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SAINT CHARBEL MAKHLOUF
THE GLORY OF LEBANON

Saint Charbel Makhloufis one of the best known saints in the Middle East.
He arouses admiration and universal awe because of the extraordinary miracles and signs wrought through the power of his intercession.

He was born in , the fifth child of poor parents Antony and Brigid Makhlouf, who lived in the small hilltop town of Beqaakafra, kilometers north of Beirut.

He was christened Joseph, his parents being Catholics of the Maronite Rite.

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Their children grew up in a joyful atmosphere of mutual love which flowed from a life of daily prayer and hard work on the land. During this time Lebanon was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
When Joseph was three years old, his father died.

To ensure her children's keep and education, Joseph's mother decided to remarry. She took as her husband an upright and devout deacon by the name of Ibrahim. At the age of fourteen, Joseph felt the call to the monastic way of life, but it was only in that he d