NNA – Caretaker Minister of Industry, George Bushkian, greeted the Lebanese and Maronites in Lebanon and the countries of the Diaspora onnbsp;the feast of their patron saint, Saint Maron, the inspiration for ascetic life, contemplation, and the fear of God.
He said: quot;The Maronites began as a community of faith in caves and mountains. Then they expanded and spread and embraced oppressed peoples. They built modern Lebanon. They are a symbol of shared and dignified living, and pioneers of modernity and change in Lebanon and the Arab region.quot;
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