Cyril VI Tanas

Kyrillos VI. Tanas (* 1680 in Damascus, † January 10, 1760 ) was a patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Union movement with the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Kyrillos VI. Tanas, his real name is Seraphim Tanas, was the nephew of the Bishop of St. Euthymius Saifi Tyra and Sidon. He had great sympathy towards the Latin Church, and was elected in Damascus on 20 September 1724 the Patriarch of Antioch. He was ordained on October 1 of Neophytus Nasri in the Cathedral of Damascus. The Patriarch of Constantinople Opel, Jeremiah III. , Was the choice Kyrillos VI. not sympathetic to, because he wanted to prevent a stronger jurisdiktiven influence of the Latin Church, not only on the territory of Syria. Previously, a synod in Constantinople Opel took place in 1722, which addressed the Latinisierungstedenzen the Orthodox churches that were under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Opel, including the Melkite Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Through his ecclesiastical primacy Jeremias III appointed. Sylvester, a Greek monk from the Holy Mountain Athos, Patriarch of Antioch ( Rum Orthodox Church ). Despite opposition by Jeremias III. , Recognized Pope Benedict XIV Kyrillos, who supported the union with Rome, in 1729 as patriarch. The Church Union was officially registered with the handing over of the pallium in 1744, on 29 February, which Kyrillos VI. Tanas received, sealed. Kyrillos VI. Tanas was from 1724 bis 1759/60 patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. His successors were Athanasios IV Jahwar and Maximos II Hakim.