Saint Marina, patroness of Maronite Patriarchs

July 17: The Feast of Saint Marina, Nun of Qannoubine.

Guita G. Hourani, Chairwoman of MARI, the Maronite Research Institute, has published a three-part article on Saint Marina the Monk.

Part I narrates her hagiography in the Maronite tradition, gives  an overview of the most important references  pertaining to her story, relates legends about  her relics and describes her Office and Ode.

Part II deals with her churches, sanctuaries,  cults, and iconography in Lebanon and Cyprus.

Part III uncovers the author’s newly discovered Ode in honor of the Saint written in Arabic with Syriac scripts (Garshuni).

{{PD-US}} Image from wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marina_the_monk.jpg.