Family donates monument to Maronite hermit in thanksgiving for miraculous healing. Above, the St. Charbel statue towers above the landscape. Below, Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite ...
On Monday, Dec. 1, Pope Leo will travel to Annaya to pray at the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, the 19th-century Maronite monk venerated for his holiness and miracles. Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims ...
Pilgrims in front of a portrait of Saint Charbel at the monastery of Saint Maron in Lebanon's mountain village of Annaya — Joseph EID Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a ...