November 2026

Antiochian Vicariates and Representatives of His Beatitude

Patriarchal Vicariates: The Vicariate of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop Theodore (El Ghandour) Bishop of Apamea Tel: 0055 21 25093894 Fax: 0055 21 25089999 Adress: Bishop Theodore Ghandour. Av. Gomes

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Elias (Aude)

Born in Enfe, Al-Koura, Lebanon, in 1941, he holds a Bachelor of Philosophy from the Lebanese University and a Bachelor of Theology from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in New York. He was ordained a priest

His Beatitude JOHN X, 

البطريرك يوحنا العاشر

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Elias (Kfoury)

Born in Shreen, Lebanon in 1947, he holds a Bachelor of Theology from the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology in Balamand. He was ordained a priest in 1974 and served parishes in Damascus.

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Sergios (Abd)

Born in the great city of Antioch, he holds a Bachelor of Theology from the Halki Seminary in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1956. He was ordained a priest in 1957. He became the overseer of the

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Damaskinos (Mansour)

Born in Damascus, Syria, in 1949, he was ordained a deacon in 1974 and a priest in 1975 and elevated to the rank of Archimandrite in 1984. He was ordained in 1992 a Bishop of

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) 

Born in Lattakia, in 1959, he holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Tishreen University in Lattakia, a Master of Theology in 1989 and a PhD in Theology in 1992, both degrees from the Aristotle

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Silouan (Moussi)

Born in Venezuela in 1967, he holds Lebanese, Venezuelan and Argentinian nationalities. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering at St. Joseph University (1990) and has a Masters degree from the Faculty of

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Basilios (Mansour)

Born in Mzairaa, Syria, in 1962, he holds a Bachelor of Theology from the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, Balamand, and a PhD in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. As

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

Born in Beirut, in 1943, he holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the St. Joseph University in Beirut and a Bachelor of Theology from the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology in Balamand.

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Ignatius (Al-Houshi)

Born in Damascus, Syria, in 1970, he holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Damascus, a Bachelor of Theology from the University of Athens, and a Diploma in Byzantine Music from the

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