Cyril VIII Geha (or ''Jeha''), (November 26, 1840 – January 11, 1916) was
patriarch
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of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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from 1902 until 1916. He was the last Melkite Catholic patriarch of the
Ottoman era.
Life
Geha was born in
Aleppo
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in 1840, he was consecrated the Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo on May 3, 1885 by patriarch
Gregory II Youssef
Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, also known as Gregory II Hanna Youssef-Sayour (October 17, 1823 – July 13, 1897), was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1864 to 1897. Gregory expanded and modernized the church and its institu ...
. On June 29, 1902 he became patriarch of the Melkites.
In 1909 Cyril convoked a synod at
Ain Traz
The Ain Traz Seminary of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, located southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, has served various roles during its 200-year history.
History
The village of Ain Traz was home to the Maronite Saad clan, members of whom where Fren ...
to develop the disciplinary legislation of the Melkite Church. However, the work of the synod failed to gain confirmation from Pope
Pius X
Pope Pius X ( it, Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of C ...
, who lacked the desire of his predecessor, Pope
Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...
, to promote the traditional rights and privileges of the Eastern Churches.
Upon Cyril's death in 1916 the patriarchal see was vacant until the election of
Demetrius I Qadi
Demetrius I Qadi (or ''Dimitros I Cadi'') (January 18, 1861, Damascus, Syria – October 25, 1925) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.
Life
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in 1919.
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Distinctions
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Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Latin: ''Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani'') is a Christian ecumenical fraternal order statuted in 1910 by a council of Catholics in Paris, France, ini ...
See also
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List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch is the only actual residential Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine Rite). It was formed in 1724 when a portion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch went into c ...
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References
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External links
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
Melkite Catholic Web Ring
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
1840 births
1916 deaths
Recipients of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
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