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Gregory III Laham

Gregory III Laham
B.S.
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
Predecessor Maximos V Hakim
Other posts Bishop of Damas
Orders
Ordination February 15, 1959
Consecration November 27, 1981
by Maximos V Hakim
Personal details
Birth name Lutfy Laham
Born (1933-12-15) December 15, 1933 (age 83)
Darayya, Syria
Denomination Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Residence Syria
Lebanon
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Melkite Greek Archbishop of Jerusalem (1981–2000)
  • Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti (1981–2000)
Alma mater Holy Savior Seminary
Motto Directione in agape
Coat of arms Coat of arms of His Beatitude Gregory III Laham

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, and Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim.

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 (until 2008 former Paris and Malta Obediences) 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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