{"id":3453,"date":"2023-08-13T19:37:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melkitecouncil.com\/Catholics\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T19:05:25","slug":"london-saint-barnabas-pimlico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melkitecouncil.com\/Catholics\/london-saint-barnabas-pimlico\/","title":{"rendered":"London &#8211; Saint Barnabas Pimlico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_See\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holy See<\/a>\u00a0as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">The Melkite Church, like many other Eastern Catholic particular churches, shares the Byzantine Rite with the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and other Eastern Orthodox churches. It is mainly centered in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Melkite Greek Catholics are present, however, throughout the world by migration due to the persecution of Christians. Outside the Near East, the Melkite Church has also grown through intermarriage with, and the conversion of, people of various ethnic heritages as well as trans ritualism. At present there is a worldwide membership of approximately 1.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Barnabas Pimlico, London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Address : Pimlico, London SW1W 8PF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archimandrite Shafiq Abouzayd, parish priest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mobile : 07977 495150<br \/>\nPhone : 01865 514041<\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melkite.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.melkite.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>E-mail : melkitelondon@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Father Robert Gibbons, assistant parish priest<\/strong><br \/>\nMobile : 07760 252690<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the\u00a0Holy See\u00a0as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus, Syria. 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