The Maronites use a hybrid liturgy based on the Antiochian St. James. Maronites make up 17% of the population of Lebanon and by the law of that country the president of Lebanon is always a Maronite.

Lebanese Christians are celebrating Mar Maroun this week, a Syrian saint as the country moves into a new age with its first government in years.

The celebrations were held at a private home, and among the deported were children too. The people involved were all Lebanese Maronites, who form a majority of Lebanon's Christian population. They ...