Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines

The now defunct Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines was a [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Jurisdiction jurisdiction] of the Antiochian Orthodox Church governed by the Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania. The current Syrian Consul-General, Mohammed Issam el-Debs, claims he knows of some Orthodox families who have been living in the country since 1804.cite web|url=http://www.orthodox.org.ph/content/view/583/1/|title=Orthodox Christians in Philippines
publisher=Orthodox Church in the Philippines|accessdate=2007-08-02] The Mission was preparing to receive two mission parishes in Metro Manila and for the first ordination under Antioch within the year but the whole project was aborted. The mission was also very active in Christian-Muslim dialog in the Philippines.

History

1800's - Arrival of Arab Orthodox Christians

According to the Syrian Consulate in Makati, the first Orthodox on the islands were Syrian and Lebanese merchants and sailors, who arrived in Manila after the city was opened to international tradecite web|url=http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodoxy_in_the_Philippines|title=Orthodoxy in the Philippines|publisher=OrthodoxWiki|accessdate=2007-07-28] (see also Arab Filipinos).

2007- The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission

In 2007, the Antiochian Othodox Christian Mission was established in Quezon City under Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Saliba, Primate of Australia and New Zealand, and has established an official website to correct certain misinformation and uncanonical groups claiming to be part of Antiochian diocese that does not exist. The official website has since been shutdown.

The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines was the only jurisdiction in the Philippines permitted to use the Western rites and the Slavonic (in English) form of service. Its two major missions were both in Metro Manila and talks were held to establish missions in Mindanao, Cebu, and Negros but these were also aborted. It is expected that a new Orthodox church to serve the Antiochian Orthodox Missions in Manila will be built in the near future but the mission now ceased to exist. It had warm relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and members of the clergy planned to make visits to the mission before it was aborted. It was the only [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Canonical_territory canonical] organization under the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania.

References

ee also

*History of Eastern Christianity in the Philippines
*Christianity in the Philippines
**Roman Catholicism in the Philippines
**Protestants in the Philippines
*Status of religious freedom in the Philippines
*Christmas in the Philippines

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/orthodoxyphilippines Official Website of the Antiochian Orthodox Mission in the Philippines]


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