Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
/ref> of the Melkites (in Latin: Archeparchy Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan and patriarchal see. In 2010 there were 150,000 baptized. The current vicar of Patriarch Youssef Absi
Youssef Absi ''Società dei Missionari di San Paolo'' – Missionary Society of St. Paul (Melkite Greek); se ( ar, يوسف عبسي ; la, Iosephus Absi; born June 20, 1946, in Damascus, Syria) is the current patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catho ...
is Archbishop Nicolas Antiba
Nicolas Antiba (born 25 December 1945 in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He is the current Patriarchal Vicar of Damascus, Syria.
Life
Nicolas Antiba professed his initial vows to the Basilian Aleppian Ord ...
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Territory and statistics
The archeparchy is headquartered in the city of Damascus, where the seat is held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition ( ar, كَاتِدْرَائِيَّةُ سَيِّدَةِ النِّيَاحِ لِلرُّومِ الْمَلَكِيِّينَ فِي دِمَشْقَ, Kātidrāʾīyat Sayyidat an-Niyāḥ li r-Rūm a ...
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The territory is divided into 20 parishes and there were 150,000 Melkite Catholics in 2010.
History
The headquarters in Damascus has ancient origins (3rd century). From the 14th century, with the decline of the city of Antioch, Damascus became the seat of the Greek Orthodox patriarchs.
Following the schism within the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch ( el, Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ( ar ...
in 1724 was erected a seat of Melkite Greek Catholic Church
el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία
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Since 1838 Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus is subject to the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, who is represented by a patriarchal vicar, almost always with the dignity of bishop. Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. is the current Patriarchal Vicar of Damascus.
See also
* 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 com ...
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddamm.html
* http://www.pgc-lb.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Siege-patriarcal-d-antioche-Damas
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120419194326/http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Church3.shtml#Damas
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111747/http://pgc-sy.org/
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria
Melkite Greek Catholic eparchies