Alexander III of Antioch

Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch 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.

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

Patr. Alexander reposed on June 17, 1958.

Literature

  • Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.antiochian.org/memory-eternal-metropolitan-constantine-papastephanou
Preceded by
Gregory IV of Antioch		 Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
1931–1958		 Succeeded by
Theodosius VI of Antioch



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