty to welcome Pope Francis in Jerusalem, asking those against his visit "not to come to Bkirki." "I am the Maronite ...
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Created on 06 May 2014
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605.
Al-Rahi Celebrates Mass during Lourdes International Pilgrimage
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi celebrated mass at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes in France on Sunday on the occasion of the international pilgrimage of the Order of Malta. The ...
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Created on 04 May 2014
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606.
Rai defies his predecessors, decides to join papal delegation to Israel
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In almost every controversial matter, Maronite Patriarch Mar Bishara al-Rai plays a starring role. After a series of contradictory positions and his visit to Syria in February 2013, he decided to take ...
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Created on 02 May 2014
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607.
Monsignor Labaki's Lawyer Says No Rulings Received on Child Abuse Case, Assures His Defendant’s Innocenc
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Mansour Labaki's lawyer denied on Thursday that Vatican authorities ruled that the monsignor was innocent of the child abuse accusations against him. "The case is now in the hands of Pope ...
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Created on 01 May 2014
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608.
Al-Rahi Supports Baroud's Candidacy for Presidenc
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi backs the candidacy of former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud for the presidency, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Wednesday. According to the daily, al-Rahi informed ...
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Created on 30 April 2014
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609.
Al-Rahi to Travel with Pope Francis to Holy Land in May
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will travel to the Holly Land next month along with the delegation accompanying Pope Francis, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday. Bishop Boulos Sayyah, who ...
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Created on 29 April 2014
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610.
Lebanese MPs fail to pick new president in first vote
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... in Lebanon in 2005.
Christians and Muslims have equal representation in parliament, and a power-sharing agreement dictates that the president must be a Maronite Christian.
Parliament must choose ...
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Created on 23 April 2014
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611.
Senior Officials to Head to Vatican to Celebrate Sainthood of Two Popes
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Lebanese officials will attend the ceremonies that would canonize two of the 20th century's most influential popes together.
According to al-Liwaa newspaper published on Thursday, Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 17 April 2014
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612.
Patriarch Rai Heads Mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday.
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi hoped on Sunday that parliament would take into consideration the people's rights as it studies the new wage scale during a session on Tuesday.
He said: “We ...
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Created on 13 April 2014
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613.
Al-Rahi: I Have Not Rejected Nomination of Any March 8, 14 Presidential Candidate
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Friday the need to stage the presidential elections on time, saying that he does not have the right to interfere in the elections. He said upon his return ...
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Created on 12 April 2014
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614.
Rahi: Church supports equality between men, women
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... ceremony was headed by Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, in the presence of ranking religious figures and students from Catholic schools. A dialogue was held between the Patriarch and the students, ...
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Created on 04 April 2014
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615.
Equal opportunity employers in Lebanon? Dream on
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(Uncategorised)
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... that he couldn’t fulfill: his religion.
“They said they wanted someone from the ‘geographic area of Kesrouan,’” says Khashan, who lives in Sidon. “That’s when I realized they were looking for a Maronite ...
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Created on 29 March 2014
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616.
Aoun, Gemayel, Franjieh Meet in Bkirki amid Geagea's Absenc
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The seat of the Maronite church in Bkirki witnessed Friday evening a meeting between top Maronite leaders, amid the absence of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea for “security reasons.” “Bishop Samir ...
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Created on 28 March 2014
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617.
Al-Rahi Says Won't Nominate Anyone for Presidenc
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday announced that he will not nominate a certain candidate for the presidency, calling for the election of a president who is able to “heal the rifts” among ...
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Created on 26 March 2014
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618.
Baalbek-Deir Al-Ahmar Pastor Escapes Abduction Attempt
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Khazen.org prays for the Safety of the Maronite Church and its Bishops! They represent our Strength and future.
From naharnet.com
The pastor of Baalbek-Deir al-Ahmar escaped a kidnap attempt ...
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Created on 23 March 2014
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619.
Khazen Monasteries: The Saint Elias Monastery in Ballouneh (ctnd)
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... Youhanna el Helou went on to preside another convention at the Louaize Monastery with the presence of the apostolic representative Louis Gondolfi. A new era for the Maronite church began at the time where ...
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Created on 14 March 2014
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620.
Rai: Cabinet’s main duty is to hold presidential elections
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Boutros Rai called Sunday on the Lebanese officials to complete their duty and finalize the ministerial statement “in which they are not requested to solve the issues, but ...
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Created on 02 March 2014
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621.
March planned to protest Ashrafieh highway project
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Protesters are expected to join marches this weekend to call for a halt to the Fouad Boutros Highway project, which activists say will destroy historic buildings. Several heritage groups and other ...
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Created on 01 March 2014
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622.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
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(Uncategorised)
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... in hiw 2005 research at Harvard University that:
"Fakhr ed-Din inaugurated a policy allowing Maronites and other Christian groups to build Churches and toll bells. Some have attributed ...
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Created on 24 February 2014
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623.
Hariri Meets al-Rahi in Rome
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Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Friday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in the Italian capital Rome, in a meeting that focused on the issue of the upcoming presidential election. ...
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Created on 22 February 2014
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624.
The Khazens in Keserwan (Part1)
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(History part II)
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... Maronites "Moukaddams" distanced themselves from the Church and started fighting for political power. On another hand, the shortage of lands fit for cultivation and the harsh working conditions, ...
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Created on 15 February 2014
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625.
Al-Rahi Heads to Vatican, Says New Cabinet Shouldn’t Lead to Crisis
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Tuesday for the formation of a government that does not lead to a crisis in Lebanon and for holding the presidential elections on time.
“The government ...
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Created on 12 February 2014
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626.
Khazen Historical Documents: Lettre Au Sérénissime Prince Cosme III Grand Duc De Toscane
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You can find herebelow a letter sent to Prince Cosme III, Grand Duc of Toscane. In this letter, The Maronite nation shows gratitude and appreciation for the support, hospitality and solidarity ...
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Created on 07 February 2014
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627.
Rai warns Lebanon heading into the abyss
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Wednesday electing a new president on time was a necessary condition for a strong state and warned that power-hungry politicians implicating Lebanon in regional ...
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Created on 05 February 2014
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628.
Al-Rahi 'Won't Give Consent' to Cabinet that Excludes FPM,
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will not accept the formation of a government from which the two major Christian parties are missing, officials in Bkirki said.
The officials, who were not ...
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Created on 03 February 2014
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629.
Al-Rahi Stresses Need for New Govt. to Stage Presidential Elections
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged on Sunday the need for political powers to end their tense rhetoric and instead place national interests above all else. He called during his Sunday sermon ...
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Created on 26 January 2014
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630.
Contacts Ongoing to Persuade Pope to Visit Lebanon in May
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... to convince the pontiff to make a brief visit to Beirut during his first trip to the Holy Land, visiting Amman, Bethlehem and Jerusalem in May.
Maronite sources recently voiced hope for a possible ...
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Created on 06 January 2014
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631.
Al-Rahi Says Officials Should Stop Booby-trapped Cars by Engaging in Dialogue
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Sunday that rival officials should engage in dialogue to confront the security dangers and political crises gripping the country.
He said in his ...
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Created on 05 January 2014
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632.
People in Lebanon love New Year predictions 2014 - 2015 — the more outlandish the better
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(Uncategorised)
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... moves through a variety of topics quickly. Feghaly says that Suleiman Frangieh, a politician in Lebanon, will become the president of the country. He predicts the Maronite Christians will get their ...
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Created on 02 January 2014
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633.
Al-Rahi Slams 'Disabled' Politician
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi dubbed Lebanese politicians on Sunday as “disabled” people for failing to agree on a new government and an electoral draft-law.
“Aren't the real disabled those ...
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Created on 22 December 2013
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634.
Christmas Tree Lit in Tripoli
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... and history, despite all problems,” said Tripoli's Maronite Archbishop Georges Abu Jaoude.
For his part, March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soaid said “no matter how much they try and ...
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Created on 15 December 2013
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635.
Free the Nuns of St. Thekla!
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... who have been kidnapped as a result of the ongoing conflict. We must continue to pray and work together for peace, entrusting ourselves to Mary". Maronite Bishop Samir Mazloum asked in an interview ...
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Created on 08 December 2013
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636.
Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen Family: St. Anthony of Padua Church in Kfardebian
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... 19th century, the church became a property of the Maronite Church and was put under the supervision of the Diocese's bishop.
The St. Anthony of Padua Church is still a pastoral church until today. ...
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Created on 08 December 2013
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637.
Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen Family: Mar Maroun (The Tower) Church in Kfardebian
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... church his blessing.
Later on, and after the church underwent some major renovation and expansion works, the Khazens of Kfardebian named it the Mar Maroun church, to honor the father of the Maronites, ...
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Created on 08 December 2013
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638.
Al-Rahi Appointed Member of Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Educatio
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Pope Francis has named Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi as a member of the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education, state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.
The Maronite Patriarchate' ...
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Created on 27 November 2013
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639.
Rahi Sets 3 Conditions as Catholic Patriarchs Head to Rome
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on politicians on Sunday to form an all-embracing government, hold the presidential elections on time and agree on a vote law as Catholic Patriarchs headed ...
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Created on 17 November 2013
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640.
Suleiman, al-Rahi to Hold Meeting Away from Media
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A meeting will be held on Friday between President Michel Suleiman and Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki on the sidelines of issuing the memorial book on the official visit of Pope Benedict ...
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Created on 14 November 2013
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641.
Al-Rahi Urges Christians to Play 'Conciliatory Role' in Country's Political Cris
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized the country's rival leaders for paralyzing state institutions and reiterated his call for Christians to play a pivotal role in resolving the country's political ...
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Created on 05 November 2013
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642.
Rival Christian Parties Hold 2nd Meeting in Less than a Month
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The representatives of rival Christians parties held talks on Thursday night, their second meeting in less than a month under the auspices of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper ...
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Created on 02 November 2013
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643.
Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen Family: Assumption of Mary Church in Ballouneh
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... until the Maronite Church built the Mar Yaacoub Church in 1931. During the early part of the 20th century, the church was under the patronage of Cheikh Kerserwan Amine el Khazen (Who died in 1966). Nowadays, ...
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Created on 31 October 2013
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644.
Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen Family
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كنيسة السيدة - عجلتون
The role that the Khazen family played throughout the decades in supporting and strenghtening the Maronites in Lebanon has been crucial and unmatched. The Khazens were ...
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Created on 28 October 2013
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645.
Al-Rahi Urges Officials to 'Prepare Conditions to Hold Presidential Election on Time
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized on Sunday the political authorities in Lebanon for “neglecting their duties” and their attempts to create political vacuum in the country.
He said ...
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Created on 27 October 2013
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646.
Al-Rahi Prays for Release of Syria Clergymen
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has congratulated the families of the nine pilgrims who were released on Saturday following a 17-month kidnapping ordeal in Syria but called for setting free two bishops ...
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Created on 20 October 2013
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647.
Suleiman Grants Wadih el Safi Golden Order of Merit
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... while Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi presided over the mass.
"We are aware of the vacuum Wadih al-Safi will leave behind him and the deep wound his passing created in our hearts,” al-Rahi ...
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Created on 15 October 2013
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648.
Monsignor Labaki's Family Urges Christian Interference with Vatican, Appeal in Sexual Abuse Cas
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The family of Monsignor Mansour Labaki urged on Saturday Christian figures in the country to intervene with high authorities at the Vatican to allow an appeal in the case of the Maronite father.
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Created on 13 October 2013
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649.
Do not forget Syria's Christians, priest urges Westerner
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... Faddoul, a Maronite priest. He said any decisive battle over the Syrian capital of Damascus would cause “a refugee disaster.”
Fr. Faddoul said that U.S. threats to attack Syria had boosted the number ...
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Created on 27 September 2013
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650.
Al-Rahi: Illegitimate Arms Pose Threat to Army, Security Agencies
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Sunday that the army guarantees Lebanon's security and sovereignty, while condemning the spread of arms outside the state's authority.
He said during ...
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Created on 08 September 2013
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651.
Lebanese faith leaders seek global aid for kidnapped bishops
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Beirut, Lebanon, Sep 5, 2013 / 02:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Greek Orthodox and Maronite Catholic patriarchs of Lebanon have urged the international community to help resolve the abductions of ...
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Created on 05 September 2013
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652.
Al-Rahi Says Officials Responsible for Deadly Bombings over 'Prolonged Conflict
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held on Sunday officials responsible for the deadly bombings that have recently rocked Beirut's southern suburbs and the northern city of Tripoli. “Political parties ...
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Created on 01 September 2013
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653.
Call It Beyrouth: Beirut With a French Accent
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(Khazen Blog)
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... known simply as the Pink House.
We were welcomed by Fayza el Khazen, 69, whose elegance matches her gorgeous art-and-antiques-filled home. The el Khazens are Maronite, a Christian sect that constitutes ...
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Created on 31 August 2013
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654.
Al-Rahi Offers Condolences in Dahieh, Urges Political Initiative to Honor Victims of Blasts
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday reiterated his call for political parties to close ranks in the wake of the deadly bombings that rocked Tripoli and Dahieh.
After offering condolences ...
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Created on 27 August 2013
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655.
Al-Rahi Slams 'Disgraceful' Abduction of Turks, Urges Release of Aazaz Pilgrim
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday condemned as “disgraceful” the abduction of two Turkish pilots near Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, saying they were kidnapped in a prearranged ...
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Created on 11 August 2013
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656.
The Maan and the Khazen (Part3)
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(History part II)
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Cheikh Abou-Nawfal el Khazen
After the death of Abou-Nader in 1647, the position of Moudabber was taken by his son Abou-Nawfal who was also in charge of collecting the taxes for his district ...
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Created on 20 July 2013
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657.
Al-Rahi Reiterates Rejection of Non-State Arms
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday reiterated his rejection of weapons in the hands of non-state actors and called on Lebanese parties to end their “subordination” to foreign powers. “Lebanon ...
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Created on 14 July 2013
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658.
The Maan and the Khazen (Part1)
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(History part II)
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... that was attributed to Emir Fakhreddine was the direct influence of Abou Nader el Khazen as Abou Nader helped the Emir build a bridge between the Maronites and the Druzes and strengthened the collaboration ...
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Created on 14 July 2013
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659.
Al-Rahi Calls for Reconciliation of Politicians to Ease Pressure on People
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday for a reconciliation among bickering politicians to ease political, security and economic pressure on the Lebanese people. During his sermon in Bkirki, ...
