Eastern Christianity A protosyncellus or protosynkellos is the principal deputy of the bishop of an eparchy for the exercise of administrative authority in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The equivalent position in the Western Christianity Western Christian churches is vicar general . The protosyncellus is normally a senior priest , archimandrite , chorbishop or auxiliary bishop selected to assist the bishop with his administrative responsibilities. In this capacity the protosyncellus exercises the bishop s executive power over the entire eparchy. The title derives from the Greek term synkellos , from syn , with , and kellion , cell Latin cella . Synkellos was a term used in the early Church for those monk s or cleric s who lived in the same cell with their bishops and whose duty it was to be witnesses to the purity of their lives or to perform the daily spiritual exercises in common with them. In the Eastern Church they became the councillor s and confessor s of the patriarch s and bishops and were much trusted by them. They held the first place after their masters and had a seat and vote in the synod councils of the Church. In the course of time the patriarchs took two or more syncelli , the most distinguished of whom was called protosynkellos , List of Latinised names latinized as protosyncellus . References http www.newadvent.org cathen 14383b.htm New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia , article on Syncelli Category Ecclesiastical titles Category Episcopacy in Roman Catholicism Category Eastern Christian ecclesiastical offices Category Oriental Orthodoxy orthodoxy stub de Syncellus el la Protosyncellus ru ... more details
Syncellus may refer to an office in an Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to that of an episcopal vicar in the Roman Catholic Church. People named Syncellus George Syncellus See also eparchy protosyncellus disambig ... more details
Paul Antaki January 16, 1927 &ndash December 29, 2011 was the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Melkite Greek Catholic titular archbishop of Nubia and auxiliary bishop . Ordained in 1950, Antaki became bishop in 1968 retiring in 2001. ref http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bantaki.html Paul Antaki ref He served as Protosyncellus and Patriarchal Exarch of the Milkite Patriarch in Egypt and the Sudan from 9 September 1968 to 22 June 2001. ref http www.gcatholic.com hierarchy data archbishops 1.htm 3088 Paul Antaki ref Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Antaki, Paul Category Melkite Greek Catholic bishops Category 1927 births Category 2011 deaths RC bishop stub de Paul Antaki ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 File Mokisos Viran ehir with Hasan Da .jpg thumb Mokissos with Hasan Da Mokissos is the formal name for a now inactive Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church . Mokissos was an ancient Byzantine city Lang tr K r ehir , located in western Cappadocia at the foot of what is now known as the Hasan Dag , southeast of Koloneia. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I rebuilt the ruined city, renamed Justinianoupolis a name last attested in 692 , and elevated it to the rank of ecclesiastical metropolis , with an eparchia that stretched south of the Halys River Lang tr K z l rmak , the longest river of Asia Minor . The Diocese bishopric survived under its original name through the Byzantine period. The extensive site, which lies in a protected valley, today, contains the remains of nine churches, streets, and unidentified civic buildings. The current Bishop of Mokissos is Demetrios, who is protosyncellus of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago . See also Churches of G reme, Turkey Greek Orthodox Christianity Former settlements in Turkey coord 38 11 08 N 34 12 26 E region TR 68 type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Category History of Turkey Category Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Category Roman towns and cities in Turkey Category Former populated places in Turkey Category K r ehir Province de Mokisos tr Antik Nora ehri ... more details
