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Augustin Farah
Augustin Farah (4 May 1910 in Kara, Lebanon – 31 March 1983) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol. Ecclesiastical career On September 8, 1937, he became an ordained priest. Farah was named on March 7, 1961, for the Archeparchy of Tripoli and was ordained bishop on June 18, 1961. The ordination was headed by the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos IV Sayegh, SMSP, at his co-consecrators were the Archbishops Philippe Nabaa of Beirut and Byblos and Athanase Ach-Chaer, BC, of Banyas. When the Diocese of Tripoli was elevated to the Archdiocese, Farah also received on 18 November 1964 the title of archbishop. From 1962 to 1965 he was a participant at all meetings of the Second Vatican Council. In 1965, Farah was shortly Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem.http://catholicchurch-holyland.com/?p=240 On August 25, 1977, he was appointed Jean Bassoul's successor at the Melkite Greek Catholic Archepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy Of Tripoli
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli (in Latin: Archeparchy Tripolitana Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. It is governed by Archeparch Eduard Daher, BC. Territory and statistics The archeparchy extends its jurisdiction over the faithful of the North Governorate in Lebanon. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Tripoli, where is located the cathedral of Saint George, built in 1835. The territory is divided into 15 parishes and has 10,000 Catholics. History The see of Tyre is an ancient one, already known in the fourth century, was restored on 21 March 1897. On 28 April 1961 it gave a portion of territory for the creation of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia of the Melkites. On 18 November 1964 it was elevated to the rank of archeparchy. In 1969 the Holy Synod of the Melkite decided to merge the Batroun District inside the archeparchy, which had been pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy Of Zahle And Forzol
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol (in Latin: Mariamnensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2012 there were 150,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, BS. Territory and statistics The archeparchy includes most of the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Zahleh, where is located the Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance, built in the 18th century. The territory is divided into 39 parishes and there were 150,000 Melkite Catholics in 2012. History The Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol is a Greco-Melchite archeparchy in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon and has its origins in the 5th century. In the seventeenth, or perhaps in the 16th century, the diocese of Seleucia Pieria was for greater safety transferred by the Patriarch of Antioch to Maaloula in the Lebanon. The reason of this transfer was forgotten at a later date, and a town of "Seleucia Libani" was invented a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximos IV Sayegh
Maximos IV Sayegh (or ''Saïgh''; 10 April 1878, in Aleppo, Syria – 5 November 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He accepted the title of cardinal in 1965 after Pope Paul VI clarified the significance of that title in the case of an Eastern Patriarch. Life Massimo Sayegh was born on 10 April 1878 in Aleppo. He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1905. On 30 August 1919 he was appointed archbishop of Tyre, Lebanon and consecrated eparch by patriarch Demetrius I Qadi. His co-consecrators were Ignatius Homsi, titular bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melchiti and Flavien Khoury, Archeparch of Homs On 30 August 1933 he was named Archeparch of Beirut and Byblos. The Synod of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Nabaa
Philippe Nabaa (born April 18, 1907 in Joun, Ottoman Empire – died on August 17, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) was Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos. Biography On September 14, 1931 Philippe Nabaa was ordained at the age of 24 years as a priest. The appointment as Archbishop was on 17 September 1948 and on 3 October of the same year he was ordained a bishop. He was the successor of Maximos IV Sayegh and took in his role at the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in part. From 1962 to 1967 he was Undersecretary in the Pontifical Commission for the interpretation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council. Philippe Nabaa was consecrator of the Archbishops Augustin Farah (Bishop of Tripoli and later Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Vatican Council
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years 1962 to 1965. Preparation for the council took three years, from the summer of 1959 to the autumn of 1962. The council was opened on 11 October 1962 by Pope John XXIII, John XXIII (pope during the preparation and the first session), and was closed on 8 December 1965 by Pope Paul VI, Paul VI (pope during the last three sessions, after the death of John XXIII on 3 June 1963). Pope John XXIII called the council because he felt the Church needed “updating” (in Italian: ''aggiornamento''). In order to connect with 20th-century people in an increasingly secularized world, some of the Church's practices needed to be improved, and its teaching needed to be presente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Bassoul
Jean Bassoul, BS, also John Bassoul, (7 May 1920 in Maghdouché, Lebanon – 9 August 1977) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol. Ordination On 11 July 1943 Bassoul was ordained priest and was appointed Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian Salvatorian Order. Chaplain in the US In 1960 he became Archimandrite of the Melkite parish of Roslindale in Boston, Massachusetts. The parish is part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton and is also the seat of the bishop of the Melkite Christians in the United States. In his short tenure as pastor he was instrumental in the planning for the construction of the "Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral" in Roslindale. After the consecration of a bishop in 1962, John Elya, BS, assumed the parish. Archbishop The appointment as Archbishop of Homs in Syria took place on December 5, 1961. On April 28, 1962, he was consecrated bishop in Boston by Cardinal Richard Cushing, the Roman Catholic Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Haddad
André Haddad, BS (20 September 1930 in Roum, Lebanon – 13 December 2017) was an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol (in Latin: Mariamnensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2012 there were 150,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Ibrahim M. Ibra .... Ecclesiastical career On June 13, 1954 Andre Haddad was ordained to the priesthood and appointed Chaplain of the Melkite Basilians of the Most Holy Redeemer. He was appointed and consecrated on 14 June 1983 as Archbishop of Zahle and Furzol succeeding Augustin Farah. The Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim ordained him bishop on August 7, 1983 and his co-consecrators were the archbishops Nicolas Hajj, SDS, of Banyas and Saba Youakim, BS, of Petra and Philadelphia. Archbishop Andre Haddad assisted as co-consecrator of the following bishops: *Archbishop Abraham Nehmé of Homs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Deaths
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for 1983 Australian federal election, elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
Lebanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic * Lebanese people, people from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent * Lebanese Arabic, the colloquial form of Arabic spoken in Lebanon * Lebanese culture * Lebanese cuisine See also * * List of Lebanese people This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon. Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included. Activists *Lydia Canaan – activist, advocate, public speaker, and United ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
