Patriarchs of Antioch

Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 – September 8, 1947) served as Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.   Life Patriarch Cyril born in Ain Zhalta, Lebanon on October 29, 1855. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1883. Later, on April 23, 1899, […]

Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh) (April 10, 1878 – November 5, 1967) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

Maximos V Hakim (Arabic: مكسيكوس الخامس حكيم‎) (1908–2001) was elected Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through tubulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere. Life He was born George Selim Hakim at Tanta, Egypt, May 18,

Gregory III (Laham) (Arabic,غريغوريوس الثالث لحام) (b. December 15, 1933), Patriarch of the Church of Antioch, is the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected patriarch on November 29, 2000, succeeding Maximos V Hakim. He took the name Gregory after Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, the last