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Encyclopedia > Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch

The Patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, sometimes called the Greek Patriarch of Antioch to distinguish from the Oriental Orthodox Syrian Patriarch of Antioch.


(For Patriarchs prior to AD 518, see List of Patriarchs of Antioch.)


List of Patriarchs of Antioch


Paul II (518 - 521)
Euphrasius (521 - 526)
Ephraim (526 - 546)
Domnus III (546 - 561)
Anastasius the Sinaite (561 - 571)
Gregory (571 - 594)
Anastasius the Sinaite (restored) (593 - 599)
Anastasius II (599 - 610)
Gregory II (610 - 620)
Anastasius III (620 - 628)
Macedonius (628 - 640)
George I (640 - 656)
Macarius (656 - 681)
Theophanes (681 - 687)
Sebastian (687 - 690)
George II (690 - 695)
Alexander (695 - 702)
vacancy 702 - 742
Stephen IV (742 - 744)
Theophylact (744 - 751)
Theodore (751 - 797)
John IV (797 - 810)
Job (810 - 826)
Nicholas (826 - 834)
Simeon (834 - 840)
Elias (840 - 852)
Theodosius I (852 - 860)
Nicholas II (860 - 879)
Michael (879 - 890)
Zacharias (890 - 902)
George III (902 - 917)
Job II (917 - 939)
Eustratius (939 - 960)
Christopher (960 - 966)
Theodorus II (966 - 977)
Agapius (977 - 995)
John IV (995 - 1000)
Nicholas III (1000 - 1003)
Elias II (1003 - 1010)
George Lascaris (1010 - 1015)
Macarius the Virtuous (1015 - 1023)
Eleutherius (1023 - 1028)
Peter III (1028 - 1051)
John VI, also known as Dionysus (1051 - 1062)
Aemilian (1062 - 1075)
Theodosius II (1075 - 1084)
Nicephorus (1084 - 1090)


(After 1098, the Patriachate was in exile, at first at Constantinople, having been replaced by a Latin Patriarch.)


John VII (1090 - 1155)
John IX (1155 - 1159)
Euthymius (1159 - 1164)
Macarius II (1164 - 1166)
Athanasius I (1166 - 1180)
Theodosius III (1180 - 1182)
Elias III (1182 - 1184)
Christopher II (1184 - 1185)
Theodore IV (Balsamon) (1185 - 1199)
Joachim (1199 - 1219)
Dorotheus (1219 - 1245)
Simeon II (1245 - 1268)
Euthymius (1268 - 1269)


(With Theodosius, the Patriachate returned to Antioch.)


Theodosius IV (1269 - 1276)
Theodosius V (1276 - 1285)
Arsenius (1285 - 1293)
Dionysius (1293 - 1308)
Mark (1308 - 1342)


(With Ignatius, the Patriachate transferred to Damascus.)


Ignatius II (1342 - 1386)
Pachomius (1386 - 1393)
Nilus (1393 - 1401)
Michael III (1401 - 1410)
Pachomius II (1410 - 1411)
Joachim II (1411 - 1426)
Mark III (1426 - 1436)
Dorotheus II (1436 - 1454)
Michael IV (1454 - 1476)
Mark IV (1476)
Joachim III (1476 - 1483)
Gregory III (1483 - 1497)
Dorotheus III (1497 - 1523)
Michael V (1523 - 1541)
Dorotheus IV (1541 - 1543)
Joachim IV (Ibn Juma) (1543 - 1576)
Michael VI (Sabbagh) (1577 - 1581)
Joachim V (1581 - 1592)
Joachim VI (1593 - 1604)
Dorotheus V (1604 - 1611)
Athanasius III (Dabbas) (1611 - 1619)
Ignatius III (Attiyah) (1619 - 1631)
Euthymius III (1635 - 1636)
Euthymius IV (1636 - 1648)
Michael III (Zaim) (1648 - 1672)
Neophytos (1674 - 1684)
Athanasius IV (Dabbas) (1686 - 1694)
Cyril III (Zaim) (1694 - 1720)
Athanasius IV (Dabbas) (1720 - 1724)
Sylvester (1724 - 1766)
Philemon (1766 - 1767)
Daniel (1767 - 1791)
Euthymius V (1792 - 1813)
Seraphim (1813 - 1823)
Methodius (1843 - 1859)
Hierotheos (1850 - 1885)
Gerasimos (1885 - 1891)
Spyridon (1892 - 1898)
Meletius II (Doumani) (1899 - 1906)
Gregory IV (Haddad) (1906 - 1928)
Alexander III (Tahan) (1928 - 1958)
Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) (1958 - 1970)
Elias IV (Muawad) (1970-1979)
Ignatius IV (Hazim) (1979- )


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The fact that Antioch was the "Queen City" and capital of the Roman Diocese of the East went far in extending her ecclesiastical jurisdiction and influence throughout the Middle and Far East.
Antioch could not, however, long hold on to this prestigious position and would lose much to the doctrinal conflicts which either originated there or had as their authors men from the Patriarchate of Antioch.
The present Patriarch of Antioch, (from 2 July 1979), His Beatitude, IGNATIOS lV (Hazim), was born in 1921 in the village of Mhardey near Hama in Syria.
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After Christianity had acquired public recognition in the fourth century, the title patriarch was employed as a sign of respect to various bishops who enjoyed a certain superiority, either because of their personal prestige or pre-eminence or the importance of the local church over which they presided.
In 960, the Byzantines recaptured the region and re-established the Melkite patriarch in Antioch.
In 1724, Cyril VI, a Catholic, was elected as the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch by Melkites, Orthodox and Catholic.
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