Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America With sadness, and with hope in the Resurrection, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph conveys the news from the Patriarchate of Antioch of the falling asleep in the Lord of His Eminence Metropolitan Elia (Saliba) of the Antiochian Archdiocese of Hama (or Afamia) in central Syria, which he faithfully shepherded since 1984. Metropolitan Elia reposed on Saturday morning, April 1, 2017, at the age of 95. Sayidna Joseph recalls Sayidna Elia as a dynamic man of God, a gifted theologian, and highly educated. He was a canonist in both civil law and church law…
Metropolitan Elia Saliba officiated the first sunday service and wedding at Saint Antonios Antiochian Orthodox Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1980).