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Created on 30 June 2013
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660.
Tripoli’s Christians avoid sectarian strife
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... Saint Mikhail Church (Maronite), and the Saint Joseph Church (Syriac Catholic). One can also find on nearby Nuns Street an evangelical church, as well as a small church for the Latin community.
Zahiriyyeh ...
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Created on 21 June 2013
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661.
Al-Rahi Calls for Neutral Cabinet to Achieve Reconciliation among Foes
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi demanded on Tuesday the formation of a neutral cabinet to bridge the gap between the March 8 and 14 alliances and achieve reconciliation.“The March 8 and 14 coalitions ...
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Created on 19 June 2013
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662.
Al-Rahi Meets Pope, Requests His Blessing for Lebanon, Middle East
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi met on Wednesday Pope Francis I with whom he took part in the daily mass held at the Vatican. The patriarch then held a closed-door meeting with the pontiff during ...
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Created on 23 May 2013
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663.
Bkirki: No LF, FPM Meeting Has Been Scheduled due to High Tensions
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's envoy Bishop Samir Mazloum lamented the eruption of the dispute between the Christian Free Patriotic Movement and Lebanese Forces over the parliamentary electoral ...
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Created on 19 May 2013
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664.
Rahi Calls from Venezuela for a Vote Law that 'Meets Lebanese People's Aspiration
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged lawmakers to agree on an electoral law that meets the aspirations of the Lebanese people, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday. "MPs ...
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Created on 16 May 2013
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665.
The Most Powerful Weapon for Peace in Syria, The Trappist Nuns of Allepo
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(Uncategorised)
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... some places where the prevailing hatred is held at bay. One of them is a Trappist monastery in the small Maronite village of Azeir, located in western Syria between the cities of Tartous and Homs." ...
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Created on 05 May 2013
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666.
Pope after Talks with Suleiman Calls for 'Greater Aid' for Syrian Refugees in Lebano
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(Uncategorised)
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... of State. President Sleiman, a Maronite Catholic, was accompanied by his wife for the May 3 meeting in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. “During the cordial talks they discussed the situation in the country, ...
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Created on 04 May 2013
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667.
Al-Rahi Stresses from Brazil Need to Form New Government
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized the delay in the formation of a new government, reported the National News Agency Wednesday.He stressed the need to form a new cabinet because the ...
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Created on 02 May 2013
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668.
Rai calls for release of Syrian bishops
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BEIRUT: Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai called Saturday for the release of two Syrian bishops who were abducted earlier this week.
“I urge those concerned to release kidnapped bishops Boulos Yaziji ...
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Created on 29 April 2013
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669.
Rai calls for release of Syrian bishops
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai called Saturday for the release of two Syrian bishops who were abducted earlier this week. “I urge those concerned to release kidnapped bishops Boulos Yaziji ...
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Created on 28 April 2013
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670.
Al-Rahi Meets Hariri
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Wednesday held talks with former prime minister Saad Hariri in the French capital Paris. Earlier in the day, al-Rahi said the presence of Christians in the Middle ...
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Created on 10 April 2013
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671.
Al-Rahi Hopes for Consensus on Fair Vote Law, Type of Cabinet
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi expressed hope on Sunday that there would be consensus among the Lebanese on a fair electoral law and on the formation of the new government. “I hope that the coming ...
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Created on 07 April 2013
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672.
Suleiman Meets al-Rahi: Political Parties are Obligated to Agree on New Electoral Law
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(Uncategorised)
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... parties are obligated to agree on a new electoral law and they cannot escape from this duty.”
He made his remarks after a closed-door meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi ahead of Easter ...
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Created on 01 April 2013
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673.
Christ is Risen
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(Uncategorised)
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Khazen.org wishes a Happy Easter to all Catholics and Maronites in Lebanon and the world.
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Created on 31 March 2013
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674.
Good Friday stations pray for Christian unity in Middle East
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(Uncategorised)
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... the promotion of abortion.Six of the reflections were written by representatives from the six rites of the Catholic Church in Lebanon: Latin, Maronite, Melkite, Armenian, Syriac and Chaldean.
The ...
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Created on 26 March 2013
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675.
Al-Rahi Urges Resumption of Dialogue
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on officials on Sunday to resume the national dialogue and form a government capable of holding the parliamentary elections on time and maintaining the ...
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Created on 24 March 2013
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676.
Al-Rahi Tackles Electoral Law with Berri, Miqati in Rome
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi discussed on Sunday with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati in Rome the controversial electoral law. Berri was quoted as saying after the meeting ...
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Created on 18 March 2013
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677.
The Saga of el Khazen: The Khazens Consuls of France
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(Uncategorised)
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The Saga of el Khazen
Original Author: Eliane Gebara
Introduction
The Khazen family is among the largest and most prestigious Lebanese families. They were Maronites ever since the start ...
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Created on 16 March 2013
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678.
Cheikh Serhal Toufic el Khazen
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(Cheikh Hanna el)
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A letter from Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir to the family of Cheikh Serhal el Khazen.
Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East
Bkerke
This Apostolic blessing ...
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Created on 11 March 2013
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679.
Every cardinal in his place: Internal ranking determines seating chart
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(Uncategorised)
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... Cardinals Re; Bertone; Antonios Naguib, retired Coptic Catholic patriarch; Bechara Rai, the Maronite patriarch; and Godfried Daneels, former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels.
The last cardinal elector ...
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Created on 07 March 2013
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680.
Patriarch Raï: The Conclave from a Middle Eastern perspective
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(Uncategorised)
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Gianni Valente
Rome
He was one of the last to land in Rome but he got to work immediately alongside the other cardinals. Yesterday, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Raï, ...
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Created on 06 March 2013
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681.
Pope rounds on rival cardinals and their 'sins against unity
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(Uncategorised)
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From Asia, the three leading papal electors include Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, who monitors closely the aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and who, along with Onaiyekan, represents Christians ...
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Created on 25 February 2013
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682.
Sleiman rules out poll law that deepens divisions
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(Uncategorised)
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... basis of the 1960 law if Parliament failed to reach an agreement on a new electoral law. Officials on both sides of the political divide, including the Maronite Church, have rejected the 1960 law, which ...
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Created on 17 February 2013
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683.
Criminal Complaint against Saudi Daily over al-Rahi Caricature
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(Uncategorised)
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A lawyer filed a criminal complaint against the Saudi al-Watan newspaper on Wednesday for publishing a caricature criticizing Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's visit to Syria. Voice of Lebanon ...
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Created on 14 February 2013
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684.
Our Holly Father - Thank you!
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(Uncategorised)
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On Behalf of the Maronite nation, I would like to thank our Holly Father Pope Benedict XVI.
You gave the weak Maronite Nation strength and hope, with your visit and attention to the Lebanese Church. ...
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Created on 11 February 2013
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685.
Benedict the Builder Pope
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(Uncategorised)
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... Holy Spirit choose a worthy successor to meet the challenges present in today’s world.”
Thank You From Khazen.org - Malek Fady el Khazen
On Behalf of the Maronite nation, I would like ...
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Created on 11 February 2013
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686.
Al-Rahi to Damascus for Inauguration of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi revealed his intention to visit Damascus on Sunday to take part in the inauguration celebration of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch Youhanna ...
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Created on 09 February 2013
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687.
Letters From from King of France to the Khazen Family
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(Documents)
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... function of French consul. The Khazen were successful in spreading the message of the Maronites in Lebanon. They played a unique role in supporting the Clergy and strengthen the relationship of the Maronites ...
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Created on 04 February 2013
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688.
Al-Rahi: Political Powers Responsible for Army Casualties in Arsal Clash
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi condemned on Sunday the recent clash in the Bekaa town of Arsal that left two army officers dead.
He said during his Sunday sermon: “We hold political powers ...
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Created on 03 February 2013
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689.
Al-Rahi Calls for Electoral Law that Does Not Fuel Sectarianism
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi hoped on Sunday that officials would succeed in reaching an agreement over a parliamentary electoral law that “revives real democracy” in Lebanon. He therefore ...
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Created on 20 January 2013
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690.
Al-Rahi and Audeh Support Fair Electoral Law that Preserves Coexistence
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut Elias Audeh have expressed support to a parliamentary draft-law that preserves coexistence. “Bkirki is neither with an Orthodox ...
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Created on 11 January 2013
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691.
Al-Rahi Slams Officials' Rejection of All-Party Talks: Lebanese Bound by Dialogue
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi highlighted on Sunday the importance of dialogue, noting that the Lebanese people are “bound” by it. He wondered during his Sunday sermon at Bkirki: “Is it possible ...
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Created on 06 January 2013
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692.
Jumblatt meets Patriarch Rai
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(Uncategorised)
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... in the Shouf district.
“We will hold a reconciliation ceremony under the auspices of the (Maronite) patriarch and the president after the wound of the town of Brih healed following the end of violations ...
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Created on 04 January 2013
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693.
Al-Rahi: It's Shameful that Politicians Have Been Incapable of Approving New Electoral La
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized on Thursday the political authority in Lebanon for failing to approve a new parliamentary electoral law, reported the National News Agency.
He ...
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Created on 03 January 2013
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694.
Al-Rahi Rejects during Christmas Message 1960 Electoral Law
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Monday calls on the rival political parties to reach peace, agree on a new electoral law and form a new cabinet capable of safeguarding the country. During ...
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Created on 25 December 2012
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695.
Al-Rahi Says 'Shameful' to Ignore Fundamental National Cause
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized on Sunday Lebanese politicians for failing to agree on fateful issues such as a new electoral draft-law ahead of the polls next year. “It's a shame … ...
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Created on 16 December 2012
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696.
Al-Rahi Says New Cabinet Should Oversee Polls Through New Law
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday for the formation of a new government that resolves the country's economic and social problems and holds parliamentary elections on time. During ...
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Created on 02 December 2012
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697.
Miqati after Meeting al-Rahi: Parliamentary Elections Will be Held on Time
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(Uncategorised)
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Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Friday that the 2013 parliamentary elections will be held on time, refuting all rumors and statements suggesting the contrary. After meeting Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 01 December 2012
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698.
Al-Rahi: Elections Must be Held on Time with or without Law Amendment
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi said on Tuesday that he prefers that the 2013 parliamentary elections be held on time, even if no agreement was reached on a new electoral law. “If they can't agree ...
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Created on 28 November 2012
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699.
New cardinals excited, honored at elevation by Pope
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(Uncategorised)
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... blessing."
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, who comes from India, heads the Syro-Malankara Rite of the Church. Alongside the Maronite and Syriac Catholic rites, it forms part of the West ...
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Created on 27 November 2012
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700.
Al-Rahi Presides over First Mass as Cardinal
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday noted that his motto “partnership and love” is inspired by the Apostolic Exhortation which he described as the “path to unity” in Lebanon and conflict-hit ...
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Created on 26 November 2012
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701.
Pope names new patriarch Mar. Bwechara el Rai cardinal - A joy for Lebnaon
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(Uncategorised)
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khazen.org, "Our joy has no limit!" Glory to our New Cardinal Patriarch!!! Khazen.org congratulates the Maronite Church and Maronite for the new appoitment of the Cardinal Patriarch Mar Bechara ...
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Created on 24 November 2012
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702.
Pope urges inter-Lebanese dialogue
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(Uncategorised)
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... a model of diversity. The pope spoke during a meeting with President Michel Sleiman at his office in the Vatican in Rome. Sleiman arrived in the Vatican to attend the official appointment of Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 24 November 2012
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703.
Al-Rahi: No One Has Right to Request Handing over of Hariri Murder Suspects
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Thursday that no one should request the authorities to hand over suspects in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination because they are innocent until proven ...
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Created on 24 November 2012
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704.
Al-Rahi Attends Tawadros' Enthronement
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi attended on Sunday the enthronement of the new Coptic pope in Cairo ahead of the Nov. 24 ceremony that would officially appoint him as a new cardinal in the Catholic ...
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Created on 18 November 2012
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705.
Patriarch Al Rai’s brother Salim passed away
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Al-Rai’s brother Salim Al-Rai passed away after a long illness at Hotel Dieu hospital Saturday morning, according to Bkirki and hospital sources . His ...
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Created on 11 November 2012
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706.
Saniora Meets al-Rahi
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(Uncategorised)
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... talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi the need for the formation of a new government, stressing: “The constitution stipulates that there can be no power vacuum in Lebanon.” He made his remark in ...
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Created on 05 November 2012
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707.
Al-Rahi Meets Suleiman
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday stressed that change requires “serious dialogue,” lauding President Michel Suleiman’s call for dialogue and saying it can provide an opportunity for ...
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Created on 02 November 2012
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708.
Al-Rahi Urges March 14 to Take Part in Dialogue on 'Changing Govt.
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday called on the opposition March 14 camp to accept President Michel Suleiman's call for national dialogue, stressing that "we cannot cripple the state ...
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Created on 30 October 2012
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709.
Trappist Nuns in Syria Challenge Us to Live as Messengers of Jesus, the Prince of Peace
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(Uncategorised)
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... monastery in the small Maronite village of Azeir, located in western Syria between the cities of Tartous and Homs."
"Five Italian nuns from the Monastery of Valserena (Pisa) call it home. ...
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Created on 26 October 2012
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710.
Four new cardinals had to keep news secret from synod
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(Uncategorised)
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Khazen.org congratulates the Lebanese nation, the Maronites and the Catholic Maronite Church on the nomination of our Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara el Rai.
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News ...
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Created on 24 October 2012
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711.
Al-Rahi: Some Countries Exploited Arab Spring Demos, Encouraged Violence
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Wednesday that Arab Spring demonstrations are legal means for people to demand their political, social and economical rights, but these protests were hijacked ...
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Created on 17 October 2012
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712.
Al-Rahi: Spiritual Christian Spring Will Pave Way for Arab Spring
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi noted on Sunday that Pope Benedict XVI visited Lebanon at a time when the Middle East is witnessing “radical changes that are threatening its stability and security.” He ...
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Created on 16 September 2012
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713.
Benedict XVI: fundamentalism a 'falsification' of religio
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(Uncategorised)
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... for other religions. Asked about Christian fears about rising aggression from Islamist radicals, Benedict said: "Fundamentalism is always a falsification of religion."
Lebanese Maronite ...
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Created on 15 September 2012
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714.
