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Saïdā Of The Greek-Melkites
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon (in Latin: Archeparchia Sidoniensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2010 there were 32,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Elie Bechara Haddad, BS. Territory and statistics The archeparchy extends its jurisdiction over the Melkite Greek faithful of Sidon District and Chouf District in Lebanon. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Sidon, where is located the cathedral of Saint Nicholas. The territory is divided into 53 parishes and had 32,000 Melkite Catholics in 2010. History Sidon was the site of an ancient Christian community, dating back to the dawn of Christianity. The historical and Christian origins of Sidon dates back to the New Testament, in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 15: 21–28) reports: "From there, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon" and in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 7, 31) states: "Jesus left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies to its west across the Mediterranean Sea; its location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has contributed to its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious diversity. It is part of the Levant region of the Middle East. Lebanon is home to roughly six million people and covers an area of , making it the second smallest country in continental Asia. The official language of the state is Arabic, while French is also formally recognized; the Lebanese dialect of Arabic is used alongside Modern Standard Arabic throughout the country. The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back over 7000 years, predating recorded history. Modern-day Lebanon was home to the Phoenicians, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euthymius II Karmah
Patriarch Abdel-Karim Meletios Euthymius II Karmah (1572–1635) was Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1634 to 1635. He had been a leading figure in the Melkite Church and metropolitan bishop of Aleppo. He died a few months after his election as Patriarch, probably poisoned because his will to proceed with a union with the Catholic Church. Metropolitan of Aleppo Abdel-Karim Karmah was born in 1572 in Hama, Syria, son of a priest. In his twenties he went to Jerusalem where he entered in the monastery of Saint Michel, a cloister associated with Mar Saba Monastery. After two years of prayer, he was asked by his bishop Simeon to return to Hama where he was ordained deacon and later priest. A few years later he moved for service to Aleppo where he got appraisal as preacher. On 12 February 1612 Karmah was consecrated metropolitan bishop of Aleppo by Patriarch Athanasius II Dabbas, and he took the name of the saint of that day, ‘'Meletios'’. One of his aims as metropolitan was to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melkite Greek Catholic Church In Lebanon
Lebanese Melkite Christians are the adherents of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Lebanon, which is the third largest Christian group in the country after the Maronite Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The Lebanese Melkite Christians are believed to constitute about 5% of the total population of Lebanon. Note that the following percentages are estimates only. However, in a country that had last census in 1932, it is difficult to have correct population estimates. Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the Melkite community in Lebanon has eight reserved seats in the Parliament of Lebanon. Lebanese Melkite-born Notables *André Haddad *Najwa Karam *Marwan Fares *Majida El Roumi *John Elya * Peter IV Geraigiry *Saad Haddad *Marie Keyrouz *Wael Kfoury *Amin Maalouf *Henri Philippe Pharaoun *Michel Pharaon *Joseph Raya *Omar Sharif *Charbel Nahas *Jean Makaron *Nicolas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Kwaïter
Georges Kwaïter (born on April 28. 1928 in Damascus, Syria - died on July 26, 2011) was an Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon. Life On 15 July 1951 Georges Kwaïter made his perpetual vows in his Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of Melkite Basilians and on 13 June 1954 was ordained to the priesthood became himself Chaplain of the Basilians. On 23 July 1987, he was elected by the Melkite Synod of Bishops as Archbishop of Sidon and the successor to Archbishop Ignace Raad. He was confirmed by Pope John Paul II. The Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim gave him on 23 October 1987 his episcopal ordination. As co-consecrators assisted him Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of Greek Melkites Gregory Laham (Archbishop "pro hac vice", Auxiliary Bishop in Jerusalem and later Patriarch of Antioch) and the Archbishop François Abou Mokh, BS. Georges Kwaïter was co-consecrator of Salim Ghazal, BS and his eventual successor Elie Bechara Haddad Elie Bechara Haddad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignace Raad
Ignace Raad, BS (20 December 1923 in Kafar-Nabrakh, Lebanon – 19 July 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon and judge at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. Life At the age of 11, Raad entered the monastery of the Melkite Basilian of the Most Holy Redeemer in Joun. In 1945 he laid his Eternal vow and prepared himself to become a monk. In 1947, his predecessor, Bishop Basile Khoury, BS, of Sidon, consecrated him deacon and the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos IV Sayegh ordained him on November 9, 1947, to the priesthood and he became Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian. Raad then taught for two years at the seminary of the Basilian and received his PhD in 1949 in Rome for Doctor of Political Science and Doctor of the Church - and civil law. From 1953 to 1972 he was pastor of the parish "Immaculate Conception of Heliopolis" in Cairo. During this time, he became Archimandrite and was consecrated in other functions in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Hakim
