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{{Short description|Head of the Maronite Church from 1898 to 1931}}
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'''Venerable Elias Peter Hoayek''' ({{lang-ar|الياس بطرس الحويّك}}; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled '''Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek''') was the 72nd ], the largest Christian Catholic community in the ], from 1898 to 1931 when he died. '''Elias Peter Hoayek''' ({{langx|ar|الياس بطرس الحويّك}}; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled '''Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek, Houwayek''') was the 72nd ] from 1898 until his death in 1931.

He is hailed as the father of ] and the founder of the modern Lebanese state. Many Lebanese people hailed his patriotism, and follow his example and maintain it to this day. ] is considered, by many, the founder of Lebanon.


==Early life== ==Early life==
Elias ] was born in Helta, ], ] on December 4, 1843.<ref name="CH">{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bhoyek|Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek)|23 January 2015}}</ref> He studied at the Seminary College of St. John Maroun in North Lebanon. He later went to the ] ] of Ghazir in 1859, where he studied languages (French, Arabic, ], ], ]) as well as philosophy. In 1866, he went to Rome to study ] at the ]. In 1870, he was made a ] and returned to Lebanon. Upon his return, he taught ] at his old school the Seminary of St. John Maroun. He was appointed secretary and moved to the patriarchal residence in 1872, where he remained until 1898 when he was elected ]. He was consecrated ] of Arca on December 14, 1889<ref></ref> by Patriarch ]. Elias ] was born in ], ], ] on December 4, 1843.<ref name="CH">{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bhoyek|Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek)|23 January 2015}}</ref> He studied at the Seminary College of St. John Maroun in North Lebanon. He later went to the ] ] of Ghazir in 1859, where he studied languages (French, Arabic, ], ], ]) as well as philosophy. In 1866, he went to Rome to study ] at the ]. In 1870, he was made a ] and returned to Lebanon. Upon his return, he taught ] at his old school the Seminary of St. John Maroun. He was appointed secretary and moved to the patriarchal residence in 1872, where he remained until 1898 when he was elected ]. He was consecrated ] of Arca on December 14, 1889<ref></ref> by Patriarch ].


As vicar of Patriarch ], he was commissioned to raise the necessary funds for the construction of a residence to the Maronites in ] and for the construction of the new Maronite seminary in Rome, which opened in 1893. In 1895, Hoayek founded the Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomes |first=Robin |url= https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-07/pope-francis-sainthood-beatification-decree-sheen.html |publisher=Vatican News |title= A new saint for the Church and Fulton Sheen soon to be Blessed |date= 6 July 2019 |access-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> As vicar of Patriarch ], he was commissioned to raise the necessary funds for the construction of a residence to the Maronites in ] and for the construction of the new Maronite seminary in Rome, which opened in 1893. In 1895, Hoayek founded the Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomes |first=Robin |url= https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-07/pope-francis-sainthood-beatification-decree-sheen.html |publisher=Vatican News |title= A new saint for the Church and Fulton Sheen soon to be Blessed |date= 6 July 2019 |access-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707121654/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-07/pope-francis-sainthood-beatification-decree-sheen.html |archive-date=2019-07-07 }}</ref>


==Becoming Patriarch== ==Becoming Patriarch==
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The previous Patriarch, John el Hajj, died on ] in 1898; Monseigneur ] was requested to return to Lebanon from a trip to Rome. On January 6, 1899, he was elected Patriarch and, in the consistory of June 19, 1899, Hoayek was ratified as the choice of Maronite bishops by ], who granted him the ].<ref></ref> The previous patriarch, John el Hajj, died on ] in 1898; Hoayek was requested to return to Lebanon from a trip to Rome. On January 6, 1899, he was elected Patriarch and, in the consistory of June 19, 1899, Hoayek was ratified as the choice of Maronite bishops by ], who granted him the ].<ref></ref>


] adopted the middle name Peter (Boutros) to signify him being the successor to ], first Bishop of Antioch. Hoayek adopted the middle name Peter (Boutros) to signify him being the successor to ], first Bishop of Antioch.


Patriarch ]’s residence was simple, consisting of three rooms: a bedroom/office, a reception room and a chapel. He was known to particularly revere the readings of the confessions of ], the Eternal Maxims and the ].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} Patriarch Hoayek's residence was simple, consisting of three rooms: a bedroom/office, a reception room and a chapel. He was known to particularly revere the readings of the confessions of ], the Eternal Maxims and the ].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


Among his first acts as patriarch was the construction of a new residence in ], replacing the former one: the foundation stone was laid on September 29, 1899. In 1893, he began the construction of the new Maronite College of ], inaugurated on February 7, 1904. In 1906, he obtained from the ] the division of the eparchy of Tyre and Sidon in two separate dioceses.<ref></ref> Between 1906 and 1908, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the ] of ], he ordered the construction of the statue of the Madonna in Harissa that still dominates the region. Among his first acts as patriarch was the construction of a new residence in ], replacing the former one: the foundation stone was laid on September 29, 1899. In 1893, he began the construction of the new Maronite College of ], inaugurated on February 7, 1904. In 1906, he obtained from the ] the division of the eparchy of Tyre and Sidon in two separate dioceses.<ref></ref> Between 1906 and 1908, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the ] of ], he ordered the construction of the statue of the Madonna in Harissa that still dominates the region.


