Born in Latakia in 1959. He earned a degree in civil engineering (Tishreen University, Latakia) and a bachelor’s degree in theology (St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, Balamand). He was ordained a priest in 1988 and served in the Archdiocese of Latakia as priest of the Church of the Archangel Michael. He was ordained a bishop in 1998 and elected metropolitan in 1999 for the Archdiocese of Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Arab. He served it until the Holy Antiochian Synod decided on 23 February 2023 to transfer him to the Archdiocese of New York and All North America.
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