Pope Benedict XVI visit to Lebanese and Lebanon - Land of Hope in images
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(Uncategorised)
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... to visit the region. He is a man of great courage and profound living faith. We ask our readers around the world to pray for him during this historic visit.
Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Beshara ...
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Created on 14 September 2012
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715.
Rai, Jumblatt discuss Brih reconciliation in Mukhtara
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai arrived in the Shouf town of Mukhtara on Sunday where he met with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt and discussed the Brih reconciliation ...
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Created on 09 September 2012
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716.
Al-Shaar Says al-Rahi to Visit Tripoli in November
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is scheduled to visit the northern city of Tripoli on the first week of November, Tripoli Mufti Sheikh Malek al-Shaar said. Al-Shaar said that he held talks with ...
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Created on 08 September 2012
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717.
Miqati Meets al-Rahi
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(Uncategorised)
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... “I enjoy excellent ties with Berri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun is our partner in government.” He made his remarks after holding talks in al-Diman with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi ...
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Created on 01 September 2012
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718.
Qabbani to al-Rahi: All Lebanese Should Beware of Divisions
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(Uncategorised)
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... looming dangers resulting from their divisions because division is the cause of strife, the National News Agency said. It said the Mufti made his remark to Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi who telephoned ...
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Created on 20 August 2012
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719.
Cheikh Rafiq el Khazen (1909-1997)
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(Cheikh Rafiq el Khazen (مديž)
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... of late Cheikh Bashir Gemayel, elected president of the Lebanese Republic in 1982.
Cheikh Rafiq represented the Khazen family as the gate keeper for the sacred Maronite council that voted Mar Antonios ...
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Created on 15 August 2012
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720.
Cardinal Dolan and Congressman Ryan: Catholic Social Doctrine, 2012 Campaign
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(Khazen Blog)
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Khazen,org and Wisconsin Catholic-Maronite Foundation is proud to offer its endorsement to the Romney Ryan ticket of 2012! And Governor Tommy Thompson as of the senate race.
...
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Created on 11 August 2012
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721.
Al-Rahi: Lebanon Needs to Revitalize its People, Leadership to Keep up with Modernity
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Sunday the Maronite bishops council’s warning earlier this week of an economic collapse in Lebanon should the current situation in the country persist. ...
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Created on 05 August 2012
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722.
Barbar Beik el Khazen (1861-1928)
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(Cheikh Barbar el Khazen (أمي)
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... Father Gebrayel Bassil, Druze Sheikh Mohammad Hamadeh, Druze Sheikh Mohammad Talii, Monseigneur Kheirallah Estfan (Maronite Patriarch’s official representative in New York) and many others …
...
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Created on 30 July 2012
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723.
Matar Named Member of Vatican Evangelization Council
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(Uncategorised)
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Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appointed Maronite Archbishop of Beirut Boulos Matar to a Vatican department aimed at countering growing secularization. The Vatican said Matar and the Archbishop of ...
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Created on 25 July 2012
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724.
Lebanese hermit St. Charbel remembered July 24
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(Khazen Blog)
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Denver, Colo., Jul 22, 2012 / 06:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On July 24, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit who is known ...
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Created on 24 July 2012
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725.
French President Hollande to Al-Rahi: France Will Always Support Lebanon against All Regional Challenges
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi received on Saturday a cable from French President Francois Hollande thanking him for congratulating him on his election as president and highlighting the depth ...
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Created on 22 July 2012
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726.
Al-Rahi Blames Officials for Deteriorating Situation in Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Partiarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Christians on Sunday to play a positive role in resolving the crises in Lebanon on the levels of economy, politics and peace. “The Lebanese need to be reassured ...
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Created on 22 July 2012
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727.
Syrian archbishop laments continued violence
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(Khazen Blog)
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Damascus, Syria, Jul 19, 2012 / 12:06 am (CNA).- Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus spoke out against the violent conflict between government and rebel forces in Syria, drawing particular ...
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Created on 21 July 2012
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728.
Al-Rahi: Spread of Arms to Blame for Return of Assassinations
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi noted on Wednesday that the powers carrying out assassinations in Lebanon enjoy political cover. He said before reporters at his Diman summer residence: “The spread ...
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Created on 12 July 2012
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729.
Al-Rahi Urges Expats to Participate in 2013 Ballots
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi expressed hope that officials would agree on a modern electoral law that provides the best representation and achieves the ambitions of all Lebanese. “The participation ...
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Created on 07 July 2012
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730.
Al-Rahi Heads to Turkey
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Wednesday that “people are fed up with divisions” and reiterated support for Lebanese from all sects and parties. “People are fed up with divisions and ...
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Created on 28 June 2012
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731.
Al-Rahi Urges Officials to Resolve Problems that Lead to Land Sales
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Lebanese officials on Sunday to help the people preserve their land by resolving the problems that lead to property sales and emigration. In his sermon, ...
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Created on 25 June 2012
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732.
Lebanese number of Viewers per TV Brand s& Lebanese media background LBC - NTV MTV Future OTV NBN TL
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(Khazen Blog)
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... a religious educationally-based station launched in 1991 and owned by the Catholic-Maronite Church. ***
Radio [top]
Currently there are around 40 radio stations in the country (20 AM, 22 FM, 4 ...
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Created on 11 June 2012
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733.
Al-Rahi Hopes National Dialogue will be ‘Fruitful’
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi hoped in his Sunday sermon for the national dialogue that President Michel Suleiman has called for to be “fruitful.” Suleiman has invited political leaders ...
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Created on 10 June 2012
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734.
Al-Rahi: I Do Not Support Calls for Government’s Resignation
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi voiced on Thursday his support for the various calls for holding dialogue in Lebanon away from the threat of arms. He said: “I do not support calls for the ...
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Created on 25 May 2012
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735.
Al-Rahi: Collapse of Syria’s Dictatorship Won’t Affect Christians
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has expressed confidence that Syria’s Christians would not be affected if the regime of President Bashar Assad collapses in the ongoing turmoil in the country. “The ...
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Created on 23 May 2012
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736.
Intervention could tear Syria apart
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(Khazen Blog)
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... first-hand information,” he told reporters, contrasting this with “information from the television.”
“My best friend, a Maronite bishop named Paul Zayah, has a nephew who lives in Dubai. Walking in ...
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Created on 22 May 2012
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737.
Al-Rahi Urges Officials to Resume Dialogue
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on officials on Saturday to find consensus among each other and to resume the national dialogue in order to reach a new national charter based on 1943 ...
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Created on 13 May 2012
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738.
Truth behind the "revolution" against the Khazen family in Keserwa
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(Uncategorised)
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... strong leadership skills that have kept Keserwan and the Maronite Patriarchal seat safe and honored.
In that context and upon reading the below statement in ZoukMikhael's website, it is important ...
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Created on 12 May 2012
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739.
Al-Rahi from Canada Urges Expats to Register in Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Tuesday his call on Lebanese expatriates to “swiftly register their spouses and children in the Lebanese embassies and consulates in order to obtain ...
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Created on 08 May 2012
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740.
Al-Rahi Heads on N. American Tour
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi denied on Sunday that he supports the adoption of proportional representation for the 2013 parliamentary elections. He said: “We support an electoral law that ...
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Created on 22 April 2012
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741.
Al-Rahi Confirms Pope’s Sept. Visit
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Sunday the need to distance Lebanon from regional axes.
He said during Easter sermon: “We are cooperating with President Michel Suleiman to ensure ...
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Created on 09 April 2012
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742.
Two bullets and a ballot
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(Uncategorised)
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... party in 1994. This followed Geagea’s high-profile criticisms in mid-March of two leading Maronite figures, Patriarch Bechara al-Rai and Michel Aoun—both men for defending the Syrian regime, and the second ...
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Created on 06 April 2012
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743.
Pope to Stress in Lebanon that Christians, Muslims Face Similar Fate
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(Uncategorised)
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The presidency and the Maronite patriarchate in Bkirki are expected to issue separate statements on the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon during which the head of the Roman Catholic Church ...
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Created on 05 April 2012
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744.
Al-Rahi Rejects Violence, Urges Reconciliation
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi rejected on Sunday any form of violence in Lebanon and elsewhere and called for “sustainable reconciliation” among the Lebanese. In his sermon on the occasion ...
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Created on 25 March 2012
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745.
Lebanese Christian-Muslim meeting condemns violence in Syria
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(Uncategorised)
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... which was held at Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai’s invitation, discussed Lebanese and regional developments as well as means to address their repercussions. “Lebanon can only confront controversial ...
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Created on 25 March 2012
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746.
Al-Rahi: We’re Awaiting Outcome of Committee’s Efforts on New Electoral Law
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(Uncategorised)
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In an update in regards to the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to take place in April, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Wednesday that he was not informed that the Bkirki meeting that ...
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Created on 21 March 2012
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747.
Al-Rahi: We’re Awaiting Outcome of Committee’s Efforts on New Electoral Law
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(Uncategorised)
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In an update in regards to the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to take place in April, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Wednesday that he was not informed that the Bkirki meeting that ...
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Created on 21 March 2012
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748.
“Démocratie et théocratie sont comme la neige et le feu
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(Uncategorised)
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Paris Match
Fierté des maronites, à la tête d’une communauté de 5 millions de catholiques, le patriarche d’Antioche et de tout l’Orient, Béchara Pierre Raï, est une personnalité charismatique ...
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Created on 14 March 2012
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749.
Rai: Qatar has unlimited support for Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Monday that senior Qatari officials have an “unlimited” level of support for Lebanon, after a series of meetings in the Gulf state.
Rai, who is on a ...
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Created on 14 March 2012
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750.
Suleiman Hails al-Rahi's 'Efforts to Preserve Free Christian Presenc
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(Uncategorised)
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President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday lauded “the efforts exerted by Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi to preserve the free Christian presence in the Levant as a message of culture, interaction ...
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Created on 14 March 2012
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751.
Al-Rahi Meets Jordanian King
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan, wrapping up a three-day visit to the kingdom. After the meeting, al-Rahi said he sensed Abdullah’s keenness ...
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Created on 11 March 2012
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752.
About Malek el Khazen
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(Uncategorised)
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... De Khazen family, a family associated with the history of Lebanon, the Maronite Patriarch, the Lebanese Presidency, Mount-Lebanon, the Maronite community and the worldwide Catholic mission. The website ...
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Created on 11 March 2012
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753.
Al-Rahi Praises Mustaqbal Political Document
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(Uncategorised)
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... Rai expressed his satisfaction in the name of the Maronite Church and said that he supports the foundations this document sets between various Lebanese sects.
If you are interested in reading the FM' ...
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Created on 10 March 2012
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754.
Patriarch al-Rai to Reuters:The closest thing to democracy in the Arab world is Syria
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(Uncategorised)
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Reuters) - Violence and bloodshed is turning the "Arab Spring" into winter, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church said, threatening Christians and Muslims alike across the Middle East. Patriarch ...
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Created on 06 March 2012
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755.
Suleiman, Aoun Meet in Baabda under Auspices of al-Rahi
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(Uncategorised)
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A tripartite meeting was held on Sunday at the Baabda Palace between President Michel Suleiman, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun.
The ...
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Created on 05 March 2012
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756.
Support to the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman
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(Uncategorised)
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... the Maronites.
khazen.org offers its complete support to the President the Commander in Chief of all of Lebanon along with our beloved Patriarch Mar Bechara el Rai the only ones representing the ...
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Created on 20 February 2012
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757.
Patriarch Rai delays visit to Tripoli
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(Uncategorised)
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... answer but we feel compelled to say a word to such people: No one can claim to know more about our Savior's teachings than the head of Maronite Church and our Patriarch Mar Bechara el Rai, especially those ...
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Created on 15 February 2012
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758.
St.Maroun
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(Documents)
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"Historia Religiosa", written by Theodoret of Cyrrhus around 440 A.D. is our only source on St. Maroun’s biography. The author describes the life of hermits in Cyrrhus and vicinity. In chapter ...
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Created on 14 February 2012
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759.
Rai defends Sleiman during Mar Maroun Mass
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(Uncategorised)
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The political attacks against the president of the Lebanese republic Michel Sleiman continued on Thursday when Michel Aoun walked into St.Georges' Maronite Cathedral after the president during the ...
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Created on 12 February 2012
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760.
المارونيّة: قديسٌ وشعبٌ وكيان
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(Uncategorised)
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Here's a short historical article on Maronites written by Dr. Imad Mrad.
"إن القديس مارون الذي زيّن مصاف القديسين وأنبت كثيراً من أغراس الحكمة وأنشأ في منطقة قورش الجنة المزدهرة بالحياة ...
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Created on 10 February 2012
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761.
Al-Rahi Supports Unification of Cyprus
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(Uncategorised)
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After a majestic mass on Thursday on St.Maron's day, Patriarch Rai headed this morning to Cyprus in order to consolidate ties with its Maronite citizens. He met the Cypriot President and backed the unification ...
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Created on 10 February 2012
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762.
Patriarch Rai heads St.Maroun mass
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on the occasion of St. Maroun Day on Thursday his call for the adoption of a new social pact to renew the national pact of 1943. During a sermon at ...
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Created on 09 February 2012
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763.
St.Maroun Day
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(Uncategorised)
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Khazen.org wishes all Maronites in Lebanon and across the world a blessed Saint Maroun day.
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Created on 09 February 2012
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764.
Christian-Muslim spiritual summit
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(Uncategorised)
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A Christian-Muslim spiritual summit that will be held at the Maronite Archbishopric of Beirut on Tuesday is aimed at keeping contact between the two religions, Maronite Archbishop of Beirut ...
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Created on 07 February 2012
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765.
Rai “disappointed” by “coma” politicians are living
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai voiced his disappointment over “the coma that Lebanese politicians are living,” the National News Agency reported on Sunday. Rai also voiced his disappointment ...
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Created on 05 February 2012
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766.
Al-Rahi Urges Cabinet to Abide by Constitution on 2012 State Budget
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Sunday that the primary responsibility of Lebanese authorities is to guarantee an economic and social rise, urging the government to abide by the constitution. ...
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Created on 30 January 2012
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767.
البطريرك الراعي:الحوار بين بكركي وحزب الله لا يحل محل طاولة الحوار
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(Uncategorised)
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Patriarch Rai has been an advocate of dialogue ever since he was voted Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and has opened channels of dialogue with all Lebanese, including the Shiite armed group Hezbollah. ...
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Created on 26 January 2012
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768.
