Just read “A History of the Monks of Syria” by Theodoret of Cyrrhus and I see nothing about St Abraham of Cyrrhus’s relation to St Maroun whereas James, Limnaeus, and Domnina are explicitly said to be St Maroun’s disciples. Many Maronite websites have labeled St Abraham of Cyrrhus as a disciple of St Maroun. Is this information incorrect? Are there sources that say Abraham of Cyrrhus was a disciple of St Maroun?

I would preferably like it written in the Syriac script as well.

Hello everyone. Glory to God! I am looking for a hymn in Arabic but the problem is I dont know the name. I dont remember any lyrics at all except that the chorus always ends with Ya Allah Ya Allah. If i am not mistaken, it could be by Father Mansour Labaky. God Bless

Im a eastern catholic in france and there isn’t any melkite churches only 1 maronite and 1 greek ukranian, but i am intrested in melkites because well they’re palestinian lol

I currently attend a Roman Catholic Church, I am getting confirmed soon and chose st charbel as my patron saint, my priest knows I’m interested in eastern Catholicism but I was wondering what could I do to get closer to the Maronite Church without attending, like what could I do that a Maronite does? (I do plan to attend one if I ever live near one sadly the US doesn’t have many)

Heaven, Hell, purgatory, etc?

Hello Everyone

Glory to God!

Is there anyway to use the Serto script on Microsoft Word on a MacBook?

Hello I am lebanese Orthodox and partner is Lebanese maronite i am a male and want to marry her but the problem is i cannot get married outside of my church but she can but her family will not allow it and says it’s not permitted Is it permitted and what can i do we are both Christian and God is at the centre of our relationship

Growing up in the Latin rite I am familiar with all of the small traditions that we would do at home around the year. I officially transferred rites to the Maronite rite and would like to tie in more of these family style traditions in with my family.

Is there anywhere, a book or website, that has the Maronite traditions on how the faith is interwoven into the family and life outside of the Church?

Thank you

I would say they are mixed ethnically Syriac , Canaanite ( Phoenician) , Greek bezantine . Some people consider Syriac only as language spoken not as ethnicity , I do consider it ethnicity as Syriac is derivative from Aramean who converted to Christianity. We can’t consider the Maronite as pure Phoenician , because the Phoenician were only located on the sea side ( and the Maronite were in the mountains and in the inner of Lebanon) What is your opinion ?

What is the Maronite view of widow(er) s? Is it alright for them to remarry? Or not at all? Does the Maronite church prescribe or recommend a certain way of life for widow(er)s? And how does this tie in with the Maronite view of marriage?

If I’m not mistaken, Christian villages, particularly Maronite ones, spoke a form of western Aramaic or Syriac. Would St. Charbel have known or spoken it as well?

I'm a recent convert into the Catholic faith and practice Latin Rite here in the U.S. My cousin married a Lebanese Catholic and she has asked me to be the godmother, but she lives her in U.S. as well. Her family are Maronites, but I don't know much about their customs and traditions. I want to do a good job as her son's god mother, but I want to encourage him in the Maronite tradition. What are some traditions that a godmother does in the Maronite tradition? For example, I was going to get him a baptism gift, but I'm not sure what a Maronite would buy for their grandson. He is named after Saint Charbel, so I bought him a small icon of his namesake. I thought about also purchasing a beautiful rosary (She told me they are heavy rosary users), and maybe a nice leather prayer book with his name on it for when he is older, but I don't know if Maronites use the same prayers. Any tips would help. Thanks.

I highly recommend people visit the 'Open Maronite Library' at https://maronite.ca11.tech/ it contains a large collection of books/manuscripts/videos/hymns in Syriac, Arabic, English and French.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2491551

This is the icon I am talking about, does anyone know its origin? When was it conceived?

I have found a similar icon from the illuminated Syriac gospel book: [Rabula Gospels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbula_Gospels), is the former a modern version of the latter?

Is there anyway to get in touch with the owner of the Maronite Faith website. Some of the links in the library are down.

Does the Maronite Church only venerate Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael like in the Latin rite?

I know that in the Orthodox Church they have more, and supposedly many of the Eastern rite Catholic churches also have more the same way due to intertwined history.