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Melkite Catholic Church
el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = , abbreviation = , type = Antiochian , main_classification = Eastern Catholic , orientation = Melkite , scripture = , theology = Catholic Theology , polity = Episcopal , governance = , structure = , leader_title = Pope , leader_name = Francis , leader_title1 = Primate , leader_name1 = Patriarch Youssef Absi , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Cyril VI Tanas , leader_title3 = , leader_name3 = , fellowships_type = , fellowships = , fellowships_type1 = , fellowships1 = , division_type = , division = , division_type1 = , division1 = , divisi ...
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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 al-Malakīyīn fī Dimašq), also called the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of Damascus, Syria. It is the seat of the Greek-Melkite Archeparchy of Damascus (Latin: ''Archieparchia Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum'') dependent on the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, which includes about 150,000 baptized adherents and twenty parishes with fifty priests. Its faithful, assigned from the 18th century to the Holy See in Rome, employ the Arabic language and the Byzantine rite. The Archbishop Vicar (or ''Eparca'') starting in 2006 was Youssef Absi, former Superior General of the :it:Società dei missionari di San Paolo, Society of Mi ...
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