A brief history of the St. Elias Maronite Church located in Roanoke, Virginia, written by Loretta Saleeba Jolley. The history includes accounts of some of the earliest Lebanese immigrants, including Father Rabil, an ancestor of Matt Kannan. It covers…

Portrait of Chorbishop Peter Rabil, a priest of the Maronite Church. Peter Rabil was born July 10, 1884 in Hammana, Lebanon to Daher and Mariam Rabil. He emigrated in 1913 and settled in Goldsboro, NC where he served as priest to the local community…