Antonin Maronite Order
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The Antonin Maronite Order (known also as Antonins or Mar Chaya Monks) is a monk order among the Levantine Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specially a monastic Church. The order was founded on August 15, 1700 in the Monastery of Mar Chaya, Lebanon by Maronite Patriarch Gabriel Al Blouzani from Blaouza (1704-1705).
Its name comes from the Arabic Antouniyah (Arabic: الرهبنة الانطونية), Saint Anthony monks. It is also called Mar Chaaya monks (Arabic: رهبان مار شعيا), in reference to the Monastery hosting the see of their Superior General. It is one of the three Lebanese congregations of Saint Anthony the Great monks alongside the Baladites and Aleppians.
[edit] See also
- Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Ehden
- Maronite Church
[edit] External links
- Antonins Official website of the Antonin Maronite Order, Last reviewed on 10 November 2007.
- Baladites Official website of the Lebanese Maronite Order
- Aleppians Official Website of the Maronite Mariamite Order Arabic
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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