Experts reflect on the Pope's choice of new cardinal
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(Khazen Blog)
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... archbishops he named as likely to receive a red hat only one--Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Rai—was not among the Pope’s selections.
Along with the European influence, Allen notes the remarkable ...
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Created on 08 January 2012
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769.
Important events during Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen’s reign Part1/3
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(Cheikh Hanna el)
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... all Maronites abide by it in an attempt to reinforce correct practices”
After the issuance of this bulletin, the pope Pius IX ordered on the 9th of February 1851, that all priests which have violated ...
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Created on 02 January 2012
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770.
Nasrallah sends “message of peace” to patriarch
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(Uncategorised)
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Hezbollah official Ghaleb Abu Zeinab said that he delivered a “message of peace” from Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai.
“My meeting with the ...
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Created on 17 December 2011
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771.
لقاء بكركي يؤيّد مشروع اللقاء الأرثوذكس
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(Uncategorised)
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... النائب ايلي عون عند الثانية عشرة ظهرا، وغاب النائبان دوري شمعون وسليم كرم.
Click [Here] to read the full content of this historic meeting headed by the Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara el Rai.
...
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Created on 17 December 2011
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772.
Patriach Raï : Les armes illégales doivent être sous le seul contrôle des autorités libanaises
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(Uncategorised)
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Le patriarche maronite, Mgr Béchara Raï, a notamment condamné hier l’attentat, soulignant, dans son homélie dominicale, que cette attaque constitue une « agression contre la paix et la stabilité du ...
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Created on 12 December 2011
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773.
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen (1845-1854)
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(Cheikh Hanna el)
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... and famous Ain Waraka school.
Maronite Patriarch
After the death of Patriarch Hobeiche, a general Maronite assembly was requested to vote for a new patriarch and took place 9 days ...
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Created on 01 December 2011
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774.
Al-Rahi Urges Govt. to Respect International Obligations
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Bechara el-Rai delivered a very important speech on Sunday on the government's obligations towards the international community and especially regarding the funding of the Special ...
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Created on 27 November 2011
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775.
Patriarch Al-Rahi: We Seek Dialogue with Muslims
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(Uncategorised)
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Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Monday the importance of launching dialogue with Muslims amid the developments in the region. “We are looking forward to cooperate and ...
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Created on 22 November 2011
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776.
Patriarch Toubia El Khazen Part2/2
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(Uncategorised)
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Patriarch Toubia El Khazen Achievements:
After having elaborated on Toubia El Khazen’s personal life and how he became the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, we move on to list his achievements ...
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Created on 12 November 2011
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777.
Al-Rahi from Iraq: We Look Forward to Working with Muslims in Rejecting Violence in Region
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi hoped on Tuesday that peace would be achieved in Iraq, voicing Lebanon's solidarity with the Iraqi people.
He said after holding talks in Iraq with its Vice President ...
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Created on 01 November 2011
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778.
Patriarch Rai heads to Iraq
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(Uncategorised)
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Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara el Rai headed to Iraq on Monday at the invitation of Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan. He will celebrate a mass at Saydet Al-Najat ...
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Created on 31 October 2011
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779.
Patriarch Rai in Rome on an official visit
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(Uncategorised)
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Patriarch Rai arrived in Rome on an official visit after his long trip to the United States of America. The Maronite Patriarch was welcomed by Lebanese Ambassador to the Vatican Georges Khoury. ...
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Created on 25 October 2011
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780.
Patriarch: Lebanon a model for emerging Arab democracies
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(Uncategorised)
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By Tom Gallagher, NEW YORK CITY -- Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai, head of the Lebanon-based Maronite Catholic Church, held up Lebanon's government as a model for emerging Arab democracies because Lebanon ...
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Created on 22 October 2011
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781.
Patriarch Toubia Kaiss El Khazen (1756-1766) Part 1/2
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(Patriarch Toubia Kaiss el Khazen)
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Here is a short biography of another great from El Khazen's family who became Maronite Patriarch between 1756 and 1766. We will present in Part1 his early life and how he was elected Maronite Patriarch ...
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Created on 16 October 2011
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782.
Patriarch Rai's view on Christians in the Middle Eas
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(Uncategorised)
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... those who want to destroy it.” (Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir/August 01, 2006).
Currently Patriarch Rai unique positions to the Lebanese " which outline the continuation of the ...
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Created on 12 October 2011
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783.
Whoever wants freedom and truth should follow the Patriarch
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(Uncategorised)
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After his successful visit to France, Maronite Patriarch Rai headed to the United States on his first official visit. Lebanese residing in the US held several ceremonies in honor of the Patriarch. ...
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Created on 12 October 2011
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784.
Major achievements and events during Patriarch Youssef Dargham el-Khazen’s rule
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(Documents)
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After going through Patriarch Dargham el-Khazen’s personal life and on the path that led him to becoming a Maronite Patriarch, we will display now the list of events that occurred during his era and ...
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Created on 30 September 2011
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785.
Al-Rahi Rejects to Meet with Pietton Unless he Apologizes
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(Uncategorised)
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During his last visit to Paris, the Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi stated that “Syrian President Bashar Assad should be given the chance to introduce reform over his fear that the collapse ...
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Created on 20 September 2011
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786.
Patriarch Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Ctnd)
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(History part II)
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... to reclaim the Maronite Patriarch’s honor.
Here is a short summary of what happened on that year based on testimonies from historical books and references.
In 1704, a group of Muslim Shiite ...
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Created on 19 September 2011
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787.
Patriarch Youssef Dargham El Khazen
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(Patriarch Youssef Dargham el Khazen)
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The Khazen family's history has been aligned for decades with the Maronite Church's history and has contributed actively to its widespread and greatness. One of the most notable Khazens to have entered ...
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Created on 17 September 2011
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788.
Patriarch Rai: Don’t call Christians minorities
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: The Maronite patriarch said Friday that he rejected references to Christians in Lebanon as “minorities.” “Minorities do not exist. We are cells in the Lebanese body from which this [Lebanese ...
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Created on 02 July 2011
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789.
New Lebanese Government! PM Mikati
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronite Patriarch who is our father. A golden alliance between an improvement of local policies to better serve the Lebanese interest under the morality umbrella lead by our Patriarch.
We also ...
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Created on 18 June 2011
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790.
Lebanese lawmakers appoint Prime Minister Najib Mikati to head government
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(Uncategorised)
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... power sharing political system, the prime minister must be Sunni Muslim, the president Maronite Christian, and the parliamentary speaker a Shi'ite.
Lebanese officials had held out little hope that thi ...
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Created on 25 January 2011
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791.
Pope Welcomes Beatification of Lebanese Priest
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(Uncategorised)
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... in Lebanon of Stephan Nehmé, a religious of the Lebanese Maronite Order. "I heartily rejoice with the Lebanese brothers and sisters," the Pope said, "and I entrust them with great affection ...
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Created on 28 June 2010
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792.
Pope Welcomes Beatification of Lebanese Priest
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(Uncategorised)
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... in Lebanon of Stephan Nehmé, a religious of the Lebanese Maronite Order. "I heartily rejoice with the Lebanese brothers and sisters," the Pope said, "and I entrust them with great affection ...
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Created on 28 June 2010
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793.
Pope Welcomes Beatification of Lebanese Priest
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(Uncategorised)
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... in Lebanon of Stephan Nehmé, a religious of the Lebanese Maronite Order. "I heartily rejoice with the Lebanese brothers and sisters," the Pope said, "and I entrust them with great affection ...
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Created on 28 June 2010
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794.
Pope Welcomes Beatification of Lebanese Priest
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(Uncategorised)
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... in Lebanon of Stephan Nehmé, a religious of the Lebanese Maronite Order. "I heartily rejoice with the Lebanese brothers and sisters," the Pope said, "and I entrust them with great affection ...
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Created on 28 June 2010
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795.
Lebanon: Patriarch Sfeir tells Sarkozy, Christian emigration from the Middle East should be stopped
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(Uncategorised)
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... the message and the goal is one SECURE, Lebanon full of economic growth that our Patriarch who represents the rock of the Maronite Church is seeking for.
News:
Beirut – The number of Christians ...
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Created on 20 June 2010
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796.
New Tv Response
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(Uncategorised)
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... all of the Maronite community! First because it attacks our Patriarch our Holly figure and second because you paraphrased what the patriarch has said and put it out of context. You made it seem as if the ...
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Created on 24 April 2010
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797.
Tanios Chahine Truth and response to the tayyar
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(Uncategorised)
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... the Maronites with no leaders which has caused the community of being slaughter during the 1860 massacres
7- Tanios Chahine fled in the 1860 massacres lead by the Druze against the Maronite community ...
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Created on 16 April 2010
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798.
Sfeir urges Lebanese to embrace their country, president
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Christians across the country marked the religious Good Friday holiday with morning masses.
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir led prayers in the outer courtyard of the ...
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Created on 03 April 2010
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799.
Response to the Tayyar statement From Malek el Khazen
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(Uncategorised)
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... moutasarrafiya the Khazen family were no longer in power. On the contrary, The Khazen family was not governing because of the 1858 jacquerie rebeillion and this is the exact reason why the Maronites were ...
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Created on 27 March 2010
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800.
Pope Benedict XVI receives Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (Pictures)
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(Uncategorised)
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... state offices must be occupied by representatives from three different religious groupings, with the president a Maronite Christian, the premier a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker a Shiite Muslim. ...
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Created on 21 February 2010
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801.
services in memory of Saint Maroun in Lebanon and Syria
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(Uncategorised)
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Lebanese Christians celebrated separately the 1600th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Maronite faith, Saint Maroun, Tuesday in two masses - one held in Beirut and the other in the Syrian ...
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Created on 09 February 2010
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802.
Lebanon finally forms government
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(Uncategorised)
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... and earlier Monday, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir called on politicians to rise above personal interests and refrain from bickering over ministerial gains in favor of the country’s best interests. ...
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Created on 10 November 2009
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803.
La famille et la fiscalité
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(Documents)
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... exemple la communauté maronite qui cherche à gagner de la notoriété en s’identifiant à l’Eglise romaine et en associant ses intérêts à ceux de la France. Dirigée et financée par ses familles ...
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Created on 23 June 2009
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804.
Kesrouaun turnout of 70 percent highest in country
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(Uncategorised)
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... Jeita. "I want my children to have a better future in this country."
Another voter said that she was not planning to vote until she heard Aoun "attacking Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros ...
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Created on 08 June 2009
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805.
Cheikh Philippe El Khazen
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(Cheikh Philippe el Khazen)
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... probe, il fut toujours un homme du dialogue profondément attaché au Liban.
Vice-président de la Ligue maronite, il accepta la vice-présidence Ie l'Union Démocrate Chrétienne Libanaise, membre de ...
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Created on 22 May 2009
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806.
5 bonnes raisons d'aller à Beyrout
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(Uncategorised)
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... et d'Occident qui l'avait rendue célèbre, et qui perdure. Rendez-vous sur la place des Martyrs, coeur de l'ancien Vieux Beyrouth, aujourd'hui reconstruit pierre par pierre. Sur les places, l'église maronit ...
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Created on 09 May 2009
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807.
Tanios Chahine Propaganda
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(Uncategorised)
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... the actions of Tanios Chahine lead to the suffering of the Lebanese, especially the Maronites during the 1860 massacres and the Ottomans regained complete control of Mount Lebanon. Instead of acting as ...
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Created on 16 April 2009
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808.
Cheikh Malek El Khazen DNA
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(Khazen Blog)
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...
Khazen.org is a website dedicated to the De Khazen family, a family associated with the history of Lebanon, the Maronite Patriarch, the Lebanese Presidency, Mount-Lebanon, the Maronite community and ...
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Created on 04 April 2009
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809.
PROFILE: Army commander Suleiman is Lebanon's "president of unit
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(Uncategorised)
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... (L) during the end of the meeting between Lebanese political rivals in Doha May 21, 2008. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters) Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago President Bush meets the Maronite ...
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Created on 21 May 2008
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810.
The Khazens and Fakhr Al Din
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(Current Articles)
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... that they were put under. Add to that, most of the Emir's army was made of the Christians especially the Maronites. He also allowed Christian missionaries to spread around the Mediterranean defending them ...
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Created on 21 March 2008
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811.
A Quick Note about the Khazens
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(Current Articles)
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... discovered about Emir Fakhr Al Din and Cheikhs Abi Nader and Abi Nawfal, two brave heroic men who dominated this history indeed. This will fill the gap. The crown Khazen family was born by the Maronite ...
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Created on 29 June 2006
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812.
Lebanon: peasants and the emergence of communal politics
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(Maronites)
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... 108The mountain was divided into muqataat where hereditary Druze and Maronite muqataajis were responsible for collection of taxes and the administration of justice. Whereas most Ottoman tax farmers lived ...
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Created on 29 June 2006
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813.
Cheikh Walid el-Khazen, chevalier de l
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(Uncategorised)
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... général maronite, Wadih el-Khazen, a, de son côté, publié un communiqué dénonçant l’agression et appelant les autorités à agir. Il ne serait pas inutile à ce propos d’assurer dans ce secteur une sécurité, ...
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Created on 17 April 2006
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814.
Discrimination Against Women in Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... Shiites of 20%, and Druzes of 7%. From the Christian side, the Maronites consisted of 23%, the Greek Orthodox of 9.2%, the Greek Catholics of 6% and all others religions 7%. The different Christian and ...
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Created on 08 January 2006
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815.
Historical De Khazen Members
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(Current de Khazen members:)
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The main purpose of this page is to introduce the great fathers of the Lebanese nation and more specifically of the Maronites. Current Members of the El Khazen family are cordially invited to send ...
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Created on 04 September 2005
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816.
Cheikh Wadih El Khazen
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(Cheikh Wadih el Khazen)
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PROFILE:
President of the Maronite council - Present
Minister Of tourism: (2005)
Occupation: Executive committee member ( 1967- 1996) : National Bloc Party
Vice-president : Central Maronite ...
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Created on 04 September 2005
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817.
Cheikh Farid Elias El Khazen (PROFILE)
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(Cheikh Farid Elias El Khazen)
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... Coordinator of the Committee of "Church and Politics" in the Maronite Patriarchal Synod, September 2003- present.
Co-author, Conflict Vulnerability Assessment ...
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Created on 07 May 2005
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818.
