Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
/ref> of the Melkites (in Latin: Archeparchy Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan and patriarchal see. In 2010 there were 150,000 baptized. The current vicar of Patriarch Youssef Absi
Youssef Absi ''Società dei Missionari di San Paolo'' – Missionary Society of St. Paul (Melkite Greek); se (; ; born 20 June 1946, in Damascus, First Syrian Republic, Syria) is the current Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, patriarch of ...
is Archbishop Nicolas Antiba
Nicolas Antiba (born 25 December 1945 in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He is the current Patriarchal Vicar of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus, Damascus, Syria.
Life
Nicolas Antiba profess ...
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Territory and statistics
The archeparchy is headquartered in the city of Damascus, where the seat is held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition (), also called the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of Damascus, Syria. It is the seat of the Gr ...
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The territory is divided into 20 parishes and there were 150,000 Melkite Catholics in 2010.
History
The headquarters in Damascus has ancient origins (3rd century). From the 14th century, with the decline of the city of Antioch, Damascus became the seat of the Greek Orthodox patriarchs.
Following the schism within the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Rum (endonym), Rūm Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (), is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox church within the wider ...
in 1724 was erected a seat of Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ''Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk''; ; ), also known as the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catho ...
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Since 1838 Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus is subject to the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, who is represented by a patriarchal vicar, almost always with the dignity of bishop. Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. is the current Patriarchal Vicar of Damascus.
See also
* List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (), also known as the Melkite Catholic Church, and legally as the Rūm Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (), is an autocephalous Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church i ...
* Ibrahim Al-Khalil Convent
The Convent of Ibrahim Al Khalil () is a Melkite Greek Catholic convent located in Kashkul Jaraman, 8 km east of Damascus, Syria. The convent contains a church, health center, dormitory, computer lab, and child care facility.(NGB).
History
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References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddamm.html
* http://www.pgc-lb.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Siege-patriarcal-d-antioche-Damas
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120419194326/http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Church3.shtml#Damas
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111747/http://pgc-sy.org/
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria
Melkite Greek Catholic eparchies