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Religion in Lebanon

Index Religion in Lebanon

Lebanon has several different main religions. [1]

69 relations: Akkar District, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Baalbek District, Bahá'í Faith in Lebanon, Batroun, Beirut, Beqaa Governorate, Beqaa Valley, Bsharri, Buddhism in the Middle East, Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator, Catholic Church in Lebanon, Chaldean Catholic Church, Chouf District, Christianity in Lebanon, Copts, Demographics of Lebanon, Europe, Freedom of religion in Lebanon, Freemasonry in Lebanon, GlobalSecurity.org, Greater Beirut, Hasbaya District, Hermel District, Hinduism in Arab states, History of the Jews in Lebanon, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Irreligion in Lebanon, Islam in Lebanon, Jezzine, Koura District, Lebanese identity card, Lebanese people (Druze followers), Lebanese people (Greek Orthodox Christians), Lebanese people (Maronite Christians), Lebanese people (Melkite Christians), Lebanese people (Protestant Christians), Lebanese people (Shia Muslims), Lebanese people (Sunni Muslims), Lebanon, List of Presidents of Lebanon, List of Speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon, Middle East, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon), Minorities (Lebanon), Mormons, Mount Lebanon, Mount Lebanon Governorate, ..., National Pact, North Governorate, Prime Minister of Lebanon, Religion, Religion in Albania, Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Secularism in Lebanon, Sidon, South Governorate, Southeast Europe, Southern Lebanon, Syriac Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church in the Middle East, The World Factbook, Tripoli, Lebanon, Zahlé, Zgharta, Ziyad Baroud. Expand index (19 more) »

Akkar District

Akkar District (قضاء عكار) is the only district in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of the Armenian people.

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Armenian Catholic Church

The Armenian Catholic Church (translit; Ecclesia armeno-catholica), improperly referred to as the Armenian Uniate Church, is one of the Eastern particular churches sui iuris of the Catholic Church.

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Assyrian Church of the East

The Assyrian Church of the East (ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ ʻĒdtā d-Madenḥā d-Ātorāyē), officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (ʻEdtā Qaddīštā wa-Šlīḥāitā Qātolīqī d-Madenḥā d-Ātorāyē), is an Eastern Christian Church that follows the traditional christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East.

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Baalbek District

Baalbek District (قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having the city Baalbek as its capital.

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Bahá'í Faith in Lebanon

The Bahá'í Faith has a following of at least several hundred people in Lebanon dating back to 1870.

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Batroun

Batroun (البترون; בתרון) is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest cities in the world.

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Beirut

Beirut (بيروت, Beyrouth) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.

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Beqaa Governorate

Beqaa is a governorate in Lebanon.

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Beqaa Valley

The Beqaa Valley (وادي البقاع,, Lebanese; Բեքայի դաշտավայր), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ and Becaa and known in Classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon.

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Bsharri

Bsharri (بْشَرِّيْ Bšarrī; also Romanized Becharre, Bcharre, Bsharre) is a town at an altitude of about to.

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Buddhism in the Middle East

It is estimated that in the Middle East around 900,000 people, perhaps more, profess Buddhism as their religion.

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Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator

The Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator (Սուրբ Եղիա – Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) is a cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church in Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

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Catholic Church in Lebanon

The Catholic Church in Lebanon is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church (ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿīdtha kaldetha qāthuliqetha; Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية al-Kanīsa al-kaldāniyya; translation) is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui juris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, with the Chaldean Patriarchate having been originally formed out of the Church of the East in 1552.

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Chouf District

Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in Jebel ash-Shouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (mohafazat) of Mount Lebanon.

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Christianity in Lebanon

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Copts

The Copts (ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ,; أقباط) are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who primarily inhabit the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination in the country.

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Demographics of Lebanon

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Lebanon, including population density, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Freedom of religion in Lebanon

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion and the freedom to practice all religious rites provided that the public order is not disturbed.

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Freemasonry in Lebanon

Freemasonry in Lebanon started with the charter of a Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1861, and has expanded to include Lodges working in multiple languages (including Arabic, English, and French) and chartered under multiple jurisdictions and streams and king Solomon Grand Lodge of Lebanon.

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GlobalSecurity.org

GlobalSecurity.org is a nonpartisan, independent, nonprofit organization that serves as a think tank, research and consultancy group, and website.

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Greater Beirut

Greater Beirut (بيروت الكبرى; Grand Beyrouth) is the urban agglomeration comprising the city of Beirut (Beirut Governorate) and the adjacent (municipalities) over the Mount Lebanon Governorate.

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Hasbaya District

The Hasbaya District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon.

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Hermel District

The Hermel District (قضاء الهرمل) is a district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of Lebanon.

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Hinduism in Arab states

Millions of Indian diaspora, of different religions, reside and work in the Arab countries.

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History of the Jews in Lebanon

The history of the Jews in Lebanon encompasses the presence of Jews in present-day Lebanon stretching back to Biblical times.

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International Foundation for Electoral Systems

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1987.

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Irreligion in Lebanon

Irreligion is very uncommon in Lebanon, as Islam and Christianity are the predominant faiths.

