Grégoire III Laham
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Gregory III Laham B.S. |
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| Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch | |
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| Native name | غريغوريوس الثالث لحام |
| Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Elected | November 29, 2000 |
| Installed | December 5, 2000 |
| Term ended | May 6, 2017 |
| Predecessor | Maximos V Hakim |
| Successor | Joseph Absi |
| Other posts | Bishop of Damas |
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| Ordination | February 15, 1959 |
| Consecration | November 27, 1981 by Maximos V Hakim |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Lutfy Laham |
| Born |
December 15, 1933 Darayya, Syria |
| Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Residence |
Syria Lebanon |
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| Alma mater | Holy Savior Seminary |
| Motto | Directione in agape |
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Gregory III Laham (Arabic: غريغوريوس الثالث لحام; Latin: Gregorius III Lahamus; born Lutfy Laham, December 15, 1933, in Darayya, Syria), Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, was the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. He retired on May 6, 2017.
He took the name Gregory in honor of Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, who was the last member of his religious order, the Basilian Salvatorian Order, to be elected Patriarch. Gregory, who studied in Rome, Italy, and is multilingual, is also author of several books on Eastern Catholic spirituality and theology.
In addition, he is the Spiritual Protector of the United Obediences (formerly the Paris and Malta Obediences until 2008) of the Order of Saint Lazarus.
Gregory III Laham was born Lutfy Laham in Darayya, Syria, on December 15, 1933.
He entered the Seminary of the Holy Savior of the Basilian Salvatorian Order near Saida, Lebanon, in 1943. He took his simple religious vows in 1949 and his solemn religious vows in 1954. He received his religious and philosophical education at the Holy Savior Seminary, Joun, Lebanon. He continued his theological studies in Rome, Italy, where he was ordained priest on February 15, 1959 in the Church of the Abbey of Grottaferrata.
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