Maronite Christians

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maronite_Christians

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Lebanese_Civil_War gptkb:Mount_Lebanon gptkb:Maronite_Patriarchate gptkb:Maronite_College_in_Rome gptkb:Maronite_liturgy Lebanese politics Lebanese identity Phoenician heritage (claimed by some)
gptkbp:churchName	gptkb:Maronite_Church
gptkbp:communionWith	gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:currentPatriarch	gptkb:Bechara_Boutros_al-Rahi
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	autonomous Eastern Catholic Church never separated from Rome retain use of Syriac in liturgy
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Saint_Maron
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Bkerké,_Lebanon
gptkbp:historicalName	early 5th century
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Australia gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Canada gptkb:Cyprus gptkb:France gptkb:Israel gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Palestine gptkb:Syria gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Syriac
gptkbp:majorFeastDay	gptkb:Feast_of_Saint_Maron
gptkbp:notableDiaspora	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:patriarchate	gptkb:Patriarchate_of_Antioch
gptkbp:populationEstimate	over 3 million
gptkbp:rite	gptkb:West_Syriac_Rite
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Beirut_III gptkb:Ainata_el_Zgharta gptkb:Chouf gptkb:Koura gptkb:Christian_Prayer gptkb:Zgharta_clan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Maronite Christians