Maron

For the companion of Dionysus, see Maron (mythology).

Saint Maroun
Saint Maroun
Born	Unknown
Died	410 AD Kefar-Nabo, Ol-Yambos, Syria
Honored in	Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	February 9

Part of a series of articles on the Maronites History History of Phoenicians Byzantine Empire  · Crusades Marada  · Mardaites History of Lebanon 1958 Lebanon crisis  · Lebanese Civil War Religious affiliation Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Lebanese Maronite Order Mar Bechara Boutros Raï Politics Lebanese politics Lebanese nationalism Phoenicianism Kataeb Party  · March 14 Alliance Languages Cypriot Maronite Arabic  · Lebanese Arabic  · Aramaic Arabic Communities Cyprus · Israel · Lebanon · Jordan · Syria Diaspora v · Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܡܪܘܢ, Mār(y) Mārōn; Arabic: مار مارون‎) was a 5th century Syriac Christian monk who after his death was followed by a religious movement that became known as the Maronites.[1] The Church that grew from this movement is the Maronite Church. St. Maroun was known for his missionary work, healing and miracles, and teachings of a monastic devotion to God. He was a priest that later became a hermit. His holiness and miracles attracted many followers and drew attention throughout the empire. The Maronite movement Maroun is considered the Father of the spiritual and monastic movement now called the Maronite Catholic Church. This movement had a profound influence in Lebanon. St. Maroun spent all of his life on a mountain in Syria. It is believed that the place was called "Kefar-Nabo" on the mountain of Ol-Yambos, making it the cradle of the Maronite movement . The Maronite movement reached Lebanon when St. Maroun's first disciple Abraham of Cyrrhus who was called the Apostle of Lebanon, realised that there were many non-Christians in Lebanon, so he set out to convert them to Christianity by introducing them to the way of St. Maroun. The followers of St. Maroun, both monks and laity, always remained faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church. St. Maroun's feast day is celebrated on February 9.[2] Spirituality Maroun's way was deeply monastic with emphasis on the spiritual and ascetic aspects of living, contrasted by the fact that the 'Khoury,' or, 'priest' of the Maronite rite can marry. For St. Maroun, all was connected to God and God was connected to all. He did not separate the physical and spiritual world and actually used the physical world to deepen his faith and spiritual experience with God. St. Maroun embraced the quiet solitude of the mountain life. He lived his life in open air exposed to the forces of nature such as sun, rain, hail and snow. His extraordinary desire to come to know God's presence in all things allowed St. Maroun to transcend such forces and discover that intimate union with God. He was able to free himself from the physical world by his passion and fervour for prayer and enter into a mystical relationship of love with God. He was also a holy man. The Maronite church can occasionally accept a married man to become a priest in the event the marriage itself took place before the concerned individual pronounces the required vows and certainly before being ordained. Consequently, married priests can only perform ministry duties for the rest of their lives and would never be allowed to occupy higher positions within the church itself. Mission Martyrdom of Saint Maron St. Maroun was a mystic who started this new ascetic-spiritual method that attracted many people in Syria and Lebanon to become his disciples. Accompanying his deeply spiritual and ascetic life, he was a zealous missionary with a passion to spread the message of Christ by preaching it to all he met. He sought not only to cure the physical ailments that people suffered, but had a great quest for nurturing and healing the "lost souls" of both non-Christians and Christians of his time. This missionary work came to fruition when in the mountains of Syria, St. Maroun was able to convert a temple into a Christian church. This was to be the beginning of the conversion to Christianity in Syria which would then influence and spread to Lebanon. After his death in the year 410, his spirit and teachings lived on through his disciples and today he lies buried in Brad village to the north of Aleppo. Patronage Maronite Catholics The town of Volperino in Italy. After being brought to Sassovivo Abbey in Foligno, St. Maroun's relics were kept for a long time in the tiny village of Volperino, before being transferred to Saint Felicianus Cathedral church in Foligno. The Eparchy of Saint Maroun of Brooklyn The Eparchy of Saint Maroun of Australia. Official Recognition On Wednesday the 23rd February 2011, Pope Benedict XVI unveiled a statue of Saint Maroun on the outer wall of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and blessed it. It is the 12th and last statue. See also Saints portal James the Solitary Maronite Church References ^ Saint Maroun. Opus Libani. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7) External links Our Lady of Lebanon The Eastern Catholic Churches The Maronite Hermits German Homepage of Maronitische Christliche Union Deutschlands e.V. Arabic/German Persondata Name Alternative names Short description Date of birth Place of birth Date of death 410 Place of death Kefar-Nabo, Ol-Yambos, Syria Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую Batroun Magnetic ink character recognition Look at other dictionaries: Mâron — Mâron …   Deutsch Wikipedia Mâron — País …   Wikipedia Español Marón — puede referirse a: Religión San Marón (3?? 410), abad de San Ciro en Siria. San Marón (?? 99), mártir. Mitología Marón, compañero de Osiris. en Francia Maron, población y comuna de Meurthe y Mosela. 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