The Khazens and the Shihabs (1697-1840)
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(The Khazens and the Shihabs (1697-1840))
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... Egypt, and his son Ibrahim Pasha. Emir Bashir and Ibrahim Pasha ruled harshly and exacted high taxes. These practices led to more revolts by the Cheikhs and despite the Emir's efforts, the Maronites and ...
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Created on 29 April 2005
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819.
Patriarch Toubia Kaiss El Khazen
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(Patriarch Toubia Kaiss el Khazen)
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...
He is the second in a series of three De Khazens to become Maronite Patriarchs. The ...
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Created on 26 April 2005
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820.
John Lewis Burckhardt's visit to Keserwan in March,1812
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(John Lewis Burckhardt)
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...
He described in detail the geography, landscape, people, socioeconomic situation, Christians especially Maronites and their clergy and even the political situation dominant at that period ...
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Created on 24 April 2005
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821.
Patriarch Youssef Dargham El Khazen
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(Patriarch Youssef Dargham el Khazen)
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Patriarch Youssef Dargham El Khazen
He was the first De Khazen family member to become Maronite Patriarch In a series of three members had the same position during the 18th and 19th century ...
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Created on 14 April 2005
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822.
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
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(Maronites)
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... the relations between the church and the notables was the foundation of the first Maronite monastic organization, the Lebanese Order (al-Rahbaniyya al-Lubnaniyya), which occurred around 1700. In 1693, ...
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Created on 21 November 2004
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823.
Division of the wealth in "Ain Cheqaik" and Bkerk
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(Documents)
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... Maronites For more info please review links: http://khazen.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=343&catid=78:documents&Itemid=183 and link http://khazen.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3119:letter-from-maronite-patriarch-of-antioch-youhanna-boutros-el-helou-to-cheikh-khattar-khazen-el-khazen&catid=78:documents&Itemid=183 ...
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Created on 09 October 2004
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824.
Bkerke El Khazen waqf
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(Documents)
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Unique Document showing that Cheikh Khazen El Khazen and Cheikh Jneid El Khazen from the branch of Cheikh Khattar El Khazen (son of Consul Cheikh Fayad Abou Kanso El Khazen) gave permission for the Maronite ...
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Created on 30 September 2004
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825.
The clergy and the Khazin sheiks in the 17th century
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(Maronites)
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... described the relations between the Maronite clergy and laymen before the 18th century as a rather harmonious symbiosis. This, perhaps too idealized, picture suggests that the patriarch's authority was ...
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Created on 22 August 2004
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826.
Barbar Beik El Khazen
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(Cheikh Barbar el Khazen (أمي)
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بربر بك الخازن
1861-1928
...
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Created on 26 July 2004
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827.
Cheikh Walid El Khazen
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(Cheikh Walid el Khazen)
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الشيخ وليد الخازن
5 أيلول 1946
المحامي
وُلِدَ الشيخ وليد الخازن بن شفيق الخازن والسيدة ماري مسعد في بيروت في الخامس من أيلول سنة 1946.
أتمّ دراساته الثانوية ...
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Created on 26 July 2004
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828.
Political parties in postwar Lebanon: parties in search of partisans
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(Cheikh Farid Elias El Khazen)
-
... communities have been associated with one or more parties.
Maronite and Druze partisan politics (Qaysi versus Yemeni) had roots in the
Imara (1516-1842) and Mutasarrifiya (1861-1914) periods in th ...
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Created on 23 July 2004
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829.
Exclusive Article From Cheikh Wadih el Khazen in occasion of the opening of
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(Cheikh Wadih el Khazen)
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31 تموز 2004 تاريخ مرقم بتاريخ لا يعرف الترقيم لأنه خالد خلود الدهر
وخلود الأرزات الرامزة إلى 76 بطريركاً مارونياً في هذه الحديقة، حديقة البطاركة المباركة، التي ترعاها العناية الإلهية من نافذة ...
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Created on 16 July 2004
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830.
LE PATRIARCHE
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(Documents)
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LE PATRIARCHE
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Created on 15 July 2004
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831.
Le Patriarche JOSEPH ESTEPHAN au cardinal de BERNIS
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(Documents)
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Le Patriarche JOSEPH ESTEPHAN au cardinal de BERN1S
ambassadeur de France
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Created on 15 July 2004
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832.
LE DAUPHIN A L'
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(Documents)
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LE DAUPHIN A L'Au reste vous pouvez vous asseurer que l'Empereur Mon Seigneur et Père sera toujours bien aise de vous donner des marques de Sa protection et d'avoir lieu de contribuer à vos avantages. ...
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Created on 15 July 2004
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833.
NOTE SUR LES DEMANDES DE L'ENVO
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(Documents)
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NOTE SUR LES DEMANDES DE L'ENVO
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Created on 15 July 2004
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834.
Le g
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(Documents)
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Le g
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Created on 15 July 2004
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835.
About Khazen.org
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(Uncategorised)
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Welcome to the Khazen.org web site, an online site dedicated to the De Khazen family, a family associated with the history of Lebanon, Kiserwan and the Maronites.
Cheikh Malek el Khazen is the founder ...
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Created on 14 July 2004
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836.
L'
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(Documents)
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L'
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Created on 25 June 2004
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837.
F. PICQUET, CONSUL A ALEP, AU CARDINAL DE MAZARIN
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(Documents)
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F. PICQUET, CONSUL A ALEP, AU CARDINAL DE MAZARIN
1" Ao
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Created on 25 June 2004
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838.
Quotes from several sources regarding Tanios Chahine true intentions
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(Tanios Chahine)
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" كان النصارى يسيرون بلا قائد ولا نظام ... والدروز يهاجمونهم ويعملون بأمر رئيس واحد ، في حين ان النصارى كانوا كلّهم رؤوساً ، لا يخضع الواحد منهم لغيره ، وهذا هو السبب في فشلهم .. (كتاب مذبحة الجبل_ ...
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Created on 21 June 2004
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839.
Genealogical Tree
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(Uncategorised)
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Genealogy is as old as recorded history, the Bible chronicles family lineage in both the Old and New Testaments, and royalty lines are noted in the annals of the ancient Sumerian, Babylonian. ...
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Created on 18 June 2004
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840.
Revolution Results
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(Results)
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ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
لما يئس القائمقام الأمير بشير احمد من الرجوع الى وظيفته استشار محازبيه واولهم الياس المنيّر من ذوق مصبح واستقر الرأي على تهييج اهالي كسروان ضد المشايخ بقصد ...
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Created on 18 June 2004
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841.
Causes of the Revolution
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(Results)
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ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها. بدأت الثورة سنة 1858 في أواخرها، أما أسبابها فمنها أولية ومنها ثانوية، ونظرا" الى الأسباب الأولية يعتقد البعض أنّ الذين قاموا بثورة كسروان سنة 1858 ...
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Created on 18 June 2004
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842.
1858 Revolution
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(Uncategorised)
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... of the Lebanese, especially the Maronites during the 1860 massacres and the Ottomans regained complete control of
Mount Lebanon. Instead of acting as the leader of the Lebanese and defend its people ...
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Created on 18 June 2004
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843.
LES KHAZEN CONSULS DE FRANCE
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(De Khazen Overview)
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CONSULS DE FRANCE
L'importance de la charge de consul de France n'Les Epees du prince maronite
Ces deux epees offertes par Louis XIV et du pointife Clement X se trouvent actuellement chez Jean-Philippe ...
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Created on 17 June 2004
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844.
El Khazen origins
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(History part II)
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تاريخ العائلة الخازنيــة
نقلاً عن مخطوطة لآل الخازن وجدت في بلدة بقعتوتة كسروان عند الشيخ امين فرنسيس الخازن:"ان العائلة الخازنية هي طائفة من عرب النصارى بالحجاز ، من بني حسان (وقيل ان الصواب ...
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Created on 17 June 2004
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845.
LES MAAN & LES KHAZEN
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(De Khazen Overview)
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... de Fakhreddine. Elle permit aux maronites de collaborer sincerement avec les druzes dans le gouvernement de la Montagne et a l'emir lui-meme de faire l'unite politique du Liban en rapprochant ces deux peuples.» ...
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Created on 17 June 2004
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846.
Origins of the Khazen Family
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(De Khazen Overview)
-
Author: Eliane Gebara (translated in English)
Eliane Gebara: The El Khazen family represents among the great Lebanese families a rather unique fact: as far back as time goes back in time, they are Maronites ...
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Created on 17 June 2004
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847.
Chidiac Sarkis El Khazen (Origin of El Khazen family)
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(History part II)
-
الشدياق سركيس الخازن، جد العائلة الخازن
يرجع اصل بيت الخازن الى جدهم الأعلى الشدياق سركيس الخازن. اما ما جاء عنهم في كتاب الأصول التاريخية وفي تاريخ شيبان وبعض المخطوطات من ان اصل هذه العائلة ...
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Created on 12 June 2004
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848.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> bishops sound alarm on economic woes
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(Uncategorised)
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By Maroun Khoury and Nafez Qawas, BKIRKI: The Council of Maronite Bishops called on Wednesday for the immediate implementation of the Arab initiative to solve the deadlock in Lebanon, while sounding the ...
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Created on 02 April 2008
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849.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Bishops call for timely Presidential Vote
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(Uncategorised)
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Thursday, April 05, 2007 BKIRKI: Lebanon's influential Council of Maronite Bishops fired a warning shot across the bow of the opposition on Wednesday, saying in a hard-hitting statement that presidential ...
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Created on 05 April 2007
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850.
Patriarch of the <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Catholic Church
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(Uncategorised)
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Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church to Make Historic Stop in the Greater Boston Area July 12-14, His Beatitude and Eminence Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir to Visit St. Anthony's Maronite Church in ...
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Created on 05 July 2006
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851.
<span class="highlight">Maronite</span> Patriarch interview
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(Uncategorised)
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by Youssef Hourany, In an interview with AsiaNews, the Maronite Patriarch says he is in favour of HezbollahMoreover, he said he was very sorry to see “tensions between members of the Lebanese Forces and ...
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Created on 24 February 2006
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852.
Le Conseil central <span class="highlight">maronite</span> a
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(Uncategorised)
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Le Conseil central maronite a
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Created on 07 February 2006
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853.
Petition signed by over one thousand <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> nuns
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(Uncategorised)
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Elias Chamoun, A delegation of Maronite nuns are getting ready to send the Patriarch of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, a petition signed by over one thousand Maronite nuns, in which ...
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Created on 13 January 2006
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854.
Bush welcomes Lebanese <span class="highlight">Maronite</span> leader
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(Uncategorised)
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush met with the patriarch of the Maronite church, Nasrallah Sfeir, and reaffirmed that Syria must withdraw its troops and intelligence agents from Lebanon. ...
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Created on 16 March 2005
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855.
Hariri's Cabinet Line-up - SUMMARY OF NEWS from Different Medi
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(Uncategorised)
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...
Maronites: Ziad Baroud, Joe Sarkis (the LF), Sami Gemayel (Phalange), Farid Elias al-Khazen and Alain Aoun (FPM) and Vera Yammine (Marada).
Shiites: Mohammed ...
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Created on 08 September 2009
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856.
Kesrouaun turnout of 70 percent highest in country
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(Uncategorised)
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... for the five Maronite seats in Kesrouan. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) headed by retired General Michel Aoun ran against a list formed by the March 14 Forces and Independents.
The FPM list included ...
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Created on 08 June 2009
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857.
Lebanon Moderates Turn Attention
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(Uncategorised)
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... Iranian tilt. On Saturday, an influential Maronite cleric suggested Lebanon's Arab identity was threatened by the vote, a clear swipe at Hezbollah. Election officials reprimanded him for speaking so clos ...
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Created on 08 June 2009
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858.
Lebanon's Christians could be 'swing vote' in parliamentary electio
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(Uncategorised)
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... for change." Dahir, a Maronite Catholic from Jezzine, is optimistic about the election and is happy that the campaign appears to be giving more of a voice to Christians than in previous years.
...
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Created on 22 May 2009
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859.
Feud over Fatah al-Islam hampers Lebanon-Syria ties
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(Uncategorised)
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... alliance with the East," and secure backing for Lebanese Christians. According to Kiwan, Aoun, a Maronite Christian, has lost faith in the West, particularly the United States, as being the willing ...
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Created on 17 November 2008
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860.
An Islamic rule of law for Lebanon?
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(Uncategorised)
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... It would not be an exaggeration to recognize that the entire modern political history of the Republic of Lebanon revolves around the open issue of maintaining Maronite Christian political supremacy, or ...
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Created on 14 October 2008
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861.
Aoun warns he may pull out of dialogue with 'corrupt people
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(Uncategorised)
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... will show who enjoys wider popularity." Franjieh also criticized Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, calling on him to "refrain from dealing with Christians in a biased manner." Responding ...
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Created on 22 September 2008
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862.
New Lebanese army chief promoted
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(Uncategorised)
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... of the national unity government on Friday evening. The 54-year-old Maronite Christian had been a brigade commander since 2002. Many Lebanese regard the army as one of the country's few neutral institutions, ...
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Created on 31 August 2008
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863.
Lebanon bus stop bomb kills 18
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(Uncategorised)
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... and added that Egypt fully supported Lebanon, its army and constitutional institutions. The Lebanese Maronite League slammed the "horrible massacre," saying that targeting Lebanon's Army and ...
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Created on 13 August 2008
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864.
Lebanese spiritual summit yields joint call for peace
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(Uncategorised)
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... AFP Who was there for baabda gathering Following is a list of clerics at Tuesday's spiritual summit: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir; Greek Orthodox Patriarch Igantius IV; Melchite Patriarch ...
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Created on 24 June 2008
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865.
Vatican delegation beatifies Lebanese priest
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir. Attended by a litany of Eastern Christian prelates, other clerics, international envoys and local political figures, the event also included the Lebanese political ...
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Created on 22 June 2008
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866.
Three dead in Lebanon clashes
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(Uncategorised)
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by Hassan Jarrah SAADNAYEL, Lebanon (AFP) - Three people were killed in armed clashes between supporters of Lebanon's rival factions in the Bekaa Valley overnight, the deadliest fighting since a political ...
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Created on 17 June 2008
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867.
Lebanon talks in Qatar progress, major hurdles remain
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(Uncategorised)
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... for a post reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system. "We are still leaving an opportunity because we still see the chance of reaching an understanding and this ...
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Created on 18 May 2008
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868.
Sfeir chides MPs for failing to hold Parliament vote
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(Uncategorised)
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BKIRKI: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir lashed out on Thursday at some MPs refusal to perform their duty of electing of a new head of state, adding that this plunged Lebanon "deeper into political ...
