Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch in the context of "Non-Chalcedonian"

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⭐ Core Definition: Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch

The Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch and All the East is the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. According to tradition, the patriarchate of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD, but split into two separate lines of patriarchs after the deposition of Patriarch Severus of Antioch in 518 over the issue of the Council of Chalcedon of 451. The non-Chalcedonian supporters of Severus went on to form what is now known as the Syriac Orthodox Church, whilst the Chalcedonians developed the church now known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

The Syriac Orthodox Church underwent schism in the medieval era, first, after the death of Patriarch Philoxenus I Nemrud in 1292 with the formation of separate patriarchates of Mardin and Melitene, and again in 1364 due to the emergence of a patriarchate of Tur Abdin. Unity was restored to the church gradually as the patriarchate at Melitene came to an end in c. 1360, and the patriarchate of Mardin lapsed after its patriarch Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as patriarch of Antioch in 1445. A line of patriarchs in communion with the Catholic Church split permanently in 1782, and thus formed the Syriac Catholic Church.

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Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch in the context of Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch

The patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, the leader of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The term "Greek" does not refer to ethnic origin; the majority of these patriarchs were not ethnic Greeks, but rather Hellenized Arabs, Arameans, Assyrians, and other Levantines who spoke Greek and adopted a Hellenic identity. It refers to the fact that this church follows the Chalcedonian Orthodoxy associated with the (Greek-speaking) Byzantine Empire. Since 518, there have been two patriarchs of Antioch who call themselves Orthodox: the Chalcedonian ones listed here, and the non-Chalcedonian Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch.

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← Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch ← Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch ← List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
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Ignatius Aphrem II → Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch and All the East → Syriac Orthodox Church → Apostolic succession → Patriarchate of Antioch → Saint Peter → Severus of Antioch → Council of Chalcedon → Non-Chalcedonian → Chalcedonians → Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch → Mardin → Melitene → Patriarchate of Tur Abdin → Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo → Catholic Church → Syriac Catholic Church →