Patriarch of Antioch met the Archiocesan Metropolitan in Syria

Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East met with the Metropolitans of the archdioceses in Syria at the Patriarchal Residence in Damascus.

Present at the meeting were Metropolitans Basilios Mansour (Akkar), Nicolas Baalbaki (Hama), Athanasios Fahed (Latakia), Ephraim Maalouli (Aleppo), Gregorios Khoury (Homs), Antonios Saad (Hauran), as well as the bishops of the Patriarchate: Romanos Hannat, Moussa Khoury, Yuhanna Batash, and Arsenios Dahdal.

The gathering addressed the general situation in Syria and the developments in the archdioceses on all levels. It also discussed the necessity of working toward a framework of cooperation and solidarity among all archdioceses, both within the homeland and abroad, to embody the principle of Antiochian ecclesial belonging amid the region’s blowing winds.

Source: Patriarchate of Antioch