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Bishop Kallistos Ware Orthodox Church IntraText CT - Text |
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The Patriarchate of Antioch numbers some 320,000 Orthodox in Syria and the Lebanon, and perhaps a further 150,000 in Iraq and America. (Roman Catholics, Uniate and Latin, number about 640,000 in Syria and the Lebanon). The Patriarch, who lives in Damascus, has been an 70 Arab since 1899, but before that time he and the higher clergy were Greek, although the majority of the parish clergy and the people of the Antiochene Patriarchate were and are Arab. Some thirty years ago a leading Orthodox in the Lebanon, Father (now Bishop) George Khodre, said: .Syria and the Lebanon form a dark picture among Orthodox countries.. Indeed, until recently the Patriarchate of Antioch could without injustice be taken as a striking example of a .sleeping. Church. Today there are signs of an awakening, chiefly as a result of the Ortho- dox Youth Movement in the Patriarchate, most remarkable and inspiring organization, originally founded by a small group of students in 1941-1942. The Youth Movement runs catechism schools and Bible seminars, as well issuing an Arabic periodical and other religious material. It undertakes social work, combating poverty and providing medical assistance. It encourages preaching and is attempting to restore frequent communion; and under its influence two all but outstanding religious communities have been founded at Tripoli and Deir-el-Harf. In the Youth Movement at Antioch, as in the .home missionary. movements of Greece, a leading part is played by the laity.
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