Born in Lattakia, Syria, in 1965, he received a degree in Agricultural Engineering (Tishreen University) and a degree in Theology (University of Thessaloniki). He was ordained a monk and deacon in 1997, then a priest and Archimandrite in 1998. He served in the diocese of Europe. He was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop in 2011 and was appointed Vicar to the Archbishop of Akkar in Tartus. He then became Abbott of St. Elias El Rih Monastery, Safsafa. He was elected Metropolitan in 2018.