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Created on 30 April 2008
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869.
Sfeir: 'We can't lose hope - it's our count
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(Uncategorised)
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Daily Star. BKIRKI: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Monday that he hoped the 15-month-old deadlock in Lebanon would be resolved, "and the general mood of pessimism will soon evaporate." ...
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Created on 24 March 2008
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870.
Lebanon Health care
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(Uncategorised)
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... cost $25,000. We had no way of paying this, even with the 20 percent discount, so we approached the Christian Maronite Church in Beirut’s Hamra neighbourhood to ask for support. They paid the whole remaining ...
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Created on 04 March 2008
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871.
Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir urge lebanese ot work together
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(Uncategorised)
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BKIRKI: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Tuesday a new president should be elected "as soon as possible," reiterating his support for the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces, General ...
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Created on 12 February 2008
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872.
March 14 delegations stand by Sfeir after diatribe by Franjieh
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(Uncategorised)
-
daily star BEIRUT: Several pro-government delegations visited Bkirki Thursday to express solidarity with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir after Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh launched ...
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Created on 17 January 2008
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873.
Lebanese opposition and parliament majority meet
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(Uncategorised)
-
... visit Thursday to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, who had a day earlier been criticized by key opposition member and former Minister Suleiman Franjieh. "We are concerned about seeing the ...
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Created on 17 January 2008
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874.
2007 saw Lebanon crisis go from bad to worse
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(Uncategorised)
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... the slaying of former Premier Rafik Hariri, to disagreement over a consensus presidential candidate and the distribution of Cabinet posts in a new government. The Council of Maronite Bishops warned early ...
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Created on 30 December 2007
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875.
Lebanese Presidency Future unknown
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(Uncategorised)
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In his annual Christmas message on Friday, influential Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite Catholic community from which Lebanon's presidents are drawn, urged all parties to unite and end Lebanon' ...
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Created on 21 December 2007
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876.
Lebanese bury assassinated general
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(Uncategorised)
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... united the deeply divided country. Hundreds of grieving Lebanese stood in a downpour along the route of Maj. Gen. Francois Hajj's flag-draped casket from his home in a Beirutsuburb to the Maronite Catholic ...
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Created on 14 December 2007
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877.
Car Bomb Kills General Francois Hajj
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(Uncategorised)
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... two other people Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation. The target of the attack, Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite ...
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Created on 12 December 2007
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878.
Slain Lebanon press magnate remembered with prize
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(Uncategorised)
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... his hand our pour the sea into a cup. Gebran is an Orthodox in his faith, a Maronite in his patriotism, a Shiite in his philosophy, a Sunni in his leadership, a Catholic in his humanity, a Druze in his ...
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Created on 09 December 2007
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879.
Clear as mud
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(Uncategorised)
-
Last Christmas, the Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir told Lebanese Christians, "Do not be afraid." At first glance, the Lebanese did not seem afraid, not a bit. Despite all the ...
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Created on 01 December 2007
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880.
Sfeir urges presidential vote 'before it's too lat
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(Uncategorised)
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01 December 2007BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir urged the opposition to end its boycott of the presidential election and elect a successor to former President Emile Lahoud. He warned ...
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Created on 01 December 2007
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881.
Lebanese Leader Backs Army Chief for President
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(Uncategorised)
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... after Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir agreed on any candidate out of his list but who "enjoys national consensus for the presidency." "This stand rebukes the accusations ... ...
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Created on 01 December 2007
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882.
Lebanon Faces Decisive Week, Fears Over Political Vacuum - AFP
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(Uncategorised)
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... are now in an interim period which may lead us to stability, or to chaos and confrontation," Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, from whose Maronite community Lebanese presidents are drawn, said during his ...
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Created on 26 November 2007
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883.
pictures 23 November Lebanon Beirut
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(Uncategorised)
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... Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago Lebanon's Christian Maronite Patriarch Mar-Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir shakes hand with parliament Majority leader Saad al-Hariri (L) during a meeting in ...
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Created on 23 November 2007
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884.
Kouchner shuttles among Lebanese leaders
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(Uncategorised)
-
... Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, and two more times with parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri. He announced from Ain al-Tineh, where he met Speaker Nabih Berri, that he would be returning ...
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Created on 13 November 2007
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885.
Security fears plague Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... the Phoenicia. Now, as Lebanon's influential Maronite Catholic Church said this week, it is "an indication of the extent of deterioration in Lebanon." Lawmakers are not the only ones on edge. ...
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Created on 09 November 2007
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886.
Presidency crisis threatens Lebanon unity: bishop
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Maronite bishops warned on Wednesday that the deadlock between the ruling coalition and the opposition over the presidential poll due next week was threatening the unity of the ...
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Created on 07 November 2007
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887.
Aoun and Hariri promise more talks after 'progress
-
(Uncategorised)
-
... Bkirki told The Daily Star that Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir is "optimistic" and expressed relief over how the meetings in Paris progressed. "There is dialogue, which breaks ...
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Created on 03 November 2007
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888.
Phalangists host Mass for slain MP Ghanem
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(Uncategorised)
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... addition to Gemayel, presidential hopeful Robert Ghanem, MP Pierre Dakkache and other dignitaries and Phalange Party officials attended the Mass. Maronite Bishop Boulos Matar held the Mass. - The Daily ...
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Created on 29 October 2007
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889.
Census to count the Lebanese in Brazil
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(Uncategorised)
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... together with the Lebanese community, associations like the Mount Lebanon Clubs, present in many cities, and at Maronite parishes – there are eight throughout the country. Although it is an initiative ...
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Created on 21 October 2007
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890.
Lebanese factions show signs of progress
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(Uncategorised)
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... after consulting with all parliamentary blocs that it is better to postpone the session for several weeks," while Berri's and Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir's initiatives proceed, he said. ...
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Created on 21 October 2007
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891.
Letter from the Middle East: A buyer's market in Lebano
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(Uncategorised)
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... and six other people. He went out and pulled some of the dead from their vehicles. "My hands were full of blood."Baradhi, a 29-year-old Maronite Christian electrician, is moving to Qatar this ...
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Created on 09 October 2007
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892.
Lebanese presidential vote delayed
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(Uncategorised)
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... In this image released by the Lebanese parliament media office, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left, shakes hands with Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of Lebanon's Maronite Church, right, at ...
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Created on 25 September 2007
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893.
Thousands mourn slain Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem
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(Uncategorised)
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... presidential vote. Senior Phalangists said that the attack was clearly aimed at cutting the number of pro-government MPs to derail the vote, since a candidate - who by convention must come from the Maronite ...
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Created on 21 September 2007
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894.
Berri touts broad support for latest proposal
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(Uncategorised)
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... marks a deadline of 10 days before President Emile Lahoud's (extended) mandate expires and said: "I have the right!" "There are hundreds of legitimate [candidates] among the Maronites, so ...
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Created on 14 September 2007
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895.
Dr Farid Elias el Khazen interview
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(Uncategorised)
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... les Chéhabistes, Rachid Karamé, Sabri Hamadé et Kamal Joumblatt et de l’autre, le Helf maronite, Saëb Salam, Magid Arslane et Kamel Assaad. Les derniers développements ont balayé ces équations, puisque ...
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Created on 08 September 2007
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896.
In Lebanon, soldiers win new respect
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(Uncategorised)
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... are held next month. Lebanon's feuding politicians so far have failed to reach consensus on the choice of the next president – who must be drawn from the Maronite community – and some Lebanese believe ...
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Created on 28 August 2007
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897.
Polls in divided Lebanon test for presidential vote
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(Uncategorised)
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... traditionally a Maronite Christian, while the prime minister is a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim. "Aoun wants to prove that he is the only representative of the Christians ...
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Created on 03 August 2007
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898.
General sees own candidacy as only hope for Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... our politicians ... I don't want a mistake," Aoun told AFP in an interview at his villa headquarters in the affluent mountain resort of Rabieh, northeast of Beirut The Maronite Christian opposition ...
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Created on 13 July 2007
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899.
Bishops voice support for Lebanese Army
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(Uncategorised)
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BKIRKI: The Council of Maronite Bishops extended support on Wednesday to the Lebanese Army in its fight against Fatah al-Islam militants at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, near Tripoli. "The ...
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Created on 05 July 2007
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900.
Lahoud calls for 6-member 'salvation cabinet
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(Uncategorised)
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... to carry the country out of its prolonged political deadlock. Lahoud spoke after a lunch meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir in Bkirki. In a meeting between the leaders described afterward ...
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Created on 31 May 2007
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901.
UN creates court for Lebanese ex-premier's murde
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(Uncategorised)
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... for the tribunal is to have people who are accused. Where are the accused?" the Christian Maronite leader, himself a former prime minister, told France Inter radio. And Damascus, through its state ...
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Created on 31 May 2007
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902.
Geagea denies progress in Berri-Hariri meeting
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(Uncategorised)
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... after a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir at Bkirki, Geagea said that "no solutions have been reached" during numerous meetings between Speaker Nabih Berri and parliamentary ...
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Created on 23 March 2007
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903.
Sfeir decries 'drastic effects' of volatilit
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(Uncategorised)
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Sunday,March 18,2007 Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Sunday that the current "state of chaos" in Lebanon was not only affecting political life but was also having ...
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Created on 18 March 2007
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904.
Rival Lebanese leaders hold political crisis talks
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(Uncategorised)
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... and a national unity government. "The Syrian regime is the one obstructing a solution in Lebanon," Hariri said after earlier meeting the influential Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir. ...
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Created on 09 March 2007
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905.
Sfeir 'supports' any group promoting national cohesio
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(Uncategorised)
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Monday he "supported" any gathering that promotes national cohesion, and hoped the Lebanese work to find a "final" ...
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Created on 06 March 2007
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906.
Cheikh Jean-Philippe el Khazen trip
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(Uncategorised)
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... we need. They have also tightened security and given the police instructions to be vigilant," he said. Khazen and shipmate Tony Abu Jawdeh, a 50-year-old Maronite trader, explained that the crisis ...
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Created on 25 February 2007
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907.
Thousands rally in Lebanon on Hariri anniversary
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(Uncategorised)
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... mocking Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and his Maronite ally General Michel Aoun during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of late Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in the heart ...
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Created on 14 February 2007
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908.
Pictures of January 23rd protest in Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... supporter of Christian Maronite General Michel Aoun walks past burning tires in the town of Marjayoun in south Lebanon. At least six people have been wounded when gunmen fired at men trying to block roads ...
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Created on 24 January 2007
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909.
Hezbollah:A Media-Constructed Image
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(Uncategorised)
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... rulers who committed horrible massacres against their community. After the founding of the independent Lebanese state in 1943, the Shiite were the third largest community after the Maronite Christians ...
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Created on 06 January 2007
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910.
Sfeir warns street protests can easily turn into mayhem
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(Uncategorised)
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By Maroun Khoury, Daily Star, BKIRKI: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Thursday that the protests currently taking place in Lebanon can very easily engender chaos. Speaking during a meeting ...
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Created on 29 December 2006
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911.
Lebanese leaders stands
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(Uncategorised)
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... a proposal for a solution made by the influential Maronite Archbishops' Council which called Wednesday for the formation of an "accord government" .The proposal "has a lot of positive elements ...
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Created on 09 December 2006
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912.
Bkirki declaration finds favor in both camps
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(Uncategorised)
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... by the Maronite Church. Hizbullah politburo member Hajj Ghaleb Abu Zeinab described the declaration as "positive in its general aspect," but said it contained "a few details that should ...
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Created on 09 December 2006
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913.
Beirut Shooting Sparks Fear of Sectarian Clash
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(Uncategorised)
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... refugees marked a 15-year civil war that ended in 1990. ``If things keep rising in this manner, they will definitely lead to a clash,'' Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir told worshippers ...
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Created on 04 December 2006
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914.
Thousands honor slain Lebanese leader
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(Uncategorised)
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... into the volatile streets. While some supporters called for revenge against Syria and its allies, Gemayel's father — a former president — and the Maronite Church demanded calm, hoping to avert an explosion ...
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Created on 23 November 2006
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915.
Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel's funera
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(Uncategorised)
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... Syria of killing Gemayel, scion of one of Lebanon's most prominent Maronite families. Damascus has condemned his murder.The anti-Syrian camp says the aim of the Syrian-backed opposition is to weaken Lebanon' ...
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Created on 23 November 2006
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916.
Anti-Syrian Christian chief scoffs at Hezbollah 'victory' clai
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(Uncategorised)
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... Forces (LF) leader and member of Lebanon's "March 14" group Sunday. Crowds flocked to a hilltop Maronite cathedral in Harissa in the Christian heartland north of Beirut, site of a giant statue ...
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Created on 24 September 2006
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917.
Lebanon's identity, future questione
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(Uncategorised)
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... at the behest of the Syrian government.The Lebanon most foreigners think of — tolerant, easy-living, Western-oriented — bore the imprint of Maronite families such as the Gemayels, and not by accident. ...
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Created on 11 September 2006
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918.
Missiles hit Haifa, Israel warns south Lebanon residents
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(Uncategorised)
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... Lebanese Maronite Christians participate in the Sunday Mass, in St. George's church of the southern Lebanese village of Qoleia, close to the border with Israel, Sunday July 16, 2006. Israeli airstrikes ...
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Created on 16 July 2006
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919.
Sfeir chastises Franjieh for going after bishop
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(Uncategorised)
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir responded on Thursday to what he described as former Minister Suleiman Franjieh's "misplaced" verbal attack on a bishop. Sfeir said he regretted ...
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Created on 05 July 2006
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920.
Lebanese patriarch brings message of peace
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(Uncategorised)
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, At a meeting with religious leaders Saturday, Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, stressed the need for people of all faiths to ...
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Created on 03 July 2006
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921.
Lebanon tackles electoral reform
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(Uncategorised)
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... for Christians and Moslems, and guranteed representation within those subgroups for the different branches of the main religions; Shiia and Sunni Moslem, Druze, Maronite and Greek Catholics, Greek Orthodox ...
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Created on 15 June 2006
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922.
Cardinal is hope for future of Lebanese Christians
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(Uncategorised)
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... and especially his discernment," said Father Nehmeh. Cardinal Sfeir's personality is a mix of three characters: the priest, the leader and the ancestral Lebanese man of the mountain, said Maronite ...