Basile Georges Casmoussa born 25 October 1938 is the Syrian Catholic Church Syrian Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul , Iraq . His Excellency, Archbishop Emeritus Casmoussa was transferred to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Curia . He was, according to Vatican City Vatican records, born in Iraq. The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul has 35,000 Syriac Catholics, 36 priests, and 55 religious. On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Pope Holy Father , His Holiness , Pope Benedict XVI , gave his consent to the canonical election made by the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Syriac Catholic Church of the Right Reverend Father Bouros Moshe , until now the Protosyncellus Vicar General of the Archeparchy of Mosul, as the new Archbishop elect of the Archeparchy of Mosul, succeeding Casmoussa. Casmoussa was ordained as a priest in June 1962 and worked for three decades as the editor of Christian Source and was active in the International Union of the Catholic Press. He was appointed Archbishop of Mosul in May 1999, taking up the post in December, with a congregation of 35,000. Although many Iraqi Christians have left the country because of attacks following the 2003 invasion of Iraq , Casmoussa chose to stay. Despite Pope John Paul II speaking out against the Iraqi military operations spearheaded by the United States , 66 year old Casmoussa was kidnapped, reportedly by gunmen in Mosul, on January 17, 2005. Although there were fears that this marked a new wave of attacks on Christian s in Iraq, it appeared that the motive was principally for ransom, reportedly US 200,000. The kidnapping was widely condemned. The Archbishop was freed one day later on January 18 with no ransom being paid. External links http www.cwnews.com news viewstory.cfm?recnum 34013 Interview with Catholic World News http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world middle east 3526386.stm BBC history of Iraqi Christians http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bcasmo.html Biography, from Catho ... more details
Infobox Christian leader name Meletius I Pegas image church Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria archbishop of List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria Greek Patriarch of Alexandria term start August 1590 term end 12 September 1601 predecessor Patriarch Silvester of Alexandria Silvester successor Patriarch Cyril III of Alexandria Cyril III other post locum tenens 1597&ndash 1598 of the Ecumenical Patriarchate birth place Heraklion Candia , Crete birth date 1549 death date 12 September 1601 death place Alexandria venerated Eastern Orthodox Church Meletius I Pegas Lang el served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601. Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 he served also as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul Constantinople . He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church . r POA Life Meletius was born in Candia Heraklion in the island of Crete , at the time capital of the Venetian Republic Venetian Kingdom of Candia in 1549, r Kiminas and he studied classical philology, philosophy and medicine in Padua . He became protosyncellus of the Patriarch of Alexandria Patriarch Silvester of Alexandria Silvester , at whose death he succeeded on 5 August 1590. r EP Even if he supported the doctrine of transubstantiation , he was a fierce opponent of the Catholic Church , and worked for the reunion of the Greek Church with the Coptic Church . In 1593 he participated in a synod in Constantinople which confirmed the establishment of the Patriarchate of Moscow . r POA Without resigning as Patriarch of Alexandria, he served as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople between December 1596 and February 1597, and from end March 1597 to March or April 1598, when he resigned to go on dealing only with his Egyptian episcopal see see . r Kiminas He died in Alexandria on 12 September 1601. r Kiminas References reflist 1 refs ref name Kiminas cite book title The Ecumenical Patriarchate last Kiminas first Demet ... more details
Infobox Christian leader type Bishop name Bishop Nicholas Samra title Eparch of Newton image alt caption church Melkite Greek Catholic Church Melkite Greek Catholic archdiocese diocese see Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton term August 23, 2011 &mdash predecessor Cyril Salim Bustros successor Orders ordination May 10, 1970 ordinated by Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil consecration July 6, 1989 consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil and Co Consecraters Archbishop Michel Hakim, B.S. and Archbishop Boutros Pierre Ra , B.A. rank Personal details birth date August 15, 1944 birth place Paterson, New Jersey death date death place previous post Eastern Christianity Nicholas Samra born August 15, 1944 is the eparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Melkite Catholic Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Eparchy of Newton in the United States, elected in 2011. He has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Churches . Biography Early life and priesthood Samra was born in Paterson, New Jersey to George H. Samra and