After Israel launched its full-scale offensive in Lebanon in September, many fled to the Mediterranean island.

He created a 300-person Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant choir and orchestra. Then he took a break.

Hafez al-Assad did not settle for ruling Syria with an iron grip—he also sought to control Lebanon, and he got his way.

What even is a Lebanese anyway? You gotta admire the ABC’s moxie in punting that one over to Antoinette Lattouf to solve.

[and] Maronites.” On the other hand, he explained that a special college was created a few years ago for the Eastern nuns who study in Rome. “Afterward, various places of worship were ...

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.

The church has features of both Eastern Christianity and the Western Catholic Church, which Maronites are in communion with, with millions of adherents in Lebanon, Syria, and across the world. In ...