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The Jerrahi (Turkish: Cerrahiyye, Cerrahilik) are a Sufi tariqah "order" derived from the Halveti order. Their founder was Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi, who died in Istanbul and is buried at the site of his tekke in Karagumruk - Istanbul. During the...
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| x Mevlevi |
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The Mawlawi Order, or the Mevlevilik or Mevleviye (Persian: مولويه - Mowlawīya) are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and...
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| x Najmeddin Kubra |
Najmuddīn-e Kubrā (Persian: نجمالدین کبری) or Najm al-Din Kubra, (Shaykh Abū al-Jannāb Ahmad ibn ‘Umar) was a 13th-century Persian Sufi from Khwarezmia, the founder of the Kubrawiyya or Kibruyeh Sufi order, influential in the Ilkhanid and Timurid....
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Naqshbandi (an-Naqshbandiyyah) is one of the major tasawwuf orders (tariqa) of Islam. The order is considered to be a "sober" order as many following the Naqshbandi Sufi way have chosen the silent dhikr (remembrance of God) of the Heart, rather than...
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| x Nasiryya |
The Nasiriyya is a Sufi order founded by Sidi Mohammed ibn Nasir al-Drawi (1603–1674). It's centre was Tamegroute
See also: Darqawa (sufism) "the 19th century was the Darqawi century, just as the 18th century had been the Nasiri century"
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| x Nimatullahi |
The Ni'matullāhī or Ne'matollāhī (Persian: نعمتاللهی) (also spelled as "Nimatollahi", "Nematollahi" or "Ni'matallahi) is a Sufi order (or tariqa) originating in Iran. According to Moojan Momen, the number of Ni'matullāhī in Iran in 1980 was...
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| x Nurbakhshi |
Baha' al-Dawlah ibn Siraj al-Din Shah Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Husayni Nurbakhshi (also sometimes called Nuri rather than Nurbakhshi), was a 15-16th century Persian physician.
He obtained court favor in both Persia and Baghdad. He is known by one...
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| x Qadiriyyah |
Qadiriyyah (Arabic: القادريه, Turkish: Kadirilik) (also transliterated Kadri, Elkadry, Kadray, Qadiri or Qadri), is one of the oldest Sufi tariqas. It derives its name from Abdul-Qadir Gilani (also transliterated as "Jil lani" or "Jailani" and ...
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| x Qadri Al-Muntahi |
The Sarwari Qadiri Sufi tariqa was originated by Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi. The first part, Qadri, signifies that this order is essentially an offshoot of the Qadiri order, because Gohar Shahi also claimed to have been a disciple of Abd al-Qadir al...
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| x Qalandariyah |
The Qalandariyah, Qalandaris or "kalandars" are wanderering Sufi dervishes. The term covers a variety of sects, not centrally organized. One was founded by Qalandar Yusuf al-Andalusi of Andalusia, Spain.
The word Qalandar comes from the Persian...
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| x Safaviyeh |
The Safaviyya (Persian: صفویه) was a Sufi order founded by the Persian mystic Sheikh Safi al-Din of Ardabil (1252-1334). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today...
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| x Senussi |
The Senussi or Sanussi refers to a Muslim political-religious order in Libya and Sudan founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Senussi was concerned with both the decline of Islamic thought and spirituality...
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| x Sarwari Qadiri |
The Sarwari Qadiri Sufi tariqa was originated by Sultan Bahu in the seventeenth century. The first part of its name, Sawari, derives from the fact that Sultan Bahu claimed to have taken the oath of allegiance directly from Muhammad. The second part,...
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The Shadhili Tariqa is a Sufi order founded by Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili. Followers (murids Arabic: seekers) of the Shadhiliya are often known as Shadhilis.
It has historically been of importance and influence in North Africa and Egypt with many...
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| x Shattari |
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Shattari is a Sufi mystical order (tariqah) originating in Persia in the fifteenth century A.D. and later taken to India. The word Shattar means "speed", "rapidness" or "fast-goer" and is a system of spiritual practices which lead quickly to a state...
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| x Suhrawardiyya |
Suhrawardy redirects here. For the East Bengali politician and Prime Minister of Pakistan, see Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Suhrawardiyya (Arabic: سهروردية) is the name of a Sufi order founded by Iranian Sufi Diya al-din Abu 'n-Najib as-Suhrawardi ...
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| x Tijaniyyah |
The Tijāniyyah (Arabic: الطريقة التجانية, transliterated: Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, or "The Tijānī Path") is a sufi ṭarīqah (order, path) originating in North Africa but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia,...
