The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos, from which the word bishop is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in Pauline Christianity from its earliest period. This diocese is one of the few for which the names of its bishops from the apostolic beginnings have been preserved. Today five churches use the title of patriarch of Antioch: one Oriental Orthodox (the Syriac Orthodox Church); three Eastern Catholic (the Maronite, Syriac Catholic, and Melkite Greek Catholic Churches); and one Eastern Orthodox (the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch).
According to the pre-congregation church tradition, this ancient patriarchate was founded by the Apostle Saint Peter. The patriarchal succession was disputed at the time of the Meletian schism in 362 and again after the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when there were rival Melkite and non-Chalcedonian claimants to the see. After a 7th-century succession dispute in the Melkite church, the Maronites began appointing a Maronite patriarch as well. After the First Crusade, the Catholic Church began appointing a Latin Church patriarch of Antioch, though this became strictly titular after the Fall of Antioch in 1268, and was abolished completely in 1964. In the 18th century, succession disputes in the Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox Churches of Antioch led to factions of those churches entering into communion with Rome under claimants to the patriarchate: respectively the Melkite Greek Catholic patriarch of Antioch and the Syriac Catholic patriarch of Antioch. Their respective Orthodox counterparts are the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch and the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch.
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The Syriac Orthodox PatriarchofAntioch ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ is the Bishop ofAntioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ...
the rest of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Melkite Greek Catholic PatriarchofAntioch's present complete title is PatriarchofAntioch and of All the...
Latin patriarchofAntioch was a prelate of the Latin Church created in 1098 by Bohemond I of Taranto, founder of the Principality ofAntioch, one of the...
Arabic: تاج السوريان, romanized: Taj al-Suriyan), was the PatriarchofAntioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 512 until his death in 538...
early Christian writer and PatriarchofAntioch. While en route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters. This correspondence...
Church ofAntioch. Headed by the Greek Orthodox patriarchofAntioch, it considers itself the successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the...
continuation of the original Church ofAntioch. The church is headed by Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan, who has been the patriarch since 2009. Its patriarchof Antioch...
liturgical language of the church. The church gained its hierarchical distinctiveness in 512, when pro-Chalcedonian patriarch Flavian II ofAntioch was deposed...
Orthodox patriarchofAntioch and All the East is the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. According to tradition, the patriarchate ofAntioch was established...
by Persian King Khosrow II. In 609, the PatriarchofAntioch, Anastasius II, was killed either at the hands of some soldiers or locals. This left the Maronites...
twelve days after the death of the previous patriarch, Ignatius IV ofAntioch, John Yazigi was elected PatriarchofAntioch. This was unexpected as Yazigi...
Orthodox Patriarchof Alexandria, the Melkite PatriarchofAntioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and all the East and the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria...
Church also appointed a Latin PatriarchofAntioch in 1100 by way of Bohemond (founder of the Principality ofAntioch, one of the crusader states). After...
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Melkite patriarch of Antioch died 1720 Cyril VI Tanas, Melkite patriarchofAntioch 1724–1760 Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople, patriarch in 1748–1751, 1752–1757...
him to install a Greek Orthodox patriarch in Antioch. The Latin patriarchofAntioch, Aimery of Limoges, placed Antioch under interdict. Bohemond restored...
2014, Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas died after a long illness. Following his death, the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church ofAntioch was convened...
of Antioch For its Patriarchs, see List of Maronite PatriarchsofAntioch Melkite Catholic Patriarchate ofAntioch For its Patriarchs, see List of Melkite...
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Maronite Catholic Patriarchate ofAntioch (Latin: Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum) is the seat of the Patriarchof the Maronite Church. It is currently...
Patriarch Macarius ofAntioch may refer to: Macarius I ofAntioch, Patriarch in 656–681 Macarius II ofAntioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166 Macarius III Ibn...
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