Rome – 17 May 2025
In a moment that resonated with the unity and spiritual kinship of the Eastern Catholic Churches, His Eminence Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and His Beatitude Moran Mor Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church, visited the Monastery of the Maronite Mariamite Order in Rome.
They were warmly received by the Superior General of the Order, Abbot Edmond Rizk, along with the priests and seminarians of the monastery.
The Maronite Mariamite Order, also known as the Aleppians, was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura, Ehden, Lebanon, by three Maronite young men from Aleppo, Syria, under the patronage of Patriarch Estephan Douaihy. The Order has a significant presence in Rome, including the Great Monastery of Saint Antonius.
This visit underscores the deep fraternal bonds among the Eastern Catholic Churches and their shared commitment to spiritual growth and unity within the universal Church.
May this encounter inspire continued collaboration and mutual support among the Eastern Catholic communities worldwide.
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