Elizabeth Balady Samra. His grandparents and his father were immigrants to the United States from Aleppo , Syria . He was ordained a priest for the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Eparchy of Newton on May 10, 1970 and served as a pastor in Melkite parishes in Los Angeles, Chicago and New Jersey. Bishop Samra earned the B.A. at Saint Anselm College , Manchester, NH, and a Bachelor of Divinity B.D. from Saint John s Seminary Massachusetts St. John s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts . Episcopate On April 21, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Samra Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Newton and Titular Bishop of Gerasa . Archbishop Joseph Tawil consecrated and installed him on July 6 of that year. Samra served as Auxiliary Bishop and Protosyncellus until he retired on January 11, 2005 to devote himself to scholarly work. ref cite news url http www.georgiabulletin.org world 2005 01 13 US 2 date January 13, 2005 tit ... more details
Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn and All Estonia born April 29, 1940 is the current Primate religion primate elected in 1999 of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church . Life Metropolitan Stephanos was born Christakis Charalambides in Bukavu , which today forms part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . ref cite news url http docs.newsbank.com g GooglePM BBAB lib00589,104A74680F359782.html title Orthodox leader granted Estonian citizenship for special services date August 21, 2004 publisher BBC News pay per view accessdate May 28, 2010 ref His parents were of Cyprus Cypriot ancestry. The future metropolitan undertook a year of study towards a medical degree at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium , but elected in 1960 to switch to divinity studies. He transferred to the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris , simultaneously pursuing studies at the University of Paris . He was awarded the degree of Master of Theology from St. Sergius and the degree of lector from the University. Charalambides was ordained to the diaconate on January 6, 1963 and to the priesthood on November 17, 1968 for service in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France . He was appointed in 1972 as Protosyncellus protosyngellos i.e., episcopal vicar for the southern region of France, with his base in Nice . Fr. Stephanos was consecrated on March 25, 1987 to the episcopacy with the Titular Catholicism titular title of Bishop of Nazianzus . While continuing his previous responsibilities, he took on new assignments secretary of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France , lector at St. Sergius, and professor of patrology at the Roman Catholic seminary of Nice. In 1996, the Ecumenical Patriarchate restored the Estonian Orthodox Church as an autonomous entity under its protection, following the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union . A General Assembly of the church elected Bishop Stephanos as Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia. ref cite web url http www.vm.ee ?q et ... more details
Infobox Christian leader name Joannicius III br small III small br small small image church Church of Constantinople archbishop of List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople term start 26 March 1761 term end 21 May 1763 predecessor Ecumenical Patriarch Serapheim II of Constantinople Serapheim II successor Ecumenical Patriarch Samuel I of Constantinople Samuel I previous post Patriarch of Serbia Patriarch of Serbs 1739 46 br Metropolitan of Chalcedon birth date c. 1700 death date 1793 death place Monastery of Heybeliada Halki birth name Ioannis Karatzas Joannicius III lang el Polytonic , lang sr III , born Ioannis Karatzas , was Patriarch of Serbia Archbishop of Pe and Patriarch of the Serbs from 1739 to 1746 ref 1927 . ref and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1761 to 1763. The Monarchical ordinal ordinal number of his title is III both for his office as Patriarch of Pec and of Constantinople. Life Joannicius was born circa 1700 from the influential Byzantine Greeks Byzantine and Phanariotes Phanariote Caradja Karatzas or Caradja family. ref http www.ghyka.com Familles Caragea Caragea 01.pdf Genealogical Tree of the Caradja Family ref He became a deacon serving Patriarch Ecumenical Patriarch Paisius II of Constantinople Paisius II and later he was appointed protosyncellus . r DHGE With the 1739 Treaty of Belgrade which ended the Austro Turkish War, 1737 1739 , the Kingdom of Serbia 1718 1739 Kingdom of Serbia ceased to exist. The Ottoman sultan deposed the pro Serbian Patriarch of Pe Arsenije IV Jovanovi akabenta Arsenije IV and in his place appointed the Greek Joannicius, who took the title of Archbishop of Pe and Patriarch of the Serbs . The previous Patriarch Arsenije IV moved north to the Habsburg Monarchy along with many Serbs , in what is known as the Great Serb Migrations Second Serbian Migration . Arsenije IV became Metropolitanate ... more details
