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Beatification and Canonization of St Charbel

In 1954, Pope Pious XII signed a decree accepting a proposal for the beatification of Charbel Makhlouf, the hermit. And on December 5th, 1965, Pope Paul VI officiated the ceremony of Beatification of Father Charbel during the closing of the Second Vatican Council.
In 1976, Pope Paul VI signed a decree of Canonization of the Blessed Charbel which took place in Vatican on October 9th, 1977.
Among the many miracles related to the Man of God, the church chose two of them to declare the beatification, and a third for his canonization. These miracles are as follows:
- The healing of Sister Mary Abel Kamari of the Two Sacred Hearts.
- The healing of Iskandar Naim Obeid from Baabdat.
- The healing of Mariam Awad from Hammana.


Miracles
A great number of miracles were attributed to Saint Charbel since his death. The most famous
one is that of Nohad El Shami, a 55-year old woman at the time of the miracle who was healed
from a partial paralysis. She tells that on the night of January 22, 1993, she saw in her dream two
Maronite monks standing next to her bed. One of them put his hands on her neck and made her
a surgery that relieved her from her pain while the other held a pillow behind her back.
When she woke up, Nohad discovered two wounds in her neck, one on each side. She was
completely healed and retrieved her ability to walk. She believed that it was Saint Charbel who
made her the surgery but did not recognize the other monk. Next night, she again saw Saint
Sharbel in her dream. He said to her: "I made you the surgery to let people see and return to
faith. I ask you to visit the hermitage on the 22nd of every month, and attend Mass regularly for
the rest of your life". The second monk is widely believed to be Saint Maron. Since then, and
according to Saint Charbel's will, people gather on the 22nd of each month to pray and celebrate
the Mass in the hermitage of Saint Charbel in Annaya.

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