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In 1099, the crusaders captured Jerusalem, setting up the Kingdom of Jerusalem and establishing a Latin hierarchy under a Latin patriarch, and expelling the Orthodox patriarch. The Latin patriarch resided in Jerusalem from 1099 to 1187, while Greek patriarchs continued to be appointed, but resided in Constantinople. In 1187, the Crusaders were ...
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, officially patriarch of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων; Arabic: بطريرك القدس; Hebrew: פטריארך ירושלים), is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
For the Melkite Patriarchs of Antioch, whose full title is Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. see List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch. There is also the archbishop of Jerusalem from the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis). [1] In 2024, Pope Francis reinstated the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis), reversing the decision by the previous Pope Benedict XVI; the title reinstatement was meant to bring closer ties to the other Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox faith.
Timotheos Themelis (1878–1955) was a clergyman who served as Archbishop of Jordan and later Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. [2] [3] [4]Born in Samos, Greece in 1878, Themelis was a graduate of the School of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, and studied at Oxford University for four years.
Emmanouil Skopelitis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Σκοπελίτης; 17 April 1939 [1] – 10 January 2023) was, under the name Irenaios (Greek: Ειρηναίος), the 140th patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, from his election in 2001, when he succeeded Patriarch Diodoros, until his dismissal in 2005, [2] when he was succeeded by Patriarch Theophilos III.
Patriarchate, Archdiocese, Diocese, Territory, or Exarchate of Jerusalem may refer to: Early bishops of Jerusalem until the Council of Chalcedon in 451; Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Eastern Orthodox Church) Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin Catholic Church) Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. [1] Colloquially known as Atallah Hanna, [citation needed] Atallah and Theodosios [] both meaning "gift of God" in Arabic and Greek, respectively.