Maronite

Patriarch Elias Hoayek
Lebanon
MENA
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Pope Leo praises Lebanon's Elias Hoayek after beatification

As part of the celebrations of Hoayek's beatification, the Maronite Church held a celebratory mass in Dimane.

Oliver Mizzi
27 July, 2026
Patriarch Elias Hoayek
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon's founding father Patriarch Elias Hoayek to be beatified

Louay Faour
Oliver Mizzi
04 June, 2026
Pilgrims pray in front of a portrait of Saint Charbel during a visit to the Maronite monastery of Saint Maron, which houses the shrine of Saint Charbel, in the mountain village of Annaya on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Joseph EID/AFP via Getty Images
Pope Leo XIV
MENA
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Inside Pope Leo's tour of Lebanon's important Christian sites

Louay Faour
30 November, 2025
Maronites across the world celebrated Saint Maron's feast day [Getty]
Lebanon
World
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Mar Maroun: Who is the Syrian saint Lebanese are celebrating?

The New Arab Staff
10 February, 2025
Michel Aoun
MENA
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Michel Aoun shields patriarch after he urged halt to rockets

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2021
Lebanon Patriarch Rally
Maronite
MENA
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Thousands in Lebanon rally in support of Maronite patriarch

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2021
Lebanon priest - Getty
religion
MENA
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Priest flies over Lebanon to 'bless' country against coronavirus

The New Arab
12 March, 2020
Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir -- AFP
Maronite
MENA
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Lebanon bids farewell to prominent ex-Maronite patriarch

The New Arab & agencies
17 May, 2019
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Maronite
MENA
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Lebanon's ex-Maronite patriarch dies days before turning 99

The New Arab & agencies
12 May, 2019
Sleiman Frangieh and Samir Geagea
Maronite
MENA
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Rival Lebanese Christian leaders bury decades of hostility

The New Arab & agencies
14 November, 2018
Bechara el-Rai Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi king hosts Lebanese patriarch in historic visit

The New Arab & agencies
14 November, 2017
Cardinal Bechara el-Rai
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Lebanon's top cardinal says Hariri return from Saudi essential

The New Arab
13 November, 2017
Bechara al-Rai AFP
Syria conflict
MENA
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Lebanon's top bishop slams Hizballah's 'divisive' intervention in Syria

Karim Traboulsi
13 March, 2017
Lebanon mountains afp
Maronite
Society
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Tales of ordinary lives on Mount Lebanon

The New Arab Staff

Hana Jaber

07 December, 2015
Lebanon civil war 1975 GETTY
Maronite
Analysis
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Lebanon's civil war: separating fact from fiction

Pierre Akiki
13 April, 2015