Maronites
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The Maronites are a Christian group who adhere to the Syriac Maronite Church and mainly hail from Mount Lebanon (mainly in the area of modern Lebanon) and the surrounding regions in the Levant. The Maronite Church is a member of the Mystical Body of the Catholic Church, one of more than a dozen individual churches in full communion with the Holy See. They derive their name from the Syriac Christian saint Maron, whose followers migrated to the area of Mount Lebanon from their previous location of residence around the area of Antioch (an ancient Greek city within present day Hatay Province, Turkey), establishing the nucleus of the Syriac Maronite Church.
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See also
- Christianity in Lebanon
- List of Maronites
- Maronite Christianity in Lebanon
- Syriac Christianity
- Druze in Lebanon
- Druze
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