OUR LADY OF THE CEDARS MARONITE CHURCH
507 South Cleveland Massillon Road
Fairlawn, OH 44333
OUR CLERGY
● Fr. Armando Elkhoury, Pastor (330) 666–3598
● Deacon Thomas Maroon Sr. (330) 239–3634
● Subdeacon Paul Boulos
● Subdeacon Chuck Abraham
GOODBYE FATHER RONALD!
YOU WILL BE MISSED!
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
The Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles is based in Los Angeles, CA, and serves Maronites from California to Ohio. The bishop of the Eparchy is his Excellency A. Elias Zaidan ...
Maronite Eparchy of Brooklyn
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
The Maronite Eparchy of Brooklyn is composed of 45 parishes and missions, a seminary in Washington, DC, a convent in Dartmouth, Mass, and a monastery in Petersham, Mass ...
Maronite Heritage
Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles
Maronite Heritage
The Maronite Church, an Eastern Church in reciprocal communion with the Church of Rome and other churches, has a history reaching back to the fifth century. The monks of the monastery of St. Maron, from whom the Church takes her name, were fierce opponents of the Monophysite heresy who learned to be independent during the violent theological struggle. At one point, the Monophysites killed three hundred fifty monks loyal to the teachings of the council of Chalcedon. Correspondence of the time between St. Maron [the monastery] and Pope Hormisdas reveals that Rome recognized a degree of autonomy among the Maronites even then.
In the seventh century, during the conflict with the Arabs, the Patriarchs of Antioch moved to Constantinople and were appointed by the emperor, thus leaving the Chalcedonians in Syria without a patriarch. In response, the monks of St. Maron and other local bishops elected the first Maronite patriarch in 685.
By the mid-eighth century, most Maronites had moved to Lebanon and established a tightly-knit Christian society presided over even in temporal affairs by the patriarch. The Crusades brought the Maronites into direct contact with the West, and in 1215 the Maronite patriarch participated in the Fourth Lateran Council and later received the pallium from Pope Innocent III.
From that time on, ties have been very strong between the Maronites and Rome, leading to a degree of Latinization of this Oriental Church. The use of Syriac, however, has been retained in the Maronite Liturgy.
Because of constant political turmoil and intermittent war with Muslims, many Maronites have left Lebanon. The Maronite patriarch still resides in [Lebanon] but has jurisdiction over dioceses in Lebanon,
Syria, Egypt, Australia, Brazil and the United States.