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Patriarch John X of Antioch Calls for Unity with the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

By Webmaster on June 27, 2021 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: OCP Pan-Orthodox Media Network Lebanon: Patriarch John X of Antioch has urged unity with the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Primate of the Antiochian Greek Orthodox Church was speaking at the consecration ceremony of the Syriac Orthodox Archbishops in Lebanon (25/6/21). Patriarch said he was hopeful in evading obstacles to achieve unity with the Syriac Church. According to a report published by the official portal of the Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch John X in his speech stated that “I assure Your Holiness that your celebration is ours. When I heard the Homologia, except for the part about the ecumenical councils, I felt as if I am…

Statement of the Secretariat of the Antiochian Holy Synod Regarding the Holy and Great Pan-Orthodox Council

By Webmaster on June 7, 2016 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Statement of the Secretariat of the Antiochian Holy Synod Balamand, on the 6th of June 2016 Decision In the sequence of its seventh exceptional session still open since the 25th of May 2016, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch held a meeting on the 6th of June 2016 presided by His Beatitude Patriarch John X and in the presence of Their Eminencies the Bishops, to study the positions of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches related to the Holy and Great Pan-Orthodox Council (mentioned hereafter as ”The Great Council”) and the issues…

Patriarch John X’s Speech on Mount Athos

By Webmaster on November 5, 2014 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America On October 27, 2014, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, delivered the following speech on Mount Athos during extended travels in Greece. (Arabic original here.) “At night when human voices, movements and tumult are clothed in stillness, enlighten every movement of my soul with Yourself, O Jesus, Light of the Righteous. At the hour when you give rest to the weary, O my Lord, let our thoughts of you be intoxicated with the sweetest dream, O sweetness of the saints. At the time of going to sleep,…

October 2014 Statement of the Holy Synod of Antioch

By Webmaster on October 9, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America English translation of a report (Arabic original here) published by the Patriarchate of Antioch: Under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch John X (Yazigi), the Holy Synod of Antioch held its fourth regular session on October 7, 2014. The following bishops were present: Spiridon (Zahle and its dependencies), Georges (Jbeil, Batroun and their dependencies), John (Lattakia and its dependencies), Elias (Beirut and its dependencies), Iliyya (Hama and its dependencies), Elias (Sidon, Tyre and their dependencies), Saba (Hawran and Jebel al-Arab), George (Homs and its dependencies), Siluan (Buenos Aires and all Argentina), Basil…

The Church of Antioch Has Broken Communion with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

By Webmaster on May 3, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Pravmir The Church of Antioch has unanimously decided to suspend communion and not to commemorate Patriarch Theophilos in the ecclesiastical diptychs. Originally published on April 30, 2014. PRAVMIR. The Holy Synod of the Church of Antioch, presided over by Patriarch John, announced on April 29 that it has officially suspended communion with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. This has been reported by polit.ru, with reference to the website of the Patriarchate of Antioch. The Primate of the Church of Antioch again raised the question of the canonical intrusion of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem into the Metropolia of Qatar. In his…

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