Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 in
Ain Zhalta
Ain Zhalta (Arabic: عين زحلتا) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in southwestern Lebanon.
The Battle of Ain Zhalta was held here in June 1982 with Syria.
Masser Al-Chouf, Barouk, and Ain Zhalta– Bmohary ...
,
Ottoman Syria
Ottoman Syria ( ar, سوريا العثمانية) refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south ...
– September 8, 1947 in
Alexandria,
Egypt) served as
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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from 1925 to 1947.
Life
Patriarch Cyril was born in
Ain Zhalta
Ain Zhalta (Arabic: عين زحلتا) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in southwestern Lebanon.
The Battle of Ain Zhalta was held here in June 1982 with Syria.
Masser Al-Chouf, Barouk, and Ain Zhalta– Bmohary ...
,
Lebanon on October 29, 1855. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1883. Later, on April 23, 1899, he was elected eparch of
Zahlé, Lebanon, confirmed on May 20, 1899 and consecrated eparch on May 28 of the same year by patriarch
Peter IV Geraigiry
Peter IV Barakat Géraigiry (or ''Jaraijiry'', 1841–1902) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1898 until 1902.
Life
Born in Zahlé, Lebanon on August 6, 1841, Géraigiry was ordained priest on March 16, 1862, with a specia ...
.
He was one of the first Melkite bishops to visit the Americas when, in 1904, he came to
Brazil. He succeeded
Demetrius I Qadi as
patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church on December 8, 1925 and the Pope accepted his request for ecclesiastical communion on June 21, 1926. He also served as the spiritual protector of international ecumenical
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Patriarch Cyril died on September 8, 1947, and was succeeded by
Maximos IV Sayegh.
Co-consecrator of Melkite Eparchs
During his tenure as patriarch he was co-consecrator of the following eparchs:
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Dionysius Kfoury Dionysius Kfoury, BS (5 December 1879 in Khonsarah, Syria – 11 March 1965) was a bishop of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.
Life
Dionysius Kfoury was on August 6, 1904 ordained to the priesthood. On 9 December 1926, he was appo ...
, BS -
Auxiliary bishop of Antioch and
Titular bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
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Eftimios Youakim, BS - Eparch of Zahle and Furzol
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Gabriel Nabaa
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...
, BS - Eparch of Sidon
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Agapios Salomon Naoum, BS - Archbishop of Tyre
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Maximos V Hakim
Maximos V Hakim ( ar, ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; May 18, 1908, in Tanta, Egypt – June 29, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon) was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church i ...
- Eparch of Akka.
Distinctions
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Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Latin: ''Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani'') is a Christian ecumenical fraternal order statuted in 1910 by a council of Catholics in Paris, France, ini ...
See also
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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Notes
External links
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
Melkite Catholic Web Ring
Official Website of the Melkite Church in the US
geni.com
1855 births
1947 deaths
Order of Saint Lazarus
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
People from Chouf District
Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria
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