Lebanese Melkite Christians

Lebanese Melkite Christians
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Distribution of Melkite Catholic Christians in Lebanon
Vernacular: Lebanese Arabic Liturgical: Koine Greek and Arabic
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Christianity (Melkite Catholic)

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Lebanese Melkite Christians refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Lebanon, which is the third largest Christian group in the country after the Maronite Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

The Lebanese Melkite Christians are believed to constitute about 5%^[1]^[2] of the total population of Lebanon. Note that the following percentages are estimates only. However, in a country that had last census in 1932, it is difficult to have correct population estimates.

Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the Melkite community in Lebanon has eight reserved seats in the Parliament of Lebanon.

Notable Lebanese-born Melkites

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References

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^ "International Religious Freedom Report for 2012: Lebanon". United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^ "Lebanon: International Religious Freedom Report 2008". United States Department of State. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

Demographics of Lebanon

Religion¹

Christianity	Catholics Armenian Catholics Chaldean Catholics Latin Catholics Maronite Catholics Melkite Catholics Syriac Catholics Assyrian Church of the East Greek Orthodox Oriental Orthodox Armenian Apostolics Coptic Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Protestants Baptist

Islam	Shiites Shiite Twelvers Alawite Shiites Ismaili Shiites Sunnites Druze²

Other	Jews Baháʼí Faith

Ethnic minorities, refugees and foreign nationals

¹ The Lebanese people has the most religious diversity of all peoples in the Middle East, comprising 18 recognized religious sects recognized by the Constitution of Lebanon.
² Under the terms of the Constitution of Lebanon, the Druze community is designated as a part of the Lebanese Muslim community.

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Patriarchs	Cyril VI Tanas Athanasius IV Jawhar Maximos II Hakim Theodosius V Dahan Athanasius IV Jawhar Cyril VII Siaj Agapius II Matar Ignatius IV Sarrouf Athanasius V Matar Macarius IV Tawil Ignatius V Qattan Maximos III Mazloum Clement Bahouth Gregory II Youssef Peter IV Geraigiry Cyril VIII Geha Demetrius I Qadi Cyril IX Moghabghab Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos V Hakim Gregory III Laham Youssef I Absi
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Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus St. Elias Cathedral, Beirut St. George's Cathedral, Amman St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem Annunciation Cathedral, Boston St. Anne's Cathedral, Los Angeles Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo St. George's Cathedral, Caracas Churches: Sts Peter and Paul Church, Ottawa St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr Synagogue Church, Nazareth St. George's Church, Milwaukee St. Jude's Church, Miami Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris Shrine: Our Lady of Awaiting
Religious institutes	Basilian Aleppian Order Basilian Aleppian Sisters Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist Basilian Chouerite Sisters Basilian Salvatorian Order
See also	Mariam Baouardy Lebanese Melkite Christians Melkite
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Notable Lebanese-born Melkites

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