Mother agnes mariam biography template

A Melkite nun born in Lebanon and now residing in Syria, Mother Agnès-Mariam is one of the principle spoke-persons for the Mussalaha peace and reconciliation.

Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a Lebanese-born nun who has lived nearly 20 years in Syria, is travelling the US advocating for peace and reflecting on how.

Mother Agnes Mariam has a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother.

Jane Hutcheon interviews Syrian peace activist Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross who says foreign fighters are further complicating the situation in Syria.

Agnes-Mariam, 61, was born Fadia Laham in Lebanon to Palestinian Christian refugees.

Mother Agnes Mariam has a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother..

Carmelite nun from Syria describes pain of civil war

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Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross, a Lebanese-born nun who has lived nearly 20 years in Syria, is travelling the U.S.

advocating for peace and reflecting on how the conflict has affected life in the region.

It is "terribly, tremendously" difficult to be living away from her community in Syria, she reflected Nov.

"We have a very, very familiar way of communitarian life, and our community is in need, it's a new community.

We were founded in , so they need their superior, they need their mother. But the Lord has supplied: they are like heroes; I consider this community to be heroes."

Mother Agnes is the superior of St. James the Mutilated monastery in Qarah, located 60 miles north of Damascus on the road to Homs.

Qarah, which was captured by the Syrian regime two days after Mother Agnes spoke with CNA, had been under the control of the Free Syrian Army, a moderate rebel group, for over a year.