Mariamite Maronite Order

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The Mariamite Maronite Order (known also as Aleppians or Halabites), is a monk order among the Levantine Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specially a monastic Church. The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura, Ehden, Lebanon by three Maronite young men from Aleppo, Syria under the patronage of Patriarch Estephan Douaihy (1670-1704).

Its name comes from the Arabic Halabiyyah (Arabic: الرهبنة الحلبية ‎), city of Aleppo monks. It is one of the three Lebanese congregations of Saint Anthony the Great monks. The name Was given in reference to the origin of the founders and first members of the order. On 9 April 1969, the name of the Order was changed to the Mariamite Maronite Order, Ordo Maronita Mariamita and in its full Latin form: Ordo Maronita Beatae Mariae Virginis.

The second order is the Baladites (or Baladiyyah), country monks, antonym of Halabiyyah. This order resulted from a split with the Aleppians. Pope Clement XIV sanctioned this separation in 1770.

The third Lebanese monks order is the Antonin Maronite Order founded on August 15, 1700 by the Patriarch Gabriel Al Blouzani from Blaouza (1704-1705).