Explore: Patriarchate Of Antioch (melchite)

Orthodox Churches of Antioch led to factions of those churches entering into communion with Rome under claimants to the patriarchate: respectively the

opposed by some members of the Church of Antioch, leading to the establishment of the separate Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. Today, the Church numbers

Melkite (/ˈmɛlkaɪt/) or Melchite churches are various Eastern Christian churches of Byzantine Rite, and their members. The name comes from the Central

Melkite Greek Catholic Church following the schism of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in 1724. Cyril re-established full communion with the

them as concerning only the patriarchates of the Roman Empire (Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem), all of which were for it "Western

Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021. "Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch"

site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-07. Fortescue, Adrian (1909). Eutychius, Melchite Patriarch of Alexandria

fifth century. The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Beirut was officially founded in 1724, after the Patriarch of Antioch was divided into two branches, the Greek

inhabitants of the countryside, creating the split between the Coptic and the Melchite (i.e. Royal) Church.[citation needed] Oriental Orthodox Churches remain

Jones, Wainwright and Yarnold, 382. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Melchites" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. O’Mahony