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Jun 15, 2011 · for the MELKITE CATHOLIC CHURCH in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 3 VFW Parkway West Roxbury, MA 02132 617-323-9922 ... Lebanon Archbishop Cyril Bustros On June 15 ...
The spiritual leader of The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is The Patriarch of Antioch. Melkites serve as a witness to the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Melkites are a living example that one can be true to a different heritage and be in communion with the Holy See of Rome, which is represented by the Pope.
Introduction. The Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was held at the Patriarchal Residence of Ain Traz, Lebanon, from 21 to 26 June 2010. It was presided over by His Beatitude, Patriarch Gregorios III with the participation of hierarchs of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who had come from the Church’s eparchies in Lebanon ...
On 9 July 2013, Pope Francis ratified the election by the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of V. Rev. Archimandrite Edward Daher as Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Tripoli in Lebanon to succeed the late Mgr. George Riashi of blessed memory. Born in Qaa (Lebanon) on 23 April 1973, Archimandrite Edward Daher took his final ...
Jul 13, 2023 · In 2024 the Melkite Greek Catholic Church is set to celebrate a special Jubilee Year to mark the 300th anniversary of the restoration of the full Communion with the Church of Rome, in 1724. The year-long celebration was announced on July 11 by Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi during a press conference at the Patriarchate of Antioch’s ...
The Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.The Melkites, Byzantine Rite Catholics of mixed Eastern Mediterranean (Levantine) and Greek origin, trace their history to the early Christians of Antioch, formerly part of Syria and now in Turkey, of the 1st century AD, where Christianity was ...
The Greeks-Melkites Catholics are, originally, in the three great Eastern Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem. The word "melkite" comes from the Syriac "malko" and means "royal" or "imperial"; it is a nickname given for the first time in 460, in Egypt, by the monophysites, to the orthodoxes who had taken sides for the legitimate ...