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Created on 10 June 2006
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923.
Lebanon 'Mass Grave' Said to Be a Cemeter
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(Uncategorised)
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The Associated Press , BEIRUT, Lebanon At the time, anti-Syrian legislators and politicians, as well as Lebanon's influential Maronite Catholic Church, demanded an international investigation and trial ...
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Created on 07 June 2006
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924.
Shia of Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... to assert the Shia's political rights and fight discrimination by the then dominant Sunni Muslims and Christian Maronites. Even more prominent are the pictures of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Hizbollah, ...
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Created on 05 May 2006
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925.
Lebanon talks resume but breakthrough unlikely
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(Uncategorised)
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... scenarios. Maronite former general Michel Aoun, who fought a battle with Syrians at the end of the war and returned from exile after they withdrew last year, could nominate himself for president and try ...
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Created on 28 April 2006
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926.
Cardinal says government is dividing Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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By Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) -- In an Easter message, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Catholic Church said that division among government officials is polarizing the country ...
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Created on 21 April 2006
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927.
Lebanon remembers its
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(Uncategorised)
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... for his beatification. Numerous activities were organised in order to reawaken spiritual awareness amongst pupils, their teachers and families. In a meeting with the press, Mgr Paul Matar, Maronite archbishop ...
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Created on 04 April 2006
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928.
VILLAGE TRADITIONNEL DE HRAJEL: REALISATION D'UN REV
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(Cynthia el Khazen)
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... paroisse el-Wardieh, des Scouts maronites de Hrajel, des Forces de Sécurité et de l’armée libanaise. Le terrain ayant été cédé par le Waqf de la famille el-Khazen, quelques sponsors: Sohat, Indevco, Banque ...
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Created on 24 March 2006
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929.
Political Debate pictures (second day)
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(Uncategorised)
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... foes. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) AP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago Lebanon's Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (R) and Christian Maronite deputy George Adwan (C) shake hands, next to Parliament Speaker ...
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Created on 03 March 2006
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930.
ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome
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(Uncategorised)
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... What do you expect from the Christians in Lebanon and, more concretely, from the Maronites? Aoun: For us, the expression "Maronite" is no longer the exact term; there is much more talk of "Christians" ...
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Created on 23 February 2006
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931.
Rice shuns Lahoud
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(Uncategorised)
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... the lightning visit, Rice met officials including Foreign Minister Fawzi Sallukh, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, President of the Chamber Nabih Berre, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, and parliament majority ...
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Created on 23 February 2006
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932.
The Role of Hizbullah
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(Uncategorised)
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... the founding of the independent Lebanese state in 1943, the Shiite were the third largest community after the Maronite Christians and the Sunni Muslims. In the Lebanese constitution, they were accorded ...
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Created on 18 February 2006
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933.
Lebanon marks Hariri's deat
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(Uncategorised)
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... vandalised earlier this month. U.N. INQUIRY "We salute the Lebanese for coming together around a just cause ... and displaying their unity," Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the Maronite patriarch, ...
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Created on 14 February 2006
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934.
Beautiful Beirut Rises From Its Past Violence
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(Uncategorised)
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... black. But Beirut quickly replaced the broken church windows in this city where Maronite Catholic Christians and two sects of Muslims, Sunni and Shiite vie for power. And just as quickly as the protest ...
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Created on 13 February 2006
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935.
own independent state by partitioning
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(Uncategorised)
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... of the picture. Even the finest leadership in these circumstances would buckle under the combined weight of such staggering negatives. Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch, Nasrallah Boutrous Sfeir, the country' ...
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Created on 05 February 2006
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936.
Demonstrations caused important vandalism
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(Uncategorised)
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The trouble in Lebanon threatened to take a sectarian spin as protesters stoned the nearby St. Maroun Church, one of the city's main Maronite Catholic churches, and private property in Ashrafieh, a Christian ...
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Created on 05 February 2006
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937.
INTERVIEW-Lebanon's Aoun says govt must resign or end crisi
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(Uncategorised)
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... say was made under Syrian pressure. NEW POLLS? Aoun, who won the election by a landslide in the Maronite Christian heartland and sees himself as a future president, called for dialogue "at official ...
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Created on 27 January 2006
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938.
Year in Review 2005 - Developments in democracy
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(Uncategorised)
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... current 128 parliamentary seats.There is also an unwritten agreement that Lebanon's president has to be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, and the Speaker of Parliament a Shi'ite Muslim. ...
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Created on 23 January 2006
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939.
Sfeir to Lahoud: Will resigning preserve honor?
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(Uncategorised)
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Daily Star, Lebanon's influential Maronite Patriarch advised President Emile Lahoud to restore the presidential position to its former significance saying that "history will record the stand that you, ...
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Created on 26 December 2005
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940.
Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... and beliefs must learn to live together even in the same towns and villages. It has always been custom for relatives to live closer to each other but the current labeling of many areas in Lebanon as Maronite, ...
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Created on 24 December 2005
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941.
Lebanon politicians in battle for their lives
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(Uncategorised)
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By Rita Daou A sleek official-looking convoy rolls up in front of Beirut's Maronite patriarchate. No-one emerges. Seconds later a lone, humdrum jeep pops up. And out steps Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.Such ...
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Created on 21 December 2005
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942.
Beirut's voice of reason returns to mourn his so
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(Uncategorised)
-
... of faiths, cultures and languages: mostly Arabic-speaking Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Francophone Maronite Christians, as well as Druze, Armenians and, like the Tuenis, Greek Orthodox. Its universities, ...
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Created on 18 December 2005
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943.
Whatever happened to Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution
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(Uncategorised)
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... next, however, was a wake-up call. Not long after Syria withdrew its troops, cracks appeared in the loose coalition that had organised the protests, with Michel Aoun, a leader of Lebanon's Christian Maronites, ...
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Created on 11 December 2005
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944.
No peace without Syria.
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(Uncategorised)
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... up around 40 percent of the population -- who want a treaty right now. That's not surprising, though. The Maronite Catholics were Israeli allies during the civil war. But it's not just the Christians. Nor ...
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Created on 28 November 2005
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945.
AOUN VISITS UNITED STATES
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(Uncategorised)
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... like Lahoud is a Maronite Christian, a position which makes him eligible for the position of president. Lebanon's constitution specifies that the country's president must be Maronite-Christian, while the ...
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Created on 15 November 2005
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946.
Wait for it
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(Uncategorised)
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... Maronite Bishops headed by Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir has also repeated its call for dealing with the presidential file with extra caution and leaving the last word for Lahoud himself, who has repeatedly ...
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Created on 11 November 2005
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947.
Geagea looks for closer relations with Hizbullah
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(Uncategorised)
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By Hania Taan, Daily Star staff Thursday, November 03, 2005, BEIRUT: The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) said Wednesday he would like to see his Maronite Christian group in a closer relationship with ...
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Created on 10 November 2005
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948.
Lahoud would resign if I am chosen
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(Uncategorised)
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... assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri Aoun praised the statement of the Maronite bishops which demanded on Wednesday that an end be put to the dispute over the presidency. Concerning the aborted ...
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Created on 10 November 2005
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949.
Catechism is the path to national unity
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(Uncategorised)
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... which with its presence shows the “need to maintain alive the Christian flame in a Middle East under so many threats”. Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Sfeir, also spoke yesterday about the National Catechism ...
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Created on 07 November 2005
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950.
Lebanese parish dedicates church of the Eastern rite
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(Uncategorised)
-
... community and those who worked in an exceptional fashion. We’re blessed to have a Maronite church in this city of Lombard,” he said. From an onlooker’s position, Bishop Schlarman commented about the traditions ...
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Created on 04 November 2005
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951.
Keep quiet if you have AIDS or you will become an outcast
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(Uncategorised)
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... the clergymen and society as a whole," said Father Hady Aya, a Maronite Christian priest who is an active member of the group. "We reject the idea of the sinner being caught by his sin and punished ...
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Created on 13 October 2005
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952.
CHRONOLOGY-Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killin
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(Uncategorised)
-
... leave Lebanon. May 7 - Michel Aoun, Maronite Christian and staunch foe of Syria, returns to hero's welcome after 14 years of exile. June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, ...
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Created on 12 October 2005
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953.
Lebanese Group demand release of 1,500 nationals in Syrian prisons
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(Uncategorised)
-
... He had resigned in October 2004, having aligned himself with the Lebanese public's mounting resentment against Syrian hegemony, a feeling shared by Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims. The Shi'ites of ...
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Created on 18 September 2005
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954.
Lebanon bishops: Respect presidency
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(Uncategorised)
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Lebanon's Maronite bishops have called for the cloud of suspicion over President Emile Lahoud's head to be lifted. Lahoud, who is a Maronite, has faced increasing pressure to resign over the 14 February ...
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Created on 08 September 2005
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955.
WYD 2005: Mexican-Lebanese youths in Cologne and in search of their roots
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(Uncategorised)
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... noted that the “happy outcome of the initiative is also down to co-operation between the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir and the President of the Maronite League, Michel Eddé, who considers [links with] ...
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Created on 12 August 2005
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956.
Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
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... may be officially out of Lebanon yet its presence is still felt through powerful allies like Emile Lahoud, the Christian Maronite president, and Nabil Berri, the speaker of parliament (a post reserved ...
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Created on 28 July 2005
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957.
Lebanese forces Samir Geagea leaves jail
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(Uncategorised)
-
... national unity," one youth said.
SIX SQUARE METERS
Many Maronites viewed Geagea's imprisonment and the 14-year exile of Christian ex-general Michel Aoun as symbols of Syria's desire to punish and sideline ...
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Created on 26 July 2005
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958.
Hezbollah Member Part of Lebanon Cabinet
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(Uncategorised)
-
... Future Movement and his allies.Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the influential Maronite Church, on Sunday refused to bless Saniora's list because it included no Aoun supporters, Lahoud media adviser Rafi ...
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Created on 19 July 2005
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959.
Lebanon PM-designate reports progress in govt talks
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(Uncategorised)
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... line-up or demand more of his own allies get a role.
A political source said talks between the two were positive, adding that Lahoud, a Maronite Christian, made no demands but asked Siniora to make sur ...
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Created on 06 July 2005
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960.
Victorious anti-Syrians promise change for Lebanon
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(Uncategorised)
-
... foe, former general Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian.
Aoun's victory in the Christian heartland of Mount Lebanon in last week's round stunned the movement whose street protests following Hariri's assassination ...
-
Created on 19 June 2005
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961.
Vote-buying allegations mar Lebanon's election
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(Uncategorised)
-
... Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri is squaring off against an unlikely alliance of pro-Syrians and Damascus' erstwhile foe, Maronite Christian former general Michel Aoun.
Both campaigns have denied vote-buying. ...
-
Created on 19 June 2005
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962.
Lebanese Start Voting in Their Final Round of Polls
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(Uncategorised)
-
... of balloting.
Aoun, a Maronite Christian, beat Jumblatt in the third round of elections in Mount Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, by winning key Christian seats. The turnout in the third round ...
-
Created on 19 June 2005
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963.
Lebanon: a new emerging Christian power
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(Uncategorised)
-
... Emile Lahoud out of office.
His followers and other candidates running on his slate won 15 out of 16 seats in the Christian Maronite heartland of North Metn and Kesrouan-Byblos. Pierre Gemayel, son of ...
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Created on 14 June 2005
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964.
Cheikh Farid Elias el Khazen gained Fourth position on Aoun's wining lis
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(Uncategorised)
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... of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. Spring 1986.
OTHER ACTIVITES
Coordinator of the Committee of "Church and Politics" in the Maronite Patriarchal ...
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Created on 13 June 2005
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965.
Aoun's poll win gives him major voice in Lebano
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(Uncategorised)
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... up for grabs in Sunday's third round of the polls in the Maronite Christian heartland northeast of Beirut.
There was no Aoun-allied candidate running for the last seat, won by the opposition's Pierre Gemayel. ...
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Created on 12 June 2005
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966.
Divisions and tensions on the eve of the elections on Mount Lebanon and in the Bekaa
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(Uncategorised)
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... Bechara, Maronite Archbishop of Antelias, on behalf of Patriarch Sfeir, would have been so divided?
Only the future will tell and reveal the truth about the new Lebanon.
In the meantime, Saad Hariri, ...
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Created on 09 June 2005
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967.
Hizbullah chief urges political 'reconciliation' in Lebano
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(Uncategorised)
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... Shehwan Gathering, the Phalanges Base, National Bloc and the Lebanese Forces, was announced by opposition MP Fares Soueid, who will be competing with Aoun on the Maronite seat for Jbeil.
During the announcement ...
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Created on 08 June 2005
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968.
Lebanese journalist killed in car blast
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(Uncategorised)
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... compete against each other in a key stage of Lebanon's general elections this month, drawing a sharp rebuttal from the influential Maronite Christian bishops. Voters go to the polls in the mainly Shi'ite ...
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Created on 02 June 2005
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969.
CHRONOLOGY-Key events in Lebanon since Hariri's killin
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(Uncategorised)
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... resigns.
April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.
May 4 - Mikati, on first official visit to Damascus, says Lebanon and Syria want to put relations on right track.
May 7 - Michel Aoun, Maronite ...
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Created on 02 June 2005
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970.
Lebanon election promises sea change
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(Uncategorised)
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... al-Hariri's portraits are side by side with those of Solange Gemayel, widow of slain president and former Christian president Bashir Gemayel, who has won uncontested Beirut's sole Maronite seat.
A few ...
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Created on 25 May 2005
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971.
Lebanon's Aoun, Jumblatt set for electoral battl
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(Uncategorised)
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Lebanon's Aoun, Jumblatt set for electoral battle
May 24, 2005 Political sources said the talks failed because Aoun wanted to select candidates for non-Maronite seats, while Jumblatt would only let him ...
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Created on 24 May 2005
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972.
MSM Fails Again: Factually incorrect Propaganda Printed in the Washington Post
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(Uncategorised)
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... to 1943, when the French handed Lebanon over to the country's French-speaking Maronite Christian elite and founded what is called the confessional system, with parliamentary and executive offices parceled ...
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Created on 23 May 2005
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973.
Lebanese women seek their place in parliament
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(Uncategorised)
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... Gemayel, who was killed in an explosion in 1982.
A newcomer to politics, Gemayel is running uncontested for the Maronite seat in Beirut, on the list of Saad Hariri, the slain ex-premier's son.
"We hope ...
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Created on 23 May 2005
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974.
