John X (Patriarch of Antioch)

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At Sunday mass in the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus
With Putin and Assad in the cathedral on January 7, 2020

Johannes X. Jasidschi (born January 1, 1955 in Latakia , Syria) is the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and spiritual head of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (Roman Orthodox Church) as well as an Orthodox liturgical scholar . It is based in the Mariamite Cathedral in the Syrian capital Damascus .

biography

After graduating from university, he first studied civil engineering at the University of Tichrin in Syria . Then he began studying theology and Byzantine music at various theological colleges ( Balamand University with a bachelor's degree in Orthodox theology) and graduated with a doctoral thesis on Holy Baptism, a historical, theological and liturgical study at the University of Thessaloniki as well a diploma thesis at the Conservatory for Byzantine Music in Thessaloniki. He was ordained a deacon in 1979 and a priest in 1983 by Metropolitan Youhanna Mansour in Latakia. He then taught liturgy at the St. Johann Damascus Institute of the Theological Faculty in Balamand. From 1988 to 1991 and from 2001 to 2005 he was the dean of the faculty. He was also abbot of Balamand Monastery from 2001 to 2005 . The metropolitan is currently also the spiritual director of the Monastery of Our Lady of Blemmena , Tartous , Syria. In 1995 he was appointed bishop of Pyrgou , (Arabic Wadi An-Nasara or Al-Hosn). In 2008 he became a Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe.

On December 17, 2012, he was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All of the East. His brother Bulos Jasidschi , the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo , was kidnapped in 2013 together with the Syrian Orthodox Aleppine Archbishop Gregorios Johanna Ibrahim .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enthronement of His Eminence Youhanna Yazigi . Diocesan Council of the Antiochene Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe in Germany, September 22, 2008
  2. ^ Election of Metropolitan John Yazigi Patriarch on the throne of the church of the great city of God, Antioch ( Memento of December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe, December 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Syria: Patriarch expresses hope for abducted bishops , orf, September 27, 2013, accessed on March 6, 2016
predecessor Office successor
Ignatius IV Patriarch of Antioch
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personal data
SURNAME John X.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yazigi, Youhanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and spiritual head of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, Orthodox liturgical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Latakia , Syria