The second is from St John Chrysostom, the “Golden Mouth”. They were attacked in the north of Lebanon and in the Catholic Maronite villages of Ehden, Bsharre, Hadath El-Jibbe, Mayfouk and other villages.Patriarch Daniel El Hadsheeti was killed and in 1367AD Patriarch Gabriel Hejola was burned alive. Hundreds of thousands of miracles were performed through the intercession of Father Charbel (St Charbel) in Annaya, Mount Lebanon and throughout the whole world.By 1977, St Maroun’s Monastery in Annaya, Mount Lebanon had received 135,000 letters from 95 countries from around the world. He was to follow strict religious practices and carry out a severe ascetic way of life.Father Charbel (St Charbel) day would start with adoration of the Eucharist, prayers and celebration of the Holy Mystery, followed by manual labor, fasting, penance, continuous prayer, little sleep and mortification of the body, all of which Father Charbel (St Charbel) practiced with utmost humility and love.Father Charbel (St Charbel) suffered a stroke on December 16, 1898 while he was reciting the prayer of the Holy Liturgy: “Father of truth, behold Your Son, a sacrifice pleasing to You. They remained steadfast in the face of persecution and refused to deny their faith. His father died when he was 3 years old.Like many of the Christians from the Lebanese Mountain, his father had been taken away from his family by the Turks and forced into hard labor. It means that the monk is in God’s care.After being vested, Brother Charbel (St Charbel) carried a cross in his left hand in response to Christ’s call to “take up your cross and follow me” and a candle in his right hand to symbolise Christ, “the light of the world”. He was buried in the graveyard of the monastery at 68 years of age when I, Father Antonios Mishmeshani, was the Superior. Neither the monk’s family nor the public were allowed to attend this solemn occasion.
After his death in the year 410AD, his spirit and teachings lived on through his disciples.The Catholic Maronite faith 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 and so he set out to convert them to Christianity by introducing them to the way of St Maroun.We have three available sources regarding St Maroun’s Life. “A Maronite”, said Hayek, “works, builds, plants as if he is celebrating the liturgy. In 1695, Lebanese Maronite monasticism was united under one order by the monk, ‘Abdallah al-Qaraali’ and his fellows.After long hours of prayer, fasting and labour, Brother Charbel (St Charbel) was transferred from the Monastery of Our Lady of Mayfouk to the Monastery of St Maroun in Annaya, Mount Lebanon to further his studies and to continue on the road of becoming a Monk.In 1853, two years after Brother Charbel (St Charbel) novitiate began at Our Lady of Mayfouk Monastery and completed at the St Maroun Monastery in Annaya, Mount Lebanon, the Monastery council under the patronage of its Superior met to consider his request to become a monk.
By the 13th Century things once again became volatile for the Catholic Maronites. The black garb means that the monk has withdrawn from the world and all things worldly. Next to the Monastery is an ancient church called Our Lady of ILIGE dating back a few hundred years with one of the oldest portraits of Our Lady.When Youssef (St Charbel) arrived at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mayfouk he changed his name to Brother Charbel, after an early 2nd century Christian Martyr of the Antiochian Church.Brother Charbel (St Charbel) was filled with determination and was happy in his new home- “the Monastery”, his new family- “the Lebanese Maronite Order” and his new bride – “the Church”.The Lebanese Maronite Order of monks is the embodiment of the ancient eastern monasticism, which since early Christian times existed and thrived within widely dispersed, independent monasteries. Father Charbel (St Charbel) was to be buried just like the other monks in the order. Out of their experience developed a superb liturgy and many beautiful traditions.We are called by the Universal Catholic Church to protect those traditions. During that time many Catholic Maronites escaped to Cyprus where there was a Catholic Maronite Church. Brigitta continued to raise her children with love, faith and piety. As he fell to the floor, he kept his hands clasped around the Holy Eucharist.His companion, Father Makarios Al-Mishmeshani the Hermit and some other monks helped him to his cell. The See of the Catholic Maronite Patriarchate was originally in Antioch but due to persecution, it moved first to St Maroun’s Monastery on the Orontes River and then to varied locations in Lebanon such as Kfarhay, Yanouh, Mayfouk, Lehfed, Habeel, Kfifan, Al Kafr and Hardin.The Catholic Maronite Patriarchate then moved to Qannoubine in the Kadisha Valley, North Lebanon because of intensified persecution and remained there from 1440 to 1823 when it moved to Dimane, North Lebanon.Lastly, in 1830, the Catholic Maronite Patriarchate moved to Bkerke, which bought an existing Monastery, were the Patriarchate uses the Bkerke residence in winter and Dimane residence in summer.After his ordination, Father Charbel (Saint Charbel) returned to St Maroun’s Monastery in Annaya, Mount Lebanon to perform his priestly ministry and monastic duties.The Monastery belongs to the Lebanese Maronite Order and lies 17 kilometres from Jbeil and has an altitude of 1200 metres. Only the monastic family was present.During Mass, the Superior questioned Brother Charbel (St Charbel) about his readiness to observe all his vows. Then Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) body was lowered into the grave without a casket, covered only by his monk’s habit and hood with a Cross in his hands.Water was dripping into the pit and mud covered its floor.
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