{"id":2525,"date":"2020-07-24T11:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T11:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bi3a.com\/Catholics\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T11:51:30","slug":"h-e-archbishop-nicholas-samra-exarch-of-newton-united-state-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melkitecouncil.com\/Catholics\/h-e-archbishop-nicholas-samra-exarch-of-newton-united-state-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"H.E. Archbishop Nicholas Samra, Exarch of Newton, United State of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"RTL\"><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u0625\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0644\u062a \u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u0646\u064a\u0648\u062a\u0646 \u0644\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0628\u062a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062c\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0633 \u0633\u0645\u0631\u0627 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u062e\u0644\u0641\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u0643\u064a\u0631\u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0633\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0628\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0633\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u062a\u0645 \u0625\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0647 \u0644\u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a \u0648\u062c\u0628\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u062a\u0648\u0627\u0628\u0639\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0648\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0628\u0647 \u0633\u064a\u0646\u0648\u062f\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0645\u0633 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u062d\u0632\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646 2010 \u0648\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0623\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0641\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0633 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062c\u0631\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\"><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062c\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0633 \u0633\u0645\u0631\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0623\u0635\u0644 \u062d\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0648 \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0648\u0627\u0644\u064a\u062f \u0646\u064a\u0648\u062c\u0631\u0633\u064a\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629. \u062d\u0627\u0626\u0632 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062f\u064a\u0628\u0644\u0648\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0639\u0647\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0646\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0648\u062f\u064a\u0628\u0644\u0648\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u0647\u0648\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0625\u0643\u0644\u064a\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0633 \u0628\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0633 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\"><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u0633\u0640\u064a\u0645 \u0643\u0627\u0647\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0645 1970 \u062b\u0645 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0628 \u0623\u0633\u0642\u0641\u0627\u064b \u0641\u062e\u0631\u064a\u0627\u064b \u0644\u062c\u0631\u0634 \u0648\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u0646\u064a\u0648\u062a\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0645 1989\u060c \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0641\u0631\u063a \u0644\u0644\u0625\u0647\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0637\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0643\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0630 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\"><span lang=\"AR-LB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicholas Samra<\/strong>\u00a0(born August 15, 1944) is the eparch of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton in the United States, elected in 2011. He is also Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Para\u00edso in Mexico City since 2015. Bishop Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Churches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episcopate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On April 21, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Samra Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Newton and Titular Bishop of Gerasa. Archbishop Joseph Tawil consecrated and installed him on July 6 of that year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Samra served as Auxiliary Bishop and Protosyncellus until he retired on January 11, 2005 to devote himself to scholarly work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June 2011, the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church nominated him as Eparch of Newton to succeed Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros, and Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to the position on June 15, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, January 16, 2015, he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve also as Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Para\u00edso in Mexico City, following the death of the former eparch, pending the appointment of a permanent successor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarly Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In October 2014, Samra presented &#8220;Eastern Catholicism in the Middle East Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum&#8221; at the conference &#8220;The Vatican II Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, Orientalium ecclesiarum &#8211; Fifty Years Later&#8221; organized by the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies held at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An active speaker and author, Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism, Christian leadership and stewardship. He has also published a multi-volume history of the Melkite Church and a book on the legacy of Archbishop Joseph Tawil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Samra is the past president of the Eastern Catholic Association of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0625\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0644\u062a \u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u0646\u064a\u0648\u062a\u0646 \u0644\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0628\u062a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062c\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0633 \u0633\u0645\u0631\u0627 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u0631\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u062e\u0644\u0641\u0627\u064b 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