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The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, [a] or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus, Syria.
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Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton (Latin: Eparchia...
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Ecclesiastical career. On May 6, 1973, Youssef Absi was...
- Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton
Melkite. The term Melkite ( / ˈmɛlkaɪt / ), also written Melchite, refers to various Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine Rite and their members originating in West Asia. The term comes from the common Central Semitic root m-l-k, [a] meaning "royal", referring to the loyalty to the Byzantine emperor.
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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 communion with Rome, becoming an Eastern Catholic Church , while the rest of the ancient Patriarchate ...
Nov 11, 2015 · Within the Byzantine family of Churches is an Eastern Catholic community called the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In a sense, and in the minds of many of the faithful, the Melkite Church understands herself as an orthodox church in communion with Rome, and a bridge between East and West, Catholic and Orthodox.
Greek Melkite Catholics, often referred to in their home countries as Roum or Rom, are descendants of an ancient church in greater Syria that encompassed peoples in lands that lie today in Southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
The Melkites, or Byzantine rite Catholics of Middle Eastern origin, are the descendants of the early Christians of Antioch (Syria). Christianity was established in this area of the Middle East by St. Peter before he traveled on to the imperial city of Rome.
The Melkite Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite, in full communion with the Holy See in Rome, as a part of the global Catholic Church. We are perhaps the oldest continuous Christian Community in the world, tracing our lineage back to the Christians of the ancient Syrian cities of Antioch and Damascus.