Maronite Saints
The Maronite Church, one of the oldest continuous Christian communities in the world, has produced a tradition of holiness rooted in silence, monastic discipline, and quiet endurance. Its saints are not reformers or preachers of vast movements. They are hermits, nuns, and lay brothers who sought God in the cedar forests and stone cells of Lebanon, and whose hidden lives have become known to the world through the healings and favors attributed to their intercession.
Below are the saints and blesseds of the Maronite tradition whose stories charbel.app has documented. Each article draws on primary sources — monastic records, Vatican decrees, and the testimonies preserved at Annaya and other monasteries — and includes the prayers most often associated with the saint.
The Saints
Complete List of Maronite Saints
7 Saints · Feast Days & Dates
The full roll of canonized Maronite saints, blesseds, and venerables, from Saint Maron to the Massabki Brothers canonized in 2024.
Saint Charbel Makhlouf
1828 – 1898 · Feast: July
The hermit of Annaya. Twenty-three years of silence in a stone cell, and over a century of reported miracles from his tomb.
The Miracles of Saint Charbel
Documented cases
The incorrupt body, the holy oil, and the Vatican-recognized miracles behind the beatification and canonization.
List of Charbel's Miracles
1898 – 2026
A chronological list of named cases, from the lights over the tomb in 1898 to the healings registered at Annaya in 2026.
Saint Rafqa
1832 – 1914 · Feast: March 23
A Lebanese nun who asked to share in Christ's suffering, and bore paralysis and blindness with a serenity that stunned those around her.
Saint Nimatullah Al-Hardini
1808 – 1858 · Feast: December 14
Scholar, teacher, and spiritual father to Saint Charbel. The quiet center of a generation of Maronite monks.
Saint Maron
c. 350 – 410 AD · Feast: February 9
The fourth-century Syrian hermit whose followers founded the Maronite Church. The root of the tradition.
Blessed Estephan Nehme
1889 – 1938 · Beatified 2010
A humble lay brother whose entire life was manual labor and silent prayer. Beatified for a life of ordinary holiness.
Venerable Estephan Douaihy
1630 – 1704 · Patriarch & Historian
The Maronite Patriarch who gave his Church its history. Scholar, liturgical reformer, and defender of the tradition. Declared Venerable.
Saint Charbel Feast Day
July 24 · Third Sunday of July
When the feast falls, why it lands on July 24, the novena, and how it is kept at Annaya and in the diaspora.
Padre Pio
1887 – 1968 · Feast: September 23
The Capuchin friar who bore the stigmata for fifty years. His life, the miracles, and the confessional that never emptied.
The Holy Oil of Saint Charbel
The oil & its healings
The liquid that flowed from his body, how the blessed oil is prepared at Annaya, and how devotees use it.
Saint Charbel's Incorrupt Body
The exhumations
The light over the grave, the body found incorrupt, the blood-like liquid, and the honest story of what followed.
Nohad El Shami
The 1993 miracle
The night two monks came to her bedside, the scars on her neck, and the devotion of the 22nd it began.
The 22nd of the Month
Monthly devotion
Why pilgrims fill Annaya on the 22nd of every month, and how to keep the day wherever you are.
What Is He Patron Saint Of?
Patronage
Lebanon, the sick, and the hopeless: what is formally designated and what grew from devotion.
The Canonization of Saint Charbel
Beatified 1965, canonized 1977
The road to sainthood, and the miracles the Church approved at each step.
Saint Charbel Quotes & Teachings
His words and his silence
The few words he left, the Father of Truth prayer, and the truth about the popular "messages."
Relics of Saint Charbel
Where they are venerated
The tomb at Annaya, the relics sent around the world, and why relics are never sold.
Saint Charbel Statue & Iconography
How he is depicted
The bowed head, the dark hood, the famous photograph, and the meaning behind the imagery.
Saint Charbel and Muslims
Devotion across faiths
The Muslim and Druze devotion, the healings across faiths, and a saint of coexistence.
Saint Charbel and Padre Pio
Two saints compared
Two miracle-working saints of the modern era: what they share, and how they differ.
Pray with the Saints
The saints are not distant figures. The Maronite tradition brings them into daily prayer through novenas, litanies, and short devotional prayers. The articles below gather the traditional texts.
Novena to Saint Charbel
9-Day Prayer
The complete nine-day novena, with daily intentions and the traditional prayer.
Saint Charbel Prayer for Healing
Prayer & Devotion
The traditional prayer for healing, with the story of the holy oil that accompanies it.
The Maronite Rosary
Prayer Guide
How the rosary is prayed in the Maronite tradition, with all four sets of mysteries.
Litany of Saint Charbel
Traditional Litany
The responsive prayer invoking Saint Charbel under his many titles. Full text, history, and how to pray it.
Browse the full article library at charbel.app/blog. New saint profiles are added regularly as their causes advance.