The Basilian Chouerite Sisters is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and considered as the female branch of the Basilian Chouerite Order.
The order was founded in 1737[1] and approved in 1763 by Pope Clement XIII. The first house of the congregation was the Monastery of the Annunciation at Zouk Mikael.[2]
References
- 1.Saint Joseph Melkite Catholic Church
- 2."The Congregation of Basilian Chouerite Sisters". St Joseph Melkite Catholic Church Melbourne. Retrieved 2009-03-12.