ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Lebanese people (Melkite Christians)

Okay, so let's imagine that we are talking about a group of kids who live in a neighborhood. Lebanese people are like a big group of kids who live in a country called Lebanon, which is a small country in the Middle East.

Melkite Christians are a group of kids within this big group of Lebanese people who follow a specific religion called Christianity. This is kind of like how some kids in the neighborhood might be part of different clubs or groups, like a soccer team or a dance class.

Now, Melkite Christians follow a certain branch of Christianity that started a long time ago. Imagine if your family had a really special way of celebrating holidays - maybe your grandparents passed down some traditions to your parents and now your family does things differently than your friends. This is sort of what happened with Melkite Christians - their religious practices have some differences from other types of Christians.

So, in short, Lebanese people are a big group of kids who live in a country, and Melkite Christians are a specific group of kids within that big group who have their own special way of following the religion of Christianity.