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| x Zahediyeh |
The Zahediyeh Sufi Order was founded by Sheikh Zahed Gilani (Zahid Guilani) of Lahijan. As a precursor to the Safaviyeh Order, which was yet to culminate in the Safavid Dynasty, the Zahediyeh Order and its Murshid, Sheikh Zahed Gilani, reserve a...
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| x Sufi Order International |
The Sufi Order International is an organization dedicated to "Universal Sufism" as elaborated by Hazrat Inayat Khan. The order is currently led by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, the grandson of Hazrat Inayat Khan and son of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.
The...
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| x Adorers of the Blood of Christ |
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Maria De Mattias in 1834, their post-nominal letters are A.S.C.
The order operates Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
In October 1992, Sisters Barbara Ann...
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| x Clerics Regular Minor |
The Clerics Regular Minor are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Francis Caracciolo, Augustine Adorno, and Fabrizio Caracciolo in 1563 in Villa Santa Maria. Their motto is : Ad Maiorem Dei Resurgentis Gloriam, "For the Greater Glory...
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| x Adrian Dominican Sisters |
The Adrian Dominican Sisters are a Roman Catholic religious order of Dominican sisters in the United States. Their motherhouse is in Adrian, Michigan. Their official title is the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary.
The Dominican Sisters of Adrian,...
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| x Albertine Brothers |
The Albertine Brothers (Albertines) are a Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1888 by Adam Chmielowski in Cracow, Poland.
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| x Alexians |
The Alexians, Alexian Brothers or Cellites are a Catholic religious institute or congregation specifically devoted to caring for the sick which has its origin in Europe at the time of the Black Death. The order follows the Augustinian rule.
The...
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| x Angelic Sisters of St. Paul |
Angelic Sisters of St. Paul (ASSP) - a Roman Catholic religious order. Founded by St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria in Milan in 1535. The order is a female branch of uncloistered nuns of the Barnabites order.
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| x Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
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The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (ASCJ) were founded in Viareggio, Italy in 1894 by Clelia Merloni. The congregation has grown to over 1,500 sisters on five continents.
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| x Assumptionists |
The Augustinians of the Assumption (A.A.) constitute a congregation of Catholic religious (priests and brothers), founded in Nîmes, southern France, by Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon in 1845, initially approved by Rome in 1857 and definitively approved in...
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| x Little Sisters of the Assumption |
The Little Sisters of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in France in 1865 by Antoinette Fage and Father Etienne Pernet.
The declared work of the congregation is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes. This labour...
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| x Religious of the Assumption |
The Religious of the Assumption were founded by Saint Marie Eugénie Milleret in Paris in 1839. Her vision was of transforming society through education. She taught that faith in Jesus impels one to love the world and all its peoples.
Marie Eugenie...
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| x Society of the Atonement |
The Society of the Atonement also the Atonement Friars/Graymoor Friars/Sisters is a Roman Catholic (formerly Episcopal) Franciscan religious society.
In late 1895, Lurana White, a novice in a religious community of women known as The Episcopal...
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| x Augustinian Recollects |
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The Order of Augustinian Recollects or simply the Augustinians Recollects are a Roman Catholic monastic order of men and women. They are a reformist offshoot from the Augustinian hermit friars and follow the Augustinian Rule. They were founded in...
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| x Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary |
The Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary was founded in Frosinone in 1827 by Maria Teresa Spinelli. They follow the Rule of St. Augustine.
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The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), are several Christian monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. Prominent...
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| x Lebanese Maronite Order |
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The Lebanese Maronite Order (known also as Baladites or Valadites), is a monastic order among the Levantine Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specifically a monastic Church. The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of...
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| x Barnabites |
The Barnabites, or Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Latin: Clerici Regulares Sancti Pauli, abbr. B.) is a Roman Catholic order.
It was founded in 1530 by three Italian noblemen: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (S. Antonio Maria Zaccaria), Venerable...
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| x Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration |
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Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Sister Mary Anselma in Clyde, Missouri at the Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration in 1874.
The order was created as an adjunct to Conception Abbey...
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The term Franciscan is most commonly used to refer to members of Catholic religious orders, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. As well as Catholic there are also small Old Catholic and Anglican Franciscan communities. It can also be applied to...
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| x Bon Secours Sisters |
Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours - a Roman Catholic religious congregation for nursing (gardes malades), whose object is to take care of both rich and poor patients.
The congregation was begun by Archbishop de Quélen of Paris in 1822 and...
