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
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.
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.