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Nazareth, North District · NazarethSaints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, hold a special place in Christian devotion as models of faith, virtue, and parenthood. Although not mentioned in the canonical Gospels, their names and significance are found in early Christian writings and traditions. Joachim and Anne were devout Jews who lived in Nazareth. Despite their advanced age and the societal stigma associated with childlessness, they remained faithful to …See the Story
Saints Joachim and Anne
Catholic Church · LebanonGod often works through hidden ways, and those who live a hidden life. Amare nesciri, Saint Philip Neri was wont to say, ‘love to be unknown‘. Behind the noise of the world, the saints are sowing the seeds of the kingdom, and one of the most ‘invisible’ of them all was the priest-hermit Saint Charbel Maklouf (+1898) whose life was an icon of ascetic, chaste, humble, monastic sanctity, spent in a desert monastery in Lebanon, praying and sacrifici…See the Story
