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He is styled Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion. [ 2 ] Theophilos (also spelled Theofilos or Theophilus ) was elected unanimously on 22 August 2005 by the Holy Synod of Jerusalem as the 141st primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem to succeed the ...
In 1187, the Latin patriarch was forced to flee the city of Jerusalem due to the Muslim reconquest of Jerusalem. The office remained and appointments continued to be made by the Catholic Church, with the Latin patriarch residing in the Frankish-controlled Levant until 1374, and subsequently in Rome until modern times. The Eastern Orthodox ...
In 2005, a crisis occurred in the church when Irenaios was deposed as patriarch by the Holy Synod of Jerusalem after having sold church property in East Jerusalem to Israeli investors. [10] On August 22, 2005, the Holy Synod of the Church of Jerusalem unanimously elected Archbishop Theophilos of Tabor as the 141st patriarch of Jerusalem.
Patriarch Theophilus or Theophilos may refer to: Theophilus of Antioch, ruled in 169–182; Theophilus I of Alexandria, ruled in 385–412; Theophilus II (Coptic patriarch of Alexandria), reigned 952–956; Theophilus II (Greek patriarch of Alexandria), reigned 1010–1020; Theophilus III of Alexandria, Greek patriarch 1805–1825
The Holy Synod of Jerusalem is the senior ruling body of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher. The synod consists of 18 members nominated by the Patriarch in a session of the Holy Synod itself.
Patriarch Theophilus of Jerusalem may refer to: Theophilus I of Jerusalem (ruled in 1012–1020) Theophilus II of Jerusalem (ruled 1417–1424), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem; Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, ruled since 2005
Patriarch of Antioch: the head of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East in the Near East Recognized in 325 by First Council of Nicaea. Patriarch of Jerusalem: the chief of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and All Arabia Recognized in 451 by Council of Chalcedon.
Patriarch Theophilos III is the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem since 2005. He replaced Irenaios (in office from 2001), who was deposed by the church synod after a term surrounded by controversy and scandal over a sale of property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church to Jewish investors. [20]