National Catholic Register

Maronite Church in Lebanon Celebrates Beatification of 17th-Century Scholar and Patriarch

In a ceremony that blended centuries-old tradition with new hope, the Maronite Catholic Church celebrated the beatification of Patriarch Estephan Douaihy on Friday, Aug. 2, in Bkerké, Lebanon. An ...
National Catholic Register

Maronites and Muslims

BEIRUT (CNS) — The new patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church pledged to work with Muslims, noting that Lebanon is a country of partnership between Muslims and Christians. Patriarch Bechara Rai ...
Hartford Courant

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...
Los Angeles Times

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. But Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...
Newsday

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis' cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...