The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (Greek: Μελχίτικο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Melkite Catholic Church, and legally as the Rūm Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (Arabic: بطريركيّة أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الملكيين الكاثوليك, romanized: Baṭriyarkiyyat ʾAnṭākiya wa-Sāʾir al-Mašriq li-r-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk), is an autocephalous Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. It originates from the historic Church of Antioch, which according to tradition, was founded by the Apostles Peter and Paul. The church is headed by the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and maintains its own distinct Byzantine liturgical tradition and ecclesiastical governance.
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👉 Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Catholic Church in Palestine
The Catholic Church in Palestine is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are over 80,000 Catholics in the State of Palestine (including Jerusalem) mostly in the agglomeration between Ramallah and Bethlehem, including the West Bank suburbs of Jerusalem. Adherents are mostly of the Latin Church, but there are also small communities of the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and Jerusalem, belonging to the Melkite Catholic Church, as well as the Maronite Church. All three are in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.
- ⭐ Core Definition: Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
- 👉 Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Catholic Church in Palestine
- Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Youssef Absi
- Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition
Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Youssef Absi
Youssef Absi SMSP (Arabic: يوسف عبسي; Latin: Iosephus Absi; born 20 June 1946, in Damascus, Syria) is the current patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, serving since 21 June 2017.
Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch in the context of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition (Arabic: كَاتِدْرَائِيَّةُ سَيِّدَةِ النِّيَاحِ لِلرُّومِ الْمَلَكِيِّينَ فِي دِمَشْقَ, romanized: Kātidrāʾīyat Sayyidat an-Niyāḥ li r-Rūm al-Malakīyīn fī Dimašq), also known as Arabic: كنيسة الزيتون, romanized: Kanīsat az-Zaytūn, lit. 'The Olive Church', or 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 Greek-Melkite Archeparchy of Damascus (Latin: Archieparchia Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum) dependent on the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, which includes about 150,000 baptized adherents and twenty parishes with fifty priests. Its faithful, assigned from the 18th century to the Holy See in Rome, employ the Arabic language and the Byzantine rite.
The Archbishop Vicar (or Eparca) starting in 2006 was Youssef Absi, former Superior General of the Society of Missionaries of St. Paul. On June 21, 2017, he was elected as the Melkite Greek Patriarch.