2020

Ordination of deacon Semaan Ayoub to the priesthood

His Beatitude John X ordained deacon Semaan Ayoub to the priesthood by laying of hands, on Sunday, June 21, 2020, at the Maryamiyya Cathedral in Damascus. (Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let

His Holiness Receives Their Beatitudes Patriarch John X and Patriarch Joseph Absi

On June 18, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received their Beatitudes Patriarchs: John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Joseph Absi, Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch

The First Church in Sweden

With the blessing and direction of His Beatitude, Patriarch John X, the first church in Sweden was purchased.On this occasion, we extend our congratulations to our Antiochian Church and all our children in the Vicariate

Patriarch John X Meets the Metropolitans and Bishops of the Dioceses in Syria

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East met the metropolitans and bishops of the dioceses in Syria in the convent of Our Lady in Blemmana. The meeting included their Eminences the

His Beatitude Patriarch John X celebrating the Akathist service at the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand Balamand,

His Beatitude Patriarch John X celebrating the Akathist service at the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand

Orthodoxy Sunday

His Beatitude Patriarch John X, celebrated the Liturgy of the first Sunday of Lent – Orthodoxy Sunday- in the Church of Saint George, Eastern Tijara. Damascus. 

His Beatitude Patriarch John X at Great Compline in Saint Paisios the Athonite Church – Jaramana.

His Beatitude Patriarch John X at Great Compline in Saint Paisios the Athonite Church – Jaramana.

His Beatitude Patriarch John X at Great Compline in Saint Antonios the Great Church – Jaramana. Monday March 2, 2020

His Beatitude Patriarch John X at Great Compline in Saint Antonios the Great Church – Jaramana.

His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East celebrating “Forgiveness prayer” in the Church of the Holy Cross at Al-Qassaa.

His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East celebrating “Forgiveness prayer” in the Church of the Holy Cross at Al-Qassaa.

The Saint John of Damascus Center for Christian Formation in Damascus

By the grace of the Lord and the intercession of Saint John of Damascus, the students of the Saint John of Damascus Center for Christian Formation in Damascus resumed the second semester. The semester includes

A Statement by the Antiochian Orthodox Media Center

A Statement by the Antiochian Orthodox Media CenterPatriarchate of Antioch and All the EastBalamand, February 22, 2020 Following the generous invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem to His Beatitude Patriarch John X

Saturday Liturgy for the Departed at St. George’s Church

Praying to the departed is a crucial element of the Christian faith; the life of a person does not end with the dissolution of their earthly body and the separation of their soul and body.

The Patriarchate

Patriarchal Residence

Antioch – Turkey

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