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| x Brigidine Sisters |
The Brigidine Sisters (also known as the Brigidine Order, or simply the Brigidines) are a global Roman Catholic congregation, founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Ireland on February 1, 1807. There were six founding members of the order, all of whom...
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The Bridgettine or Birgittine order is a monastic religious order of Augustinian canonesses founded by Saint Birgitta (Saint Bridget) of Sweden in approximately 1350, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370. There are today several different branches...
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| x Brotherhood of Hope |
Founded in 1980 by Fr. Philip Merdinger, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, the Brotherhood of Hope began a life of brotherhood striving with a desire to bring their lives closer to Jesus.
The group seeks to bring their lives as...
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| x Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God |
The Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God are a Roman Catholic order founded in 1572. They are also known commonly as the Fatebenefratelli, meaning "Do-Good Brothers" in Italian.
St. John of God, the founder of this religious institution, was...
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| x Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel |
The Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel, otherwise Gabrielite Brothers or FSG, is a secular Catholic order. Its roots go back to Saint Louis de Montfort, in around 1711, when he opened a few schools for poor children in La Rochelle,...
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| x Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy |
The Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy, or in full Brothers of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, are a Catholic religious order
The order was founded at Mechlin (Flanders, capital of the ecclesiastical province coinciding with Belgium) in 1839 by...
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| x Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools |
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The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers, the Lasallian Brothers, the French Christian Brothers, or the De La Salle Brothers; French: Frères des écoles chrétiennes; Latin: Fratres Scholarum...
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| x Poor Brothers of St. Francis |
The Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus are a congregation of lay brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis, instituted for charitable work among orphan boys and for youth education.
The founder was Philip Hoever, in religion Br Johannes Hoever...
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The Camaldolese are part of the Benedictine family of monastic communities which follow the way of life outlined in the Rule of St. Benedict, written in the 6th century.
The Camaldolese branch was established through the efforts of the Italian monk...
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The Camillians or (Clerks Regular) Ministers to the Sick are a Roman Catholic religious order of the type of Regular Clerks, founded by Saint Camillus de Lellis. A red cross was chosen by Camillus as the distinguishing badge for the members of the...
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| x Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius |
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The Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius (SJC) is a clerical Institute of Consecrated Life in the Catholic Church, founded in 1998 in the Archdiocese of Chicago as the Society of St. John Cantius (SSJC) by Fr. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., the pastor of...
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| x Canons Regular of the Holy Cross |
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The Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra originated in Portugal. The congregation was founded using the principles of the Rule of Saint Augustine (as many other congregations at the time used) and in its earlier days its members were...
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| x Canons Regular |
Canons regular are members of certain bodies of Canons living in community under the Augustinian Rule ("regula" in Latin), and sharing their property in common. Distinct from monks, who live a cloistered, contemplative life and sometimes engage in...
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| x Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception |
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The Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception are a Roman Catholic congregation which follows the Augustinian Rule, and part of the Canonical Order of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine.
This Catholic Religious order was founded at Saint-Claude,...
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| x Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem |
The Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem is a clerical Institute of Consecrated Life in the Catholic Church, founded in 2002 in the Diocese of La Crosse, and currently located in Chesterfield, Missouri, in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. This...
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| x Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross |
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The Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, commonly called Crosiers, are a Roman Catholic religious order.
According to their tradition: The Crosiers were founded by five men attached to the household of the prince-bishop of Liege, Radulf...
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| x Order of Friars Minor Capuchin |
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (O.F.M. Cap; in England and Ireland, O.S.F.C) is an order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Capuchins, called a minister general, is currently...
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The Capuchin Poor Clares were founded in Naples, Italy, in 1538, by Ven. Maria Laurentia Longo. The Capuchin Poor Clares follow the original ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi.
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The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites (sometimes simply Carmel by synecdoche; Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo) is a Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel,...
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| x Carmelites of Mary Immaculate |
The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate is an Eastern Catholic religious order for men. It belongs to the Syro-Malabar Church. It is the first now-existing Religious Congregation founded in the Church in India. The first monastery of the order was...
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| x Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus |
The Roman Catholic religious order of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus was founded by Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (Anna Maria Tauscher) in July 2, 1891 . Mother Mary Teresa traveled to the U.S. in 1912 to establish a...
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| x Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm |
The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm are a religious order begun in 1929 by Mother Angeline Teresa (Bridget Teresa McCrory). The order is there to discern the differing needs of the aged, and to satisfy those needs to the best of their...
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