The Baladites, formally known as the Lebanese Maronite Order (; abbreviated OLM), is a monastic order among the
Levant
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-based, Catholic
Maronite Church
The Maronite Church (; ) is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The head of the Maronit ...
, which from the beginning has been specifically a
monastic
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Church.
[ The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura, Ehden, Lebanon, by three ]Maronite
Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...
young men from Aleppo
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, Syria, under the patronage of Patriarch
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Estephan El Douaihy
Istifan al-Duwayhi or Estephan El Douaihy ( / ALA-LC: ''Isṭifānūs al-thānī Buṭrus al-Duwayhī''; ; ; ; 2 August 1630 – 3 May 1704) was the 57th List of Maronite Patriarchs, Patriarch of the Maronite Church, serving from 1670 until his d ...
(1670–1704).
The Aleppian monks of Aleppo
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, a city in present Syria
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resulted from a split with the Baladites. Pope Clement XIV
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sanctioned this separation in 1770.
See also
* Monastery of Qozhaya
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, or Monastery of Qozhaya (also Qazahya; , ) is a large and important Maronite monastery. It is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
The Monastery of Qozhaya holds significant ...
* Maronite Religious Institutes (Orders)
** Antonins
** Aleppians
** Kreimists or Lebanese missionaries
* Melkite Religious Institutes (Orders)
** Basilian Chouerite Order
The Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist () is a Melkite Greek Catholic monastic order of pontifical right for men. Order members add the nominal B.C after their names to indicate their membership in the Order.
History
The order ...
** Basilian Salvatorian Order
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** Basilian Alepian Order
The Basilian Aleppian Order (Latin: ''Ordo Basilianus Aleppensis Melkitarum''; French: ''Ordre Basilien Alepin'') is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
The order was founded in 1697 in Dhour El Shuwayr by Aleppine monks w ...
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Maronite orders and societies
Religious organizations established in 1695
1695 establishments in Asia