Basilian of St. John the Baptist

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The Basilians of St. John the Baptist ( Latin Ordo Basilianus S. Iohannis Baptistae, Soaritarum Melkitarum , order abbreviation : BC), also known as Chouerites , are a religious community of the Basilians in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . The Institute of Consecrated Life maintains the Byzantine rite and has its ancestral home in Lebanon .

history

A few Basilians from Aleppo left the Balamand Monastery in 1696 and settled in Dhour El Choueir in 1710 . They wanted to live in seclusion and peace according to the rules of Basil . In 1733 the first document printed in Arabic letters was produced in the monastery of St. John the Baptist .

The papal recognition of the rules of the order took place in 1757 by Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758), in 1772 the religious community was recognized by the Holy See . The area where the Basilians of Choueir, as they were also called, were concentrated in Aleppo , Homs , northern Lebanon and the former Galilee . The attempt to bring the Basilians of the Most Holy Redeemer together with the Basilians of St. John the Baptist in the 18th century did not succeed. In 1880 the religious community founded its own seminary .

The incumbent Superior General Archimandrite Paul Nazha BC heads 40 priests and 48 monks , who are spread over 8 parishes. The Generalate is based in Khonchara near Bikfaya in Lebanon. The order currently provides Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach BC, the Metropolitan of Homs . As a retired archbishops living Georges El-Murr of Petra and Philadelphia ( Jordan ) and Abraham take of Homs.

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