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Islam in Lebanon

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Jezzine

Jezzine (Jizzīn) is a town in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut.

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Koura District

Koura District (الكورة, from lit) is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon.

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Lebanese identity card

The Lebanese identity card (Arabic: بطاقة الهوية (bițāqat al-hawiya); French: Carte nationale d'identité) is a compulsory Identity document issued to citizens of the Republic of Lebanon by the police on behalf of the Lebanese Ministry of Interior or in Lebanese embassies/consulates (abroad) free of charge.

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Lebanese people (Druze followers)

Lebanese Druze refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Druze faith, an ethnoreligious esoteric group originating from the Near East who self identify as unitarians (Muwahhideen).

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Lebanese people (Greek Orthodox Christians)

Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians (Arabic: المسيحية الأرثوذكسية اليونانية في لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in Lebanon, which is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and is the second largest Christian denomination in Lebanon after the Maronite Christians.

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Lebanese people (Maronite Christians)

Lebanese Maronite Christians (Arabic: المسيحية المارونية في لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country.

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Lebanese people (Melkite Christians)

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

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Lebanese people (Protestant Christians)

Lebanese Protestant Christians refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of Protestantism in Lebanon and is a Christian minority in an overwhelmingly Muslim (27% Shia and 27% Sunni) and Christian (22% Maronite and 8% Eastern Orthodox) country.

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Lebanese people (Shia Muslims)

Lebanese people refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Shia branch of Islam in Lebanon, which is the largest Muslim denomination in the country tied with Sunni Muslims.

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Lebanese people (Sunni Muslims)

Lebanese Sunni Muslims refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of the Sunni branch of Islam in Lebanon, which is the largest denomination in Lebanon tied with Shia Muslims.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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List of Presidents of Lebanon

This is a list of Presidents of Lebanon since the creation of the office in 1926.

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List of Speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon

This is a list of Speakers of the Parliament of Lebanon since the creation of the office in 1922.

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Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

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Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (وزارة الداخلية والبلديات) in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political parties and organizations The ministry was created in the first post-independence government in 1943.

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Minorities (Lebanon)

In Lebanese politics Minorities (أقليات ’Aqaliyāt) is a term that includes six different Christian sects; Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Latin Catholics, Assyrian Catholics, Chaldean Catholics and Coptic Orthodox.

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Mormons

Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

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Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon (جَبَل لُبْنَان, jabal lubnān, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation; ܛܘܪ ܠܒܢܢ) is a mountain range in Lebanon.

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Mount Lebanon Governorate

Mount Lebanon Governorate (محافظة جبل لبنان) is one of the eight governorates of Lebanon.

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National Pact

The National Pact (الميثاق الوطني) is an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multiconfessional state, having shaped the country to this day.

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North Governorate

North Governorate (الشمال) is one of the governorates of Lebanon.

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Prime Minister of Lebanon

The Prime Minister of Lebanon, officially the President of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Religion in Albania

Albania is constitutionally a secular country, and as such, "neutral in questions of belief and conscience".

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Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The State Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the entity Constitutions of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska provide for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in ethnically integrated areas or in areas where government officials are of the majority religion; the state-level Law on Religious Freedom also provides comprehensive rights to religious communities.

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Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (كاتدرائية القديس جاورجيوس للروم الارثودكس) is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and its dependencies.

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Secularism in Lebanon

The secularization process in Lebanon began under a 1920s French mandate, continuing under different governments since independence.

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Sidon

Sidon (صيدا, صيدون,; French: Saida; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤃𐤍, Ṣīdūn; Biblical Hebrew:, Ṣīḏōn; Σιδών), translated to 'fishery' or 'fishing-town', is the third-largest city in Lebanon.

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South Governorate

South Governorate (الجنوب; transliterated: al-Janub) is one of the governorates of Lebanon.

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Southeast Europe

Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical region of Europe, consisting primarily of the coterminous Balkan peninsula.

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Southern Lebanon

Southern Lebanon (Lebanese Arabic: Jnoub, meaning "south") is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate.

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Syriac Catholic Church

The Syriac Catholic Church (or Syrian Catholic Church) (ʿĪṯo Suryoyṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo), (also known as Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch or Aramean Catholic Church), is an Eastern Catholic Christian Church in the Levant that uses the West Syriac Rite liturgy and has many practices and rites in common with the Syriac Orthodox Church.

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Syriac Orthodox Church in the Middle East

Syriac Orthodox Christians, known simply as Syriacs (Suryoye), are the ethno-religious people group adhering to the West Syrian Rite Syriac Orthodox Church in or originating from communities in the Middle East, numbering between 150,000 and 200,000 people regionally according to estimations.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli (طرابلس / ALA-LC: Ṭarābulus; Lebanese Arabic: Ṭrāblos; Trablusşam) is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country.

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Zahlé

Zahlé (زحلة) is the capital and the largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.

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Zgharta

Zgharta (زغرتا), also spelled Zghorta, is a city in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 50,000.

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Ziyad Baroud

Ziyad Baroud (زياد بارود; born 29 April 1970) is a Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Lebanon

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