==Support for the diaspora== ==Support for the diaspora==
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He was behind the creation of a Patriarchal Vicariate in ], ] in 1904, the first Maronite ecclesiastical structure after 1736. He was behind the creation of a Patriarchal Vicariate in ], ] in 1904, the first Maronite ecclesiastical structure after 1736.
He was the founder of the church in ], delegating Shikrallah Khoury and Peter Chebly. He was the founder of the church in ], delegating Shikrallah Khoury and Peter Chebly.
He was the founder of the independent dioceses in the ] and in ] in 1920. He was the founder of the ] in the ] and in ] in 1920.


==World War I== ==World War I==
{{See also|Kafno}}
The First World War saw a lot of persecution of the Christians in the Middle East.{{vague|date=January 2015}} Some sources cite one and a half million of ] were killed by ] forces in the war. The Ottoman Empire was allied to Germany. The Allies (France and Great Britain) set up a blockage of the Lebanese and Syrian coastline against the Ottoman Empire which leads to the start of a famine. ], Ottoman military governor took steps to exile ] because of his relations with France. In 1915, the blockade as well as a large locust infestation had resulted in diminished food supplies. While the granaries are almost empty, the Ottoman Empire requisitions Lebanese foodstuffs. As a result, a third of the Lebanese population died of starvation. This situation continued until 1919. The Patriarch received funds from Lebanese Diaspora and the French government. Again, Jamal Pasha attempted to exile the Patriarch.
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The First World War saw a lot of persecution of the Christians in the Middle East.{{vague|date=January 2015}} Some sources cite one and a half million of ] were killed by ] forces in the war. The Ottoman Empire was allied to Germany. The Allies (France and Great Britain) set up a blockage of the Lebanese and Syrian coastline against the Ottoman Empire which leads to the start of a famine. ], Ottoman military governor took steps to exile Hoayek because of his relations with France. In 1915, the blockade as well as a large locust infestation had resulted in diminished food supplies. While the granaries are almost empty, the Ottoman Empire requisitions Lebanese foodstuffs. As a result, a third of the Lebanese population died of starvation. This situation continued until 1919. The Patriarch received funds from Lebanese Diaspora and the French government. Again, Jamal Pasha attempted to exile the Patriarch.


The HM British army entered ] while the Ottoman (and their German allies) retreated to the North. This ended four hundred years of Ottoman rule in Lebanon. A transitional governance body was installed by the allied British and French forces. The HM British army entered ] while the Ottoman (and their German allies) retreated to the north. This ended four hundred years of Ottoman rule in Lebanon. A transitional governance body was installed by the allied British and French forces.


==Peace Congress in Versailles== ==Peace Congress in Versailles==
In 1919, Patriarch Hoayek headed a second Lebanese delegation at the ]. In 1919, Patriarch Hoayek headed a second Lebanese delegation at the ].
] had hoped for an Arab kingdom to encompass Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula. Patriarch Hoayek fought to be able to see Lebanon free from the Ottoman Empire and had no desire to see it become part of an Arab monarchy. ] had hoped for an Arab kingdom to encompass Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula. Hoayek fought to be able to see Lebanon free from the Ottoman Empire and had no desire to see it become part of an Arab monarchy.
The Lebanese delegation led by ] presented the Lebanese aspirations as follows: The Lebanese delegation led by Hoayek presented the Lebanese aspirations as follows:
* The extension of the frontiers of Lebanon to include the cities of ], ], ], ] and the districts of Akkar, Beqaa, and Southern Lebanon. These cities and districts were natural parts of Lebanon but were administratively separated by the Ottoman rule. * The extension of the frontiers of Lebanon to include the cities of ], ], ], ] and the districts of Akkar, Beqaa, and Southern Lebanon. These cities and districts were natural parts of Lebanon but were administratively separated by the Ottoman rule.
* The recognition of Lebanon's full independence * The recognition of Lebanon's full independence
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==Independence of Lebanon== ==Independence of Lebanon==
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] announced a declaration by France of the independence of Lebanon on September 1, 1920. He outlined the country's boundaries to include the area from Ras-al-Naqurah (Naqurah peninsula) in the South to ] in the North and from the summits of the Anti-Lebanon mountain in the East to the ] sea in the West. The new entity under French ] was initially called ]. ] announced a declaration by France of the independence of Lebanon on September 1, 1920. He outlined the country's boundaries to include the area from Ras-al-Naqurah (Naqurah peninsula) in the south to ] in the north and from the summits of the Anti-Lebanon mountain in the east to the ] sea in the west. The new entity under French ] was initially called ].


