Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

As Rum Orthodox Church ( " Rum " is Arabic on the one hand for " Rome " - meant Konstantin Opel [" the new Rome " ] -, on the other hand, for " Byzantine ", also Antiochian Church, Antiochian Orthodox Church or Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch ) the autocephalous Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (or Antioch ) and its subordinate churches are referred mostly.

Liturgical languages ​​of this church were originally Syriac Aramaic and Greek, but since the 20th century modern Arabic. The patriarch is resident in Damascus. This church has many communities abroad, primarily in Australia and the USA, and is regarded as a progressive force among the Orthodox Churches. Unlike in most other Orthodox churches, the foreign communities often maintain their liturgy in the language of the host country, and take also more common and easier to convert, without this abzuverlangen along with the commitment to orthodox Christianity is also a " cultural conversion ". The church also operates a range rather unusual in Orthodox quite active youth work, which relies heavily on the ideas of the Scout Movement.

Various members of the Church have actively for a secular pan-Arabism, and had great influence on the Baath Party in various Arab countries until they political direction was supplanted in the 1980s by Islamism.

The head of the church since 2012, His Beatitude Yuhanna X., Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. Until then, he was Metropolitan and acting Bishop of Europe, based in Paris. The Archdiocese of Europe was then divided into three archdioceses. Metropolitan, responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Isaac Barakat is. Auxiliary bishops in Germany are Bishop Hanna Haikal in Berlin and Ephraim Maalouli of Seleucia. In Paris, however, resides Weihbhischof Ignatius Alhoshi of Larissa.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Patriarch of Antioch is the Mariamitische Cathedral of Damascus.

At other churches that also claim the Patriarchate of Antioch, Patriarchate of Antioch see.