His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Paul…
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 University of Thessaloniki. He was ordained a priest in 1992 and served the parish of St. Andrew in Lattakia. He worked as the Dean of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology in Balamand and the Abbot of the Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery until he was elected a Metropolitan in the year 2000.