==Death== ==Death==
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==Sainthood== ==Sainthood==
] authorized the promulgation of decrees on the heroic virtues of Patriarch Elias Howayek, declaring him Venerable on July 5, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37437 |publisher=Independent Catholic News |title= "Fulton Sheen on road to sainthood"|date= July 7, 2019 |access-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= De Sousa|first= Matthew|url= https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/somascan-priest-who-risked-life-among-those-decreed-servant-of-god/ |publisher=The Catholic Weekly |title= "Somascan priest who risked life among those decreed Servant of God"|date= July 9, 2019 |access-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ] authorized the promulgation of decrees on the heroic virtues of Patriarch Elias Howayek, declaring him Venerable on July 5, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37437 |publisher=Independent Catholic News |title= "Fulton Sheen on road to sainthood"|date= July 7, 2019 |access-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709141416/https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37437 |archive-date=2019-07-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=De Sousa|first=Matthew|date=July 9, 2019|title="Somascan priest who risked life among those decreed Servant of God"|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/somascan-priest-who-risked-life-among-those-decreed-servant-of-god/|url-status=dead|access-date=15 July 2019|publisher=The Catholic Weekly|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715211051/https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/somascan-priest-who-risked-life-among-those-decreed-servant-of-god/}}</ref>


==Quotation== ==Quotation==
Patriarch Hoyek wrote: "Both national feeling and religion make it an obligation for you to respect and love everybody whatever may be his belief. Reason leads you to fraternize with the person you live with under the same sky and on the same land." (Hoyek, Al-Zakhair Al-Saniyyat, Jounieh, 1931 p.&nbsp;501) Hoyek wrote: "Both national feeling and religion make it an obligation for you to respect and love everybody whatever may be his belief. Reason leads you to fraternize with the person you live with under the same sky and on the same land." (Hoayek, Al-Zakhair Al-Saniyyat, Jounieh, 1931 p.&nbsp;501)


==See also== ==See also==
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Head of the Maronite Church from 1898 to 1931
His Beatitude
Venerable
Elias Peter Hoayek
Patriarch of Antioch
ChurchMaronite Church
SeePatriarch of Antioch
ElectedJanuary 6, 1899
Term endedDecember 24, 1931
PredecessorJohn Peter El Hajj
SuccessorAnthony Peter Arida
Orders
Ordination1870 (Priest)
ConsecrationDecember 14, 1889 (Bishop)
by Paul Peter Massad
Personal details
Born(1843-12-04)December 4, 1843
Helta, Lebanon
DiedDecember 24, 1931 (aged 87)
Bkerké, Lebanon
Sainthood
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Maronite Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church

Elias Peter Hoayek (Arabic: الياس بطرس الحويّك; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek, Houwayek) was the 72nd Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch from 1898 until his death in 1931.

Early life

Elias Hoayek was born in Helta, Batroun, North Lebanon on December 4, 1843. He studied at the Seminary College of St. John Maroun in North Lebanon. He later went to the Jesuit seminary of Ghazir in 1859, where he studied languages (French, Arabic, Syriac, Latin, Greek) as well as philosophy. In 1866, he went to Rome to study theology at the Propaganda Fide. In 1870, he was made a Catholic priest and returned to Lebanon. Upon his return, he taught theology at his old school the Seminary of St. John Maroun. He was appointed secretary and moved to the patriarchal residence in 1872, where he remained until 1898 when he was elected Patriarch. He was consecrated titular bishop of Arca on December 14, 1889 by Patriarch Paul Peter Massad.

As vicar of Patriarch John Peter El Hajj, he was commissioned to raise the necessary funds for the construction of a residence to the Maronites in Jerusalem and for the construction of the new Maronite seminary in Rome, which opened in 1893. In 1895, Hoayek founded the Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family.

Becoming Patriarch

Patriarch Hoayek in 1899

The previous patriarch, John el Hajj, died on Christmas Eve in 1898; Hoayek was requested to return to Lebanon from a trip to Rome. On January 6, 1899, he was elected Patriarch and, in the consistory of June 19, 1899, Hoayek was ratified as the choice of Maronite bishops by Pope Leo XIII, who granted him the pallium.

Hoayek adopted the middle name Peter (Boutros) to signify him being the successor to Peter, first Bishop of Antioch.

Patriarch Hoayek's residence was simple, consisting of three rooms: a bedroom/office, a reception room and a chapel. He was known to particularly revere the readings of the confessions of Augustine of Hippo, the Eternal Maxims and the Imitation of Christ.