Lebanon's Election: Free but Not Fai
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(Uncategorised)
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... of Christians. Literally.
This inequality dates back to 1943, when the French handed Lebanon over to the country's French-speaking Maronite Christian elite and founded what is called the confessional ...
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Created on 23 May 2005
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975.
Lebanese Agree Election Law Needs Reform: UN Envoy
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(Uncategorised)
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... the population.
But the agreement left unchanged the practice whereby the president is always a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni and the parliament speaker a Shi'ite Muslim.
No progress ...
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Created on 22 May 2005
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976.
Lebanese unity erodes before poll
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(Uncategorised)
-
... ballot box for this unjust law that was forced on us," a Maronite Christian opposition member said.
"If the elections don't happen or we boycott the poll, the political limbo and uneasiness will continue, ...
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Created on 22 May 2005
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977.
Lawyer calls to boycott polls to spur Geagea's releas
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(Uncategorised)
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... way to ensure the release of his client from prison before the May-June parliamentary elections is for LF candidates to boycott the elections unless Geagea is released.
Following a meeting with Maronite ...
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Created on 21 May 2005
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978.
Have outside powers manipulated Lebanon's Christians
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(Uncategorised)
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Analysis
Have outside powers manipulated Lebanon's Christians?
By Adnan El-Ghoul , Daily Star , May 21, 2005
BEIRUT: Following his visit to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, former Lebanese ...
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Created on 21 May 2005
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979.
Michael Hudson Speaks at AUB
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(Uncategorised)
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... not work in Lebanon, land of Hezbollah and Palestinian refugee camps. Saad Hariri recently met with President Bush, and the Maronite Patriarch met with him months ago. No one can claim that these two intend ...
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Created on 20 May 2005
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980.
Aoun: Lebanon political class corrupt
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(Uncategorised)
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... a way that marginalizes many Lebanese groups and boosts pro-Syrian candidates. The influential Maronite Catholic Church has sharply criticized the law, saying it results in legislators who are not representative. ...
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Created on 20 May 2005
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981.
Christians in Lebanon divided as elections draw near
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(Uncategorised)
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... the estimated 30 percent of Lebanese who are Christian. Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir at one point threatened to call for an election boycott, a prospect that was averted when ...
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Created on 19 May 2005
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982.
Lebanon and its message
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(Uncategorised)
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... The president is constitutionally a Maronite Christian, the premier a Sunni, the Speaker of the House a Shi'ite and the deputy Speaker a Druze. The current parliament of 128 members is composed of members ...
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Created on 19 May 2005
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983.
Walid Jumblatt, or the poverty of low expectations
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(Uncategorised)
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... not to have to worry about the unruly Maronites, the spoken-for Sunnis and the too cumbersome Shiites. Yet were he to realize his power, the product of charisma born of cynicism, and use this to enforce ...
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Created on 19 May 2005
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984.
Christian opposition to run in elections despite 'unfair law
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(Uncategorised)
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... of Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir.
Sfeir is one of the most vocal critics of the country's election law, which was devised in 2000 when Syrian hegemony was at its most pervasive in Lebanon. ...
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Created on 18 May 2005
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985.
Anti-Syria general feels Lebanese political chill
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(Uncategorised)
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Anti-Syria general feels Lebanese political chill
By Lin Noueihed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Just days after returning from exile to a hero's welcome, the Maronite Christian general who sees himself as Lebanon' ...
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Created on 18 May 2005
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986.
The invisible occupation of Lebanon
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... expected (according to the Taif Accord, a legal document that ended the civil war) to be a Maronite Christian. The President will assign a prime minister from the Sunni community. The parliament will elect ...
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Created on 18 May 2005
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987.
Lebanon's liberation was brought about by man
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Lebanon's liberation was brought about by many
In a statement made following a visit this week with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir in Bkirki, U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman pointed to two ...
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Created on 17 May 2005
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988.
Europe invites Lebanon to join parliamentary assembly
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... to people's representatives."
Scott said his delegation had met with various politicians, including Sidon MP Bahia Hariri and Saad Hariri, as well as Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir and Kesrouan ...
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Created on 17 May 2005
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989.
Analysis: Lebanon poll unites ex-rivals
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... selection did not only reflect an electoral alliance with the Lebanese Forces but also "an eagerness (to preserve) the big national reconciliation" that was achieved in 2001 when Maronite Patriarch Nasralla ...
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Created on 16 May 2005
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990.
Slain ex-PM's son sees opposition landslide in Lebanon poll
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... Bashir Gemayel, the only candidate for Beirut's Maronite Christian seat, and Shiite movement Hezbollah's Amin Sherri for one of the two Shiite seats.
"The opposition is not divided," Hariri said, of recent ...
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Created on 16 May 2005
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991.
Foes unite as Lebanon election campaign kicks off
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... formed unlikely political alliances.
The influential head of the Maronite Church, meanwhile, reiterated calls for efforts to ensure that the polls are representative of Lebanon's different sects.
In ...
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Created on 16 May 2005
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992.
Lebanon's parliamentary polls kick off with three uncontested seats in Beiru
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... returned Druze, Shiite and Maronite MPs ahead of official polls which begin in less than two weeks.
Solange Gemayel, the widow of slain president and Christian warlord Bashir Gemayel, was given Beirut' ...
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Created on 15 May 2005
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993.
Son of Slain Lebanon Leader to Seek Post
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Son of Slain Lebanon Leader to Seek Post
By HUSSEIN DAKROUB, Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri promised Sunday to achieve his father's plan ...
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Created on 15 May 2005
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994.
Preparations for Lebanon polls gather steam
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... for the elections. Opposition leaders agreed Thursday to draw up common lists of candidates for the elections.
Christians, led by the head of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, have flatly ...
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Created on 15 May 2005
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995.
Mikati raises possibility of electoral law changes
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... on time this month but added some amendments could still be made to the controversial legal framework for the polls.
Following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, who has condemned ...
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Created on 14 May 2005
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996.
Sfeir brushes off U.S. accusations he is stirring sectarian strife
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...
BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir brushed off U.S. accusations that he was "whipping up sectarian sentiments" following his criticism of Lebanon's electoral law and launched a fresh attack ...
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Created on 13 May 2005
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997.
Lebanon opposition to set up committee to save polls
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... later this month, in a bid to patch up differences that threatened the elections.
The move came a day after the powerful Maronite Church warned that a Syrian-tailored 2000 electoral law used in the last ...
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Created on 12 May 2005
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998.
Lebanon opposition in crucial talks to save polls
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... Maronite Church over constituency boundaries and calls for elections to be delayed.
The meeting, which opened mid-morning, was marred by the absence of key opposition figures like Druze leader Walid ...
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Created on 12 May 2005
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999.
Lebanon Christian leader slams election law
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... he said.
His comments, made following talks with Maronite Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, came hours after Lebanon's Maronite bishops warned the law would disrupt the country's fragile Christian-Muslim coexistence. ...
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Created on 12 May 2005
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1000.
Lebanon Church Seeks New Election Law
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Lebanon Church Seeks New Election Law
By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's powerful Maronite Catholic Church on Wednesday rejected the election law drafted under Syrian ...
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Created on 12 May 2005
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1001.
Hariri's son enters Lebanon election race amid Christian warning
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... to the large Christian minority which is demanding smaller voting areas. Led by Maronite Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the bishops warned that the 2000 law "violates ... coexistence between Christians and Muslims ...
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Created on 11 May 2005
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1002.
Lebanon bishops say elections to weaken Christians
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Lebanon bishops say elections to weaken Christians
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Maronite Christian bishops warned on Wednesday that elections starting this month would under-represent their community ...
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Created on 11 May 2005
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1003.
Geagea's release becomes political bargaining chi
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... former Lebanese Army Commander General Michel Aoun.
A delegation of Lebanese Forces supporters led by Butros Butros praised Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir's national stand and asserted ...
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Created on 10 May 2005
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1004.
Aoun reconciles with former LF foes
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... call from Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and met with former President Amine Gemayel during the day, is also expected to meet with Maronite Patriarch
Nasrallah Butros Sfeir following a visit from Archbishop ...
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Created on 09 May 2005
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1005.
Anti-Syria leader
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... contest the elections, although he has yet to announce any formal political alliances. The Maronite Christian leader has not said if he would run for parliament, however he has hinted he would consider ...
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Created on 09 May 2005
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1006.
Ex-general returns to Lebanon
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... of the long-entrenched elite, has returned to this city after 15 years in exile, promising to remake Lebanon's politics.
The return of the general, a Maronite Christian who opposed Syria's dominance, closes ...
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Created on 08 May 2005
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1007.
Explosion Reportedly Kills One in Lebanon
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... religious radio station, and a Maronite Catholic church at the entrance to the old souk, or market.
Earlier in the day, the radio station had aired live broadcasts of a sit-in by relatives of Lebanese ...
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Created on 06 May 2005
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1008.
Exiled Christian politician Aoun returns to Lebanon
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The general remains a controversial figure. He is beloved by supporters in Lebanon's Maronite Christian community for flying the flag of nationalism while in exile.
But detractors say he prolonged the ...
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Created on 06 May 2005
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1009.
Explosion Reportedly Kills One in Lebanon
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... of Sawt al-Mahabba, a Christian religious radio station, and a Maronite Catholic church at the entrance to the old souk, or market.
Earlier in the day, the radio station had aired live broadcasts of ...
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Created on 06 May 2005
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1010.
Lebanon to hold four-phase polls from May 29
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... people".
Lahoud is a longtime Syrian ally, but he appears to be seeking favour among his own Maronite Christian community which largely opposes the 2000 law.
He appeared to be asking parliament to ...
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Created on 06 May 2005
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1011.
Before Aoun's 'tsunami,' a wilderness of suspicio
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... use his opposition allies, then impose himself on them. Are the accusations correct? Perhaps not, but Jumblatt has been maneuvering to protect himself, and his visits to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir ...
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Created on 05 May 2005
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1012.
Court Clears Anti-Syrian Lebanese Official
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... plans to return Saturday and will be one of the most powerful figures in the country's anti-Syrian opposition. Aoun, a Maronite Catholic who enjoys a strong following in the Christian heartland and claims ...
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Created on 04 May 2005
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1013.
Lebanon PM Forms Govt to Lead Country to May Polls
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... judgment until after it declares its program.
Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, a figurehead of opposition to Syrian influence, welcomed the line-up, which includes several newcomers from ...
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Created on 19 April 2005
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1014.
Lebanon's Pro-Syrian Coalition in Disarra
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... is a Maronite Christian. "Every experience I've had with the president has led me to disappointment."
Karami announced after his resignation on Wednesday that he was leaving a coalition of pro-Syrian ...
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Created on 14 April 2005
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1015.
Pope in Lebanon L
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Joie belle Jean-Paul II en compagnie des prélats qui ont concélébré la messe avec lui. A ses côtés Mgr Boulos Matar, archevêque maronite de Beyrouth. Plus de 1200 prêtres étaient présents. L’arrivée ...
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Created on 02 April 2005
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1016.
PM stalls on resignation as Lebanon political deadlock grinds on
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... Maronite Christian patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir.
"President Lahoud sold me out by agreeing with... Sfeir and promising him to work for a government which is not necessarily one of national unity," ...
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Created on 30 March 2005
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1017.
Leader Vows to Tackle Lebanon Violence
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... is how we can save the country," Lahoud, a Maronite Christian and close Syrian ally, vowed after attending Easter Mass. Lahoud has come under intense pressure from Lebanese opposition groups since Hariri' ...
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Created on 28 March 2005
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1018.
Lebanon's Pro-Syrian PM Insists on Unity Cabine
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... was not procrastination but time to develop positions ... Of course the absence of the patriarch slowed things down."
Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, spiritual leader of Lebanon's Maronite Christians and ...
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Created on 21 March 2005
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1019.
Lebanon Leader Pulls Out of Arab Summit
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... numbers of Maronite Christians.
Police closed all entrances leading to the blast site and blocked onlookers from nearing the devastated building. After sunrise, residents began clearing debris and ...
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Created on 19 March 2005
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1020.
Car Bomb Rocks Beirut Christian Area
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... in demonstrations for and against Syria since Hariri was killed. Anti-Syrian opposition demonstrations have included large numbers of Maronite Christians. The explosion played to concerns among some Lebanese ...
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Created on 18 March 2005
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1021.
Syria Withdraws Up to 6,000 Troops from Lebanon
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... weapons.
Many Maronite Christians would like to see Hizbollah disarmed, but Jumblatt said the anti-Syrian camp was not discussing the subject, best left to a national dialogue.
"No one's talking about ...
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Created on 17 March 2005
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1022.
Bush won't rule out Hezbollah role in Lebano
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... with the patriarch of the Maronite church, Nasrallah Sfeir, a vocal opponent of Syria's dominant role in Lebanon and a leading figure in the Lebanese Christian opposition.
"One of the messages I want ...
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Created on 15 March 2005
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1023.
Lebanese Cardinal to Meet With Bush
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Maronite Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, a strong critic of Syria's control in Lebanon who left Monday for a meeting with President Bush has emerged as a key opposition figure whose influence ...
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Created on 14 March 2005
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1024.
Syria Says Might Pull Army from Lebanon in Months
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... a 22-year-old political science student told Reuters at Martyrs' Square. "This encourages us to stay here and continue our protest."
Most of the opposition protesters are Maronite Christians, who have ...
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Created on 01 March 2005
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1025.
Official: U.S. Not Interfering in Lebanon
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... Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite Catholic Church, about whether Washington considers there to be a deadline for a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, said: "We want to see it take place as soon ...
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Created on 27 February 2005
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1026.
Syria Committed to Withdraw From Lebanon
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... ground of central Lebanon in Maronite Christian and Druse towns of the central mountains that separate the coast from the Bekaa Valley. Syrian troops were removed in earlier withdrawals from the coast ...
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Created on 24 February 2005
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1027.
The last fling
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... is just the latest incarnation of the Lebanese craving for novelty and gift for fun. The son of a Maronite Christian warlord assassinated, allegedly by the Syrians, during the 1975-90 civil war, thrusts ...
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Created on 05 February 2005
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1028.
Lebanese opposition step up anti-Syria campaign
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... week in Paris, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church, Monsignor Nasrallah Sfeir, affirmed his support for the UN resolution and Lebanese sovereignty.
As the opposition flexes its muscle on the ground, ...
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Created on 03 February 2005
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