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Sidon was the site of an ancient Christian community, dating to its earliest days. The Christian origins of Sidon date to the New Testament, in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 15: 21–28)—"From there, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon"—and the Gospel of Mark ()—"Jesus left the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee midst of the coasts of Decapolis."
The historical origin of the archeparchy is traced back to the New Testament. In Acts of Apostles, the church of Tyre (also Tyros) is mentioned in the missionary journey of Paul the Apostle "From Miletus about Caesarea to Jerusalem" (Acts 21.3 to 7 EU). Tyre was an ancient metropolitan see in Roman and Byzantine Empire.
Tyre and Sidon were maritime cities of Phoenicia, to the north of Galilee, near Mount Lebanon, which bordered on Judea. Some commentators state that Jesus did not enter the territories of the Gentiles, but, that He only came to the extreme confines of Galilee, on the borders of Phoenicia, of which Tyre and Sidon were the principal cities.
The eparchy of Tyre, together with that of Sidon, dating back to the dawn of the Maronite Church (5th century). The Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736 canonically established the Eparchy of Tyre and Sidon, which was the seat of their patriarch from 1819 to 1837. In 1838 Tyre became a separated Eparchy.
The Peutinger Table showing the location of Tyre and Sidon within the Roman Empire. When Sidon fell under Roman domination, it continued to mint its own silver coins. The Romans also built a theater and other major monuments in the city, and an underground Mithraeum was discovered. In the reign of Elagabalus, a Roman colony was established there.
The See of Tyre was one of the most ancient dioceses in Christianity. The existence of a Christian community there in the time of Saint Paul is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles . [ 1 ] Seated at Tyre , which was the capital of the Roman province of Phoenicia Prima , the bishopric was a metropolitan see .
The name of the bishop of Sidon Gabriel is also mentioned in 1736, when the Synod of Mount Lebanon canonically established the Eparchy of Tyre-Sidon and he participated. The two cities of the former eparchy were separated and the Eparchy of Tyre was created on February 18, 1900 (or according to other sources 26 January 1906). [2]
The city of Tyre is mentioned in the Gospels in a proverb quoted by Jesus himself (Matthew 11,21); according to the testimony of Luke (6.17), at the preaching of Jesus there were also faithful from the coast of Tyre and Sidon; and Jesus himself went to the region of Tyre and Sidon to work miracles such as the exorcism of the Syrophoenician ...