The saying "The glory of Lebanon was given to him"(Isaiah 35:2) has been applied to the Maronite Patriarch.
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| Show Name | Maronite Church |
| Caption | The saying "The glory of Lebanon was given to him"(Isaiah 35:2) has been applied to the Maronite Patriarch. |
| Founder | Maron, AD 410; John Maron, 7th century |
| Recognition | Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches |
| Territory | Syria, Lebanon, USA, Israel, Australia, Brazil |
| Possessions | — |
| Language | Syriac (liturgy), Arabic (used to be exclusively Syriac) |
| Population | 3,500,000 |
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| Group | Maronites
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| Caption | Top row (left to right)
Estephan El Douaihy • Elias Peter Hoayek • Khalil Gibran • Camille Chamoun • Fairuz |
| Population | 3,500,000 |
| Founder | Disciples of Saint Maroun (A.D. 410) |
| Region1 | Lebanon |
| Pop1 | 1,062,000 |
| Region2 | Argentina |
| Pop2 | 750,000 |
| Region3 | Brazil |
| Pop3 | 550,000 |
| Region4 | United States |
| Pop4 | 215,000 |
| Region5 | Mexico |
| Pop5 | 160,000 |
| Region6 | Australia |
| Pop6 | 150,000 |
| Region7 | Canada |
| Pop7 | 85,000 |
| Region8 | Syria |
| Pop8 | 52,100 |
| Region9 | France |
| Pop19 | 52,000 |
| Region10 | Venezuela |
| Pop10 | 25,000 |
| Region11 | South Africa |
| Pop11 | 20,000 |
| Region11 | Cyprus |
| Pop11 | 10,500 |
| Region12 | |
| Pop12 | 2,500 |
| Region13 | Israel |
| Pop13 | 6,700 |
| Region14 | Germany |
| Pop14 | 5,400 |
| Region15 | |
| Pop15 | 5,300 |
| Region16 | Egypt |
| Pop16 | 5,000 |
| Region17 | Belgium |
| Pop17 | 3,400 |
| Region18 | Sweden |
| Pop18 | 2,470 |
| Region19 | Jordan |
| Pop19 | 2,000 |
| Langs | Vernacular:
Lebanese Arabic, Cypriot Maronite Arabic
Liturgical:
Syriac, Aramaic |
| Scrips | Bible |
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The Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch ( ; al-kanīsa al-antākīyya al-seryānīyya al-mārwnīyya; ) is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See of Rome (in other words, Maronites are part of the Catholic Church). It traces its heritage back to the community founded by Maron, a 4th-century Syriac monk venerated as a saint. The first Maronite Patriarch, John Maron, was elected in the late 7th century. Although reduced in numbers today, Maronites remain one of the principal ethno-religious groups in Lebanon. The Maronite Church asserts that it has always remained true to the Church of Rome.
Before the conquest by Arabian Muslims reached Lebanon, the Lebanese people including those who would become Muslim and the majority who would remain Christian, spoke a dialect of Aramaic. Syriac (Christian Aramaic) still remains the liturgical language of the Maronite Church. The members of the Maronite Church are a part of the Syriac people; though they have, over time, developed a distinctive Maronite character, this has not obscured their Antiochene and Syriac origin.
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