Kreimists

Kreimists
Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries
Arabic: جمعية المرسلين اللبنانيين الموارنة
AbbreviationLM
Formation8 May 1865
(159 years ago) (1865-05-08)
FounderYouhanna Habib
TypeReligious institute
HeadquartersMonastery of Saint John the Beloved, Jounieh, Lebanon
Location
Membership
120
Superior General
Maroun Moubarak, LM
Vicar General
Khalil Alwan, LM
Counselors General
  • Maroun Moussa, LM
  • Nadim Helou, LM
  • George Ters
Parent organization
Maronite Patriarchate
Websitelebanesemissionaries.org

The Kreimists,[1] known formally as the Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries (Arabic: جمعية المرسلين اللبنانيين الموارنة; abbreviated LM),[2] is a religious institute of the Maronite Church founded at the monastery of Kreim – Ghosta (Mountain of Lebanon) in 1865 by Youhanna Habib, who would later become Archbishop of Nazareth.

  1. ^ Parry, Ken (2010). The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 306. ISBN 9781444333619.
  2. ^ "Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (L.M./C.M.L.)". GCatholic. Retrieved 31 December 2021.