Among his first acts as patriarch was the construction of a new residence in Bkerké, replacing the former one: the foundation stone was laid on September 29, 1899. In 1893, he began the construction of the new Maronite College of Rome, inaugurated on February 7, 1904. In 1906, he obtained from the Holy See the division of the eparchy of Tyre and Sidon in two separate dioceses. Between 1906 and 1908, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, he ordered the construction of the statue of the Madonna in Harissa that still dominates the region.

Support for the diaspora

He was behind the creation of a Patriarchal Vicariate in Cairo, Egypt in 1904, the first Maronite ecclesiastical structure after 1736. He was the founder of the church in Cyprus, delegating Shikrallah Khoury and Peter Chebly. He was the founder of the independent dioceses in the United States of America and in Argentina in 1920.

World War I

See also: Kafno
Patriarch Hoayek distributing bread to the hungry during the Kafno

The First World War saw a lot of persecution of the Christians in the Middle East. Some sources cite one and a half million of Armenians were killed by Ottoman forces in the war. The Ottoman Empire was allied to Germany. The Allies (France and Great Britain) set up a blockage of the Lebanese and Syrian coastline against the Ottoman Empire which leads to the start of a famine. Jamal Pasha, Ottoman military governor took steps to exile Hoayek because of his relations with France. In 1915, the blockade as well as a large locust infestation had resulted in diminished food supplies. While the granaries are almost empty, the Ottoman Empire requisitions Lebanese foodstuffs. As a result, a third of the Lebanese population died of starvation. This situation continued until 1919. The Patriarch received funds from Lebanese Diaspora and the French government. Again, Jamal Pasha attempted to exile the Patriarch.

The HM British army entered Damascus while the Ottoman (and their German allies) retreated to the north. This ended four hundred years of Ottoman rule in Lebanon. A transitional governance body was installed by the allied British and French forces.

Peace Congress in Versailles

In 1919, Patriarch Hoayek headed a second Lebanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. Prince Faisal had hoped for an Arab kingdom to encompass Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula. Hoayek fought to be able to see Lebanon free from the Ottoman Empire and had no desire to see it become part of an Arab monarchy.

The Lebanese delegation led by Hoayek presented the Lebanese aspirations as follows:

  • The extension of the frontiers of Lebanon to include the cities of Beirut, Tyre, Sidon, Tripoli and the districts of Akkar, Beqaa, and Southern Lebanon. These cities and districts were natural parts of Lebanon but were administratively separated by the Ottoman rule.
  • The recognition of Lebanon's full independence
  • French protectorate over Lebanon.

On October 25, he presented the assembly of the Peace Congress with this memorandum.

Independence of Lebanon

Proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon

General Gouraud announced a declaration by France of the independence of Lebanon on September 1, 1920. He outlined the country's boundaries to include the area from Ras-al-Naqurah (Naqurah peninsula) in the south to Nahr-el-Kabir in the north and from the summits of the Anti-Lebanon mountain in the east to the Mediterranean sea in the west. The new entity under French mandate was initially called The State of Greater Lebanon.

Death

Patriarch Elias Hoayek died on December 24, 1931, in Bkerké.

Sainthood

Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of decrees on the heroic virtues of Patriarch Elias Howayek, declaring him Venerable on July 5, 2019.

Quotation

Hoyek wrote: "Both national feeling and religion make it an obligation for you to respect and love everybody whatever may be his belief. Reason leads you to fraternize with the person you live with under the same sky and on the same land." (Hoayek, Al-Zakhair Al-Saniyyat, Jounieh, 1931 p. 501)

See also

Sources

  • Biography of the patriarch Elias Hoayek by HARFOÛCHE, P. Ibrâhîm, Dalâ' it Al 'inâya el-Samdanyat, Lebanese Jounieh, Printing works Missionaries Maronites; 1934.
  • Inventing Lebanon: Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate - by Kais M. Firro.
  • The Maronite Patriarch Elias Butrus al-Howayyek and the Establishment of Greater Lebanon - by Samawil Bulus, Haifa University, 1987.
  • Pierre Dib, v. Maronite (Eglise), in Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, Tome Dixième, première partie, Paris 1928, coll. 110–112.
  • Zoghbi, Marie-Roger (1991). Une gloire du Liban: Le patriarche Elias Hoyek. Araya, Líbano: Imprimerie catholique.

Notes

  1. "Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. gcatholic.org
  3. Gomes, Robin (6 July 2019). "A new saint for the Church and Fulton Sheen soon to be Blessed". Vatican News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-07. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. vatican.va
  5. ""Fulton Sheen on road to sainthood"". Independent Catholic News. July 7, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. De Sousa, Matthew (July 9, 2019). ""Somascan priest who risked life among those decreed Servant of God"". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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