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The Congregation of the Mission
The Congregation of the Mission, known as the Lazarists (named after their first residence in Paris, the Priory of Saint-Lazare), was founded by Saint Vincent de Paul in 1625 for the evangelization of the poor. This work of human and Christian development was initially carried out through popular missions in rural areas and the organization […]
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The Maronite Church
The Maronite Church owes its name to Saint Maroun (d. 410), a Syriac ascetic from the Orontes Valley. The original community distinguished itself at the Council of Chalcedon (451) by remaining the only Syriacs faithful to its doctrine. The Maronites consider themselves to have always been faithful to Rome. Having taken refuge in the Qadisha […]
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The Greek Catholic Church of Romania
The Romanian people came into being, both ethnically and spiritually, during the Roman conquest of Dacia (101–105). In the 9th century, following the Bulgarian invasion, the Romanians abandoned the Latin rite in favor of the Byzantine rite and came under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1697, to protect himself from Calvinist proselytism […]
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The Syriac Catholic Church
The Syriac Church is one of the branches of the Church of Antioch, whose apostolic see was established in the year 37 A.D. by Saint Peter. Beginning with the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Greeks of Antioch adopted the Chalcedonian Christology, while the Syriacs gradually adopted Monophysite Christology and completely broke away from Constantinople […]
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The Syro-Malankara Church
In 1653, a group of Malabar Christians rejected Latinization and joined the Syriac Church known as the “Jacobite” Church. They now called themselves Malankars. In 1930, part of the Malankara community reaffiliated with Rome. It was recognized as a Major Archiepiscopal Church in February 2005. It is currently led by His Beatitude Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, […]
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The Syro-Malabar Church
After Mesopotamia, Saint Thomas the Apostle reached the Malabar Coast in western India in A.D. 52, and then the east coast, where he died a martyr in A.D. 72. This Church, which shares a common origin with the Church of Persia, was Latinized by the Portuguese beginning in 1552 and regained its Syrian identity and […]
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