Tag: Maronite Catholic

Looking to Our lady who gave the greatest assent of will in history is a wonderful example to make our own yes to God.

Each year on 31 July, the Maronite Church commemorates the memory of the 350 holy monks who were martyred in 517. These men were slain by other Christians for no reason but their fidelity to the true faith, professing the doctrine of the Council of Chalcedon.

Maronite Catholics take their name from St Maroun, a holy hermit who lived near Antioch, in Syria, and died in 410AD. Fiercely loyal to Our Lady and the Holy See, theirs is the only Eastern rite which has always been part of the Catholic church.

In an historic witness to faith, thousands of Maronite Catholics have flocked to St Charbel’s Monastery and Parish in a grand procession to welcome the saint’s relics to their new home in Sydney.

The Feast of the Holy Cross is celebrated on 14 September each year. It was established to commemorate how, in 628, the Emperor Heraclius...

i4Give Day, therefore, not only commemorates the children but intends to raise awareness of the power forgiveness in healing emotional trauma in the each of our lives

With his hands tightly wrapped around a huge wooden cross, Simon Takchi said it was his faith that gave him the strength to endure...

The Maronite Church in Australia is about to enter a new phase of building up their tradition in this country.