Alexander III of Antioch

Patriarch Alexander III Tahhan (Arabic: البطريرك ألكسندروس الثالث طحان al-Baṭriyark ʾAliksandrūs aṯ-Ṯāliṯ Ṭaḥḥān; 1869–1958) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch[1] and all the East from 1928 to 1958. Patr. Alexander was instrumental in the revival of churches and monasteries within the patriarchate. He also moved for the revival of the Patriarchal Theological School at Balamand.

Alexander III Tahhan ألكسندروس الثالث طحان
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

Church	Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Installed	1928
Term ended	1958
Predecessor	Gregory IV of Antioch
Successor	Theodosius VI of Antioch
Personal details
Born	1869
Died	17 June 1958(1958-06-17) (aged 88–89)

Patr. Alexander, after consultations with the hierarchs of the other autocephalous churches, on May 31, 1958, authorized Metropolitan Antony Bashir to establish the Western Rite in the Antiochian Archdiocese in the United States.

Patr. Alexander died on 17 June 1958.

Literature

Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. ISBN 9783170176683.

References

"Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America".

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Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch

Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
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14th–17th centuries	Mark (1308–1342) Ignatius II (1342–1386) Pachomius I (1386–1393) Nilus (1393–1401) Michael III (1401–1410) Pachomius II (1410–1411) Joachim II (1411–1426) Mark III (1426–1436) Dorotheus II (1436–1454) Michael IV (1454–1476) Mark IV (1476) Joachim III (1476–1483) Gregory III (1483–1497) Dorotheus III (1497–1523) Michael V (1523–1541) Dorotheus IV (1541–1543) Joachim IV (1543–1576) Michael VI (1577–1581) Joachim V (1553–1592) Joachim VI (1593–1604) Dorotheus V (1604–1611) Athanasius II (1611–1619) Ignatius III (1619–1634) Euthymius III (1634–1635) Euthymius IV (1635–1647) Macarius III (1647–1672) Neophytos (1673–1682) Athanasius III (1685–1694) Cyril V (1694–1720)
18th century–present	Athanasius III (1720–1724) Sylvester (1724–1766) Philemon (1766–1767) Daniel (1767–1791) Euthymius V (1791–1813) Seraphim (1813–1823) Methodius (1823–1850) Hierotheos (1850–1885) Gerasimos (1885–1891) Spyridon (1891–1898) Meletius II (1899–1906) Gregory IV (1906–1928) Alexander III (1931–1958) Theodosius VI (1958–1970) Elias IV (1970–1979) Ignatius IV (1979–2012) John X (2012–present)
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