In view of shaping a contemporary pastoral vision grounded in scientific and objective principles, and as it pursues discerning a course of action amid the major transformations unfolding in the region, the third day of

The second day of the Holy Synod began with prayer. The Fathers of the Antiochian Synod lifted their supplications for the martyrs, wounded, and people of Gaza—especially its children—denouncing the world’s failure and silence facing

The Holy Synod of Antioch convened at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X, with the participation of the Hierarchs, Their Eminences: Elias (Beirut and Dependencies),

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox, received Metropolitan Theodor of Volgograd from the Russian Church, accompanied by a delegation that included the Russian Ambassador to Lebanon,

“We take pride in our historic Antiochian presence in North America” Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East expressed the Church’s pride in its Archdiocese in North America and in the

His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, met with His Beatitude Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Maronite Church, at the summer

Patriarch John X Receives Metropolitan Yacoub Khoury of Buenos Aires and All Argentina His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East received Metropolitan Yacoub Khoury of Buenos Aires and All

Patriarch John X Meets with Clergy and Association Leaders from Antioch, Iskenderun, and Mersin His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox, met with clergy and leaders of

His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos Mansour of São Paulo and all Brazil at the Patriarchal Residency in Balamand. The meeting touched on