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The Latin Catholic Church in Lebanon consists mainly of small group of '''Latin Catholics''' who are of at least partial French and/or Italian descent. | The Latin Catholic Church in Lebanon consists mainly of small group of '''Latin Catholics''' who are of at least partial French and/or Italian descent. | ||
Among the Armenians in Lebanon there are some who belong to the '''Armenian Catholic Church'''. They are also refugees who had fled | Among the Armenians in Lebanon there are some who belong to the '''Armenian Catholic Church'''. They are also refugees who had fled Türkiye during and after World War I and the Armenian genocide. | ||
The members of the '''Syriac Catholic Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern | The members of the '''Syriac Catholic Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern Türkiye (present day Mardin region) during and after World War I and the Assyrian/Syriac genocide. Even today refugees continue to flee from northern Iraq and northeastern Syria into Lebanon or Jordan due to continuous unrest in Iraq and Syria. The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Beirut is the proper archeparchy (Eastern Catholic (archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church's (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) Patriarch of Antioch in his actual seat, Beirut, Lebanon. | ||
The members of the '''Chaldean Catholic Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern | The members of the '''Chaldean Catholic Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern Türkiye (present day Mardin region) during and after World War I and the Assyrian/Syriac genocide. Even today refugees continue to flee from northern Iraq and northeastern Syria into Lebanon or Jordan due to continuous unrest in Iraq and Syria. The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church and is immediately dependent on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon in Baghdad, Iraq. | ||
=='''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Records'''== | =='''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Records'''== | ||
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===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Armenians in Lebanon were refugees who had fled | The Armenians in Lebanon were refugees who had fled Türkiye during and after World War I and the Armenian genocide. | ||
The Apostolic Church was organized in the third century and became autocephalous as a national church in the fourth century. In the sixth century it modified the formulations of the Council of Chalcedon of 451 that confirmed the dual nature of Christ in one person. Instead the Apostolic Church adopted a form of Miaphysitism that believes in the united nature of divine and human in Christ, a belief shared by the Copts and the Syrian Orthodox Church (Oriental Orthodox Church). The Armenian Orthodox Church has two catholicoi (Sis and Etchmiadzin Cathedral) and two patriarchs (Constantinople and Jerusalem). | The Apostolic Church was organized in the third century and became autocephalous as a national church in the fourth century. In the sixth century it modified the formulations of the Council of Chalcedon of 451 that confirmed the dual nature of Christ in one person. Instead the Apostolic Church adopted a form of Miaphysitism that believes in the united nature of divine and human in Christ, a belief shared by the Copts and the Syrian Orthodox Church (Oriental Orthodox Church). The Armenian Orthodox Church has two catholicoi (Sis and Etchmiadzin Cathedral) and two patriarchs (Constantinople and Jerusalem). | ||
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===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Assyrians in Lebanon were refugees who had fled their native lands in southeastern | The Assyrians in Lebanon were refugees who had fled their native lands in southeastern Türkiye during and after World War I due to the Assyrian Genocide. Even today refugees continue to flee from northern Iraq into Syria, Lebanon or Jordan due to continuous unrest in Iraq. | ||
The Archdiocese of Lebanon and Syria of the Assyrian Church of the East is based in the Mar Gewargis Church of Sad El Bouchrieh, Beirut, Lebanon. After the recent passing of the archdiocese's late Archbishop Mar Narsai D'Baz, Archbishop Mar Meelis Zaia of Australia and New Zealand temporarily took over the archdiocese, handling all church related issues in Lebanon. The current bishops, the Bishop of Europe and the Bishop of Syria, oversee their individual dioceses until a new Metropolitan is appointed. | The Archdiocese of Lebanon and Syria of the Assyrian Church of the East is based in the Mar Gewargis Church of Sad El Bouchrieh, Beirut, Lebanon. After the recent passing of the archdiocese's late Archbishop Mar Narsai D'Baz, Archbishop Mar Meelis Zaia of Australia and New Zealand temporarily took over the archdiocese, handling all church related issues in Lebanon. The current bishops, the Bishop of Europe and the Bishop of Syria, oversee their individual dioceses until a new Metropolitan is appointed. | ||
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The members of the '''Syriac Orthodox Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern | The members of the '''Syriac Orthodox Church''' are also refugees who had fled southeastern Türkiye (present day Mardin region) during and after World War I and the Assyrian/Syriac genocide. Even today refugees continue to flee from northern Iraq and northeastern Syria into Lebanon or Jordan due to continuous unrest in Iraq and Syria. | ||
There are several archdioceses and dioceses of the Syriac Orthodox Church on the territory of Lebanon.[31] The church follows the Syriac liturgy of St. James and has an independent hierarchy under the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, whose seat was formerly at Mardin in | There are several archdioceses and dioceses of the Syriac Orthodox Church on the territory of Lebanon.[31] The church follows the Syriac liturgy of St. James and has an independent hierarchy under the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, whose seat was formerly at Mardin in Türkiye and is now at Damascus, Syria. | ||
=='''Coptic Orthodox Church'''== | =='''Coptic Orthodox Church'''== | ||
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