Patriarch Ignatius IV

Patriarch Ignatius IV

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, the Most reverend Patriarch of Syria, Lebanon, Arabia, Cilicia, Mesopotamia and all the near east

Third in honour among the 15 self governing Orthodox Churches all of whom are in communion with each other.

The city of Antioch of Syria was founded in 301 BC on the banks of the Orontes River, about 20 miles inland from the East coast of the Mediterranean and 250 miles north of Jerusalem.

Antioch was considered the third most important city of the Roman world after Rome and Alexandria. There are references to the Christian community of Antioch throughout the Acts of the Apostles. The first Bishop of Antioch was St. Peter the Apostle. Ignatius lV (Hazim) is the one hundred and seventieth Patriarch after Saint Peter. He was born in 1921 in the village of Mhardey near Hama in Syria. He is the son of a pious Arab Orthodox family and from an early age was attracted to service within the Church.

Whilst studying in Beirut, Lebanon, for a literature degree, he entered the service of the local Orthodox diocese, first by becoming an "altar server", then a "deacon". In 1945 he went to Paris where he graduated from the St. Sergius Theological Institute.

On his return to the Middle East, he founded the Orthodox Theological Seminary in University of Balamand, which he then served for many years as Dean.

He became bishop in 1961 and Metropolitan of Lattaquiey (Latakia) in Syria in 1970. On 2 July 1979, under the name of Ignatius lV, he became the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, the third ranking hierarch of the Orthodox Church after the Patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria.

As Patriarch he has given a new dynamism to the Holy Synod and seen it name Bishops who are close to the people and who are motivated to develop the Church's ecclesial and spiritual life, detached from political factions. Above all, the Patriarch has sought and still seeks pastors who are as dedicated to their spiritual calling as he is himself.

References

http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/ignatios.htm


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