Conclusion of the Holy Antiochian Synod Balamand, October 13, 2025 The Holy Antiochian Synod concluded its fifth and final day of sessions at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand. The opening session began with

Archimandrite Paul OrduluoğluAppointed Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop “Bishop of Tarsus” Balamand, October 13, 2025 The Holy Antiochian Synod convened in Balamand has electedArchimandrite Paul Orduluoğlu as a Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishopwith the title “Bishop of Tarsus.”

In response to the request of our congregations in Hatay (Alexanderun) and Mersin, the Holy Antokya Synod gathered in Balamand on October 13, 2025, in view of the interest of the Church and a better

Divine Liturgy at the Monastery Our Lady of Balamand Balamand, October 12, 2025 His Beatitude Patriarch John X celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery Our Lady of Balamand, assisted by the following hierarchs: Damaskinos

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