- Lebanese Maronite Order
The Lebanese Maronite Order (known also as Baladites or Valadites), is a monk order among the Levantine Catholic
Maronite Church , which from the beginning has been specially amonastic Church. The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura,Ehden ,Lebanon by threeMaronite young men fromAleppo ,Syria under the patronage of PatriarchEstephan El Douaihy (1670-1704).Its name "Baladites" comes from the Arabic "baladiyah" (
Arabic : الرهبنة البلدية ), "country" monks. It is one of the three Lebanese congregations of SaintAnthony the Great monks.The second order is the
Aleppians (or "halabiyyah"), monks ofAleppo , a city in presentSyria , antonym of baladiyah. This order resulted from a split with the Baladites.Pope Clement XIV sanctioned this separation in1770 .The third Lebanese monks order is that of Saint Isaiah, known as the Lebanese Antonin Order founded on August 15, 1700 by the Patriarch Gabriel Al Blouzani from
Blaouza (1704-1705).ee also
* Monastery of
Qozhaya External links
* For the history of the Baladites, please consult the dedicated section on the [http://www.qozhaya.com/LebaneseM.html official website of the Monatery of Qozhaya]
* Kreim [http://www.kreimists.org/# Official website of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries Congregation]
* Baladites [http://www.olm.org.lb/ Official website of the Lebanese Maronite Order]
* Antonins [http://www.antonins.org/indexen.htm Official website of the Lebanese Antonin Order]
* Aleppians [http://www.omm.org.lb/ Official Website of the Maronite Mariamite Order] "Arabic"ource
*Catholic [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10467a.htm Eastern Monasticism]
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