Michel Hakim, BS (21 April 1921, Maghdouché, Lebanon – 22 November 2006, Montreal, Canada) was Vicar Apostolic of Canada and first bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal in Canada. Life Michel Hakim was born in Maghdouché, Lebanon, to Greek Catholic parents, Nakhleh Hakim and Hanneh Hayek. His hometown, Maghdouché, is a well-known pilgrimage center, under the administration of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Hakim studied at St.-Sauveur seminary theology and was on November 10, 1947 ordained priest as Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian of the Most Holy Redeemer (BS). He worked as a school administrator in Damascus and later led a youth group in Zahle. In the 60s, Hakim completed his theological studies at the Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique de Paris. Since 1947 he was Superior of the Basilian Order. On August 25, 1977, he was appointed bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon. The episcopal ordination was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basile Khoury
Basile Khoury, BS (15 August 1900, Borj-Safita, today Syria – 22 April 1985) was the first Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon. Life Basile Khoury was ordained priest on May 2, 1928 and became Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian from the Holy Redeemer (BS). He was named to the Eparchy of Sidon, being appointed on 15 March 1947 at 25 March 1947 ordained to the episcopate. At the beginning of the 1960s during his tenure and under his patronage was erected a hexagonal chapel in Maghdouché, a Lebanese pilgrimage center, and this chapel had 28 meter high with a statue of "Our Lady of Mantara". Khoury was a Council Father during the first and second sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). On November 18, 1964, the Eparchy of Sidon was elevated to Archeparchy by Pope Paul VI and Khoury was appointed Archbishop of Sidon. On 30 July 1965 he was co-consecrator of the Archbishop Georges Haddad Georges Haddad (14 March 1924, in Beit Chabad, Leb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Haggiar
Basilio Haggiar, BS (born on 6 January 1839 in Gezzin, Syria - died in 1919) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria and Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon. Life Basil Haggiar was appointed on October 14, 1871 as Bishop of Bosra and Hauran in Syria and was consecrated on 24 October 1871 to the bishopric. With the establishment of the Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in 1881, he has been implemented as Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran. In 1887 Haggiar took over the archbishopric of Sidon in Lebanon and died in 1919 after 47 years of episcopal life. His successor in Bosra and Hauran was Archbishop Nicolas Cadi Nicolas Cadi (born on 29 June 1861 in Damascus, Syria - died in 1941) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria. Life Nicolas Cadi was ordained priest on 21 November 1884. He was appointed on 10 February ... and Atanasio Khoriaty in Sidon. External links * http://www ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athanasius V Matar
Athanasius V Gabriel Matar was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church for a few months in 1813. Life Gabriel Matar was born in Damascus. He was the brother of patriarch Agapius II Matar and, as his brother, he too entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians. Gabriel Matar studied in Rome for a short period and was ordained priest in 1782. In 1798 he was consecrated bishop of Hauran by his brother patriarch Agapius II Matar, and in 1800 he was transferred to the diocese of Saida. On 14 August 1813 Gabriel Matar was elected patriarch, under the name ''Athanasius'', by a synod of bishops held at Ain Traz Seminary. His election had no time to be confirmed by the Roman Congregation of Propaganda Fide because he died on 20 November 1813.on 8 November according to the Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agapius II Matar
Agapius II Matar, (sometime also known as ''Agapios III'', 1736–1812) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812. Life Agapius Matar was born in 1736 in Damascus. He entered young in the Basilian Salvatorian Order. In 1779, when he was already a priest, he traveled to Rome and later to Paris. In 1789 he was appointed Superior of the Basilian Salvatorian Order and in 1795 he was appointed and consecrated bishop of Saida by Patriarch Cyril VII Siaj. On 11 September 1796 he was elected Patriarch. The first problem Agapius Matar had to face as Patriarch were the clashes with the metropolitan of Beirut (see Article Ignatius IV Sarrouf) that saw Agapius Matar allied with Germanos Adam bishop of Aleppo in rejecting the disciplinary reform (and later the new foundation) of the monastic orders promoted by Sarrouf and by the Latin missionaries. In those years the Melkite Church was in pursuit of its identity with regard to Rome. Agapius Matar asked and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athanasius IV Jawhar
Athanasius IV Ignace Michael Jawhar (or ''Jahouar'' or ''Jauhar'' or ''Giohar'', 1733–1794) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1788 to 1794. He previously claimed to be patriarch from 1759 to 1764 and from 1765 to 1768. Life Michael Jawhar was born in Damascus on 18 September 1733 and he was the great-nephew of patriarch Cyril VI Tanas. He entered in the Basilian Salvatorian Order taking the religious name ''Ignace''. In 1759, Cyril VI Tanas, old and ill, decided to have Jawhar as successor, even if Jawhar was not jet ordained priest. Jawhar left his monastery without the permission of the superior and was ordained priest. Cyril VI Tanas summoned a synod of bishops on 30 July 1759 where he resigned and Jawhar succeeded being elected patriarch under the name of ''Athanasius''. He was consecrated bishop the next 31 July by Cyril VI Tanas, who died a few months later, on 10 January 1760. Although Jawhar's election was supported by the bishops of the Basilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. Montini served in the Holy See's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954. While in the Secretariat of State, Montini and Domenico Tardini were considered to be the closest and most influential advisors of Pope Pius XII. In 1954, Pius named Montini Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese. Montini later became the Secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference. John XXIII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1958, and after the death of John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
