Ignatius IV

Ignatius IV

Ignatius IV Hazim (* July 2, 1921 as Habib Hazim in Mhardeh near Hama , Syria ; † December 5, 2012 in Beirut ) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the spiritual head of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (Rum Orthodox Church ).

Life

He came from a Christian-Arab family from the Hama area . He has served the Church since childhood. He studied literature in Beirut and from 1945 theology at the Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge in Paris . After his return to the Orient, he founded the Orthodox Theological Seminary in the Balamand Monastery , Lebanon , and worked here as a lecturer and dean. In 1961 he was appointed bishop of Latakia in Syria and in 1970 he was made a metropolitan . From July 2, 1979 until his death on December 5, 2012, he served as patriarch and was the 170th successor of the apostle Peter on the cathedral of Antioch.

During his tenure, Ignatius IV tried to strengthen Christianity in Syria and Lebanon. Within the church, he was particularly committed to the frequent Holy Communion of the faithful.

Patriarch Ignatius supported the ecumenical goals of justice and peace and worked in the Christian Peace Conference (CFK), at whose 2nd All-Christian Peace Assembly he took part in 1964 in Prague. In 2010 he received the Russian Order of Friendship .

Web links

Commons : Ignatius IV.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ORF.at (December 5, 2012): Patriarch of the Roman Orthodox Church died
• Brief Biography of His Beatitude Ignatius IV Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East ( Memento from September 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Current Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Antioch ( Memento from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Elias IV	Patriarch of Antioch 1979–2012	John X.