Melkites
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Melkite Catholics in the United States.
Sociology of Religion; 12/22/1993; Macke, Beth A.; 3029 words
; The purpose of this research note is to provide a sociological precis of the Melkite Catholic Church in the United States. Whereas the Melkite situation may be paralleled to that of mainline Protestantism in terms of ideological plausibility (Roof and McKinney, 1987) and Judaism in terms of ethnic
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Police to evict monks from Holy Land monastery
The Independent - London; 2/28/2001; Eric Silver in Jerusalem; 465 words
; IN ANOTHER skirmish in the war of the churches over holy places, police are to evict seven Melkite monks whose obscure French order restored a ruined site in the Jerusalem hills 25 years ago. You won't find St John in the Desert in most guidebooks of the Holy Land. The tiny gem of a monastery sits
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Les Melkites: Grecs-Orthodoxes et Grecs-Catholiques des Patriarcats d'Antioche, d'Alexandrie et de Jerusalem
The Middle East Journal; 4/1/1997; Ronald G Roberson; 719 words
; Les Melkites: Grecs-Orthodoxes et GrecsCatholiques des Patriarcats d'Antioche, d'Alexandrie et de Jerusalem, by Ignace Dick. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 1994. 190 pages. Bibl. to p. 212. Tables to p. 219. Illustrs. to p. 240. 895FF. Reviewed by Ronald G. Roberson This volume in Brepols's
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Melkite Catholics to hold national conference in Boca Raton.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 6/28/2007; 660 words
; Byline: Lois K. Solomon Jun. 28--More than 1,000 Melkite Catholics will bring their ancient rituals and traditions to Boca Raton next week during a conference designed to celebrate the spiritual freedom they have experienced in North America. The Melkites, whose ancestors came from Egypt, Lebanon,
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Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas, 71; spiritual leader of Melkites in US
The Boston Globe; 10/16/1992; 243 words
; Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas, eparch of the Melkite Diocese of Newton and spiritual leader of the 23,000 Melkite-Greek Christians in the United States, died Sunday in Cleveland where he had gone for treatment of lung cancer. He was 71. Archbishop Ghattas was born in Nazareth. After primary education
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Bishops. (News in Brief: Canada).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Catholic Insight; 5/1/2002; 223 words
; Montreal--Melkite Bishop Sleiman Hajjar of Montreal, 51, drowned in the ocean on Sunday March 10, while vacationing in Florida. Eparch Hajjar became well-known to Canadians when he baptized pop-star Celine Dion's baby in Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal. Dion's husband is from Lebanon. The
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Israel Evicts Christian Monks.
Israel Faxx; 3/6/2001; 131 words
; By VOA News Israeli court officials have forcibly evicted a group of Christian monks from a monastery near Jerusalem, after a long-running ...
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The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 5: Eastern Christianity.(Book review)
International Bulletin of Missionary Research; 1/1/2008; Stamoolis, James J.; 509 words
; Edited by Michael Angold. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006. Pp. xx, 722. 106 [pounds sterling] / $180. Scholars owe a debt of thanks to the editor of this impressive work. Michael Angold, professor emeritus of Byzantine history at the University of Edinburgh, has done a magnificent job of
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Archbishop Joseph E. Tawil, headed Melkite Greek Catholics in US; at 85
The Boston Globe; 2/23/1999; Tom Long, Globe Staff; 260 words
; A funeral service will be held today for Archbishop Joseph E. Tawil, retired spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholics in the United States. Archbishop Tawil died Wednesday in the bishop's residence in Newton at the age of 85. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years, said
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Government intervention in the Coptic church in Egypt during the Fatimid Period
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; ... postscript. With Al-Hafiz's document in hand, Gabriel heard the "news" that this priest was extremely rich, ". . . and he feared that ... al-Dawla reached Alexandria, Abu Ya'qub died. Upon receiving the news, Nasir al-Dawla said: "By God, if he had remained alive until ...
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