The Basilian Aleppian Order (

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: ''Ordo Basilianus Aleppensis Melkitarum'';

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: ''Ordre Basilien Alepin'') is a

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of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Church el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = , abbreviatio ...

. The order was founded in 1697 in

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by Aleppine monks who arrived from the area of

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to follow the

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. It was approved in 1710. Between 1824 and 1832 the order split from the main congregation, the

Basilian Chouerite Order The Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist ( la, Ordo Basilianus Sancti Iohannis Baptistæ) is a Melkite Greek Catholic monastic order of Pontifical Right for Men. The members of the Order add the nominal B.C after their names to ind ...

. Many prominent bishops have been members of the Basilian Alepian Order such as Cardinal

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(1897-1962), Bishop

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(1898-1968) and Archbishop

Hilarion Capucci Hilarion Capucci ( ar, هيلاريون كابوتشي; 2 March 1922 – 1 January 2017) was a Syrian Catholic bishop who served as the titular archbishop of Caesarea in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Early years He was born in Aleppo, Syri ...

(1922-2017). The female branch of the order, the congregation of

Basilian Aleppian Sisters The Basilian Aleppian Sisters is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and considered as the female branch of the Basilian Aleppian Order The Basilian Aleppian Order (Latin: ''Ordo Basilianus Aleppensis Melkitarum''; French: ' ...

was founded in 1740. Currently, the headquarters of the order is located in Sarba,

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