February 14, The Feast of St. Maron, founder of the Maronites
"Through his presence and prayer, the area he chose was consecrated to God, and a church eventually rose where pagan idols had once stood."
St. John Chrysostom
Though he died around the year 410, his spirit pushed his disciples toward the mountains of Lebanon, where the rugged landscape echoed his own life of silence and endurance. This lineage reappeared with striking clarity in the 19th century in Saint Charbel Makhlouf. The miraculous healing of Nohad El Shami in 1993, where Saint Charbel appeared accompanied by Saint Maron, proves that the ancient father and the modern saint are forever linked.
A legacy of instinct.
10 février, fête de saint Maron, fondateur des Maronites.
« Grâce à sa présence et à ses prières, la région qu'il avait choisie fut consacrée à Dieu, et une église fut finalement érigée à l'endroit où se trouvaient autrefois des idoles païennes. »
Saint Jean Chrysostome
Un héritage instinctif.