Syriac Catholic Church elected the Protosyncellus Vicar General of the Archeparchy of Mosul, Father ... Reverend Father Jihad Battah , 54, until then the Protosyncellus Vicar General of the Syriac Catholic ... since 1997, in the capacity of protosyncellus . The church also has four patriarchal vicariates Brazil ... more details
A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop s ordinary executive government executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The title normally occurs only in Western Christian churches, such as the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion . The title for the equivalent officer in the Eastern churches is protosyncellus . Catholic dioceses see also Catholic Church hierarchy Ordinaries and local ordinaries Catholic Church hierarchy Positions within a diocese at diocesan level Archdeacon Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, a diocesan bishop must appoint at least one vicar general for his diocese , but may appoint more ref name ccl 475 cite web url http www.vatican.va archive ENG1104 P1O.HTM title Canon 475 work Code of Canon Law year 1983 publisher The Holy See accessdate 2007 06 21 ref dioceses whose territory is split into different states usually have one each. The vicar general by virtue of office is the bishop s agent in administration, acting as second in command for diocesan executive matters. A priest in a separate office, the judicial vicar , serves a similar role with regard to the exercise of ordinary judicial power of governance in the diocese which is normally exercised in ecclesiastical courts. Vicars general must be priest s, auxiliary bishop s, or coadjutor bishop s ref name ccl 478 cite web url http www.vatican.va archive ENG1104 P1O.HTM title Canon 478 work Code of Canon Law year 1983 publisher The Holy See accessdate 2007 06 21 ref if a coadjutor bishop exists for a diocese, the diocesan bishop is to appoint him as a vicar general. ref name ccl 406 cite web url http www.vatican.va archive ENG1104 P1F.HTM title Canon 406 work Code of Canon Law year 1983 accessdate 2007 06 21 p ... more details
Infobox Christian leader name Callinicus IV image church Church of Constantinople archbishop of List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople appointed 16 Jan 1757 term end 22 July 1757 predecessor Ecumenical Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople Cyril V successor Ecumenical Patriarch Serapheim II of Constantinople Serapheim II previous post Metropolitan of Br ila birth date 1713 birth place Zagora, Greece death date BirthDeathAge 1713 1791 yes death place Zagora, Greece birth name Constantine Mavrikios Callinicus IV lang el Polytonic , born Constantine Mavrikios lang el Polytonic , was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for a few months in 1757 and a writer and scholar. Callinicus IV is sometime numbered as Callinicus III because his predecessor Ecumenical Patriarch Callinicus III of Constantinople Callinicus , who was elected in 1726 but died before being enthroned, is sometimes not counted amongst the patriarchs. ref The ordinal number IV is used by scholars such as Gedeon 1890 , Janin 1914 , Runciman 1985 , Kiminas 2009 ref Life Constantine Mavrikios Callinicus is his religious name was born in Zagora, Greece in 1713 and in 1728 he moved to Istanbul . In 1740 he was ordained deacon and on 28 August 1741 he was appointed Great Protosyncellus of the Patriarchate. On 23 September 1743 he was appointed bishop of Metropolitan bishop of Proilavo i.e. Br ila , in Romania , a position he kept till 1748 when he returned to Istanbul. r Linartikes His years in Istanbul were marked by the polemic into the Orthodox community about the need of re baptism baptized the converts coming from the Catholic Church Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Churches, particularly numerous after the reconquered by the Ottoman Empire with the Ottoman Venetian War 1714 1718 Ottoman Venetian War of the Venetian ruled Peloponnese. The supporters of the invalidity of Catholic and Armenian baptisms, and of t ... more details
above Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law vicar general Vicars general and Protosyncellus protosyncelli main Vicar general vicar general Episcopal vicars and Protosyncellus syncelli main Vicar ... more details
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