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Archeparchy of Tyre (Melkite Greek)

*Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum*
Archeparchy of Tyre (Melkite Greek); Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum
	Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre, South Lebanon
Location
Country	Lebanon
Headquarters	Tyre/Sour
Statistics
Population; - Catholics	(as of 2017); 2,857
Parishes	10
Churches	10
Information
Denomination	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	1683
Cathedral	Saint Thomas Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Youssef Absi
Apostolic Administrator	Elie Bechara Haddad
Bishops emeritus	Michel Abrass

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Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre^[1] (Latin: Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan see of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2009 there were 3,100 baptized. It is currently governed by an Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S., because of the 31 January 2021 removal of Archeparch Michael Abrass, BA.

Territory and statistics

The archeparchy includes the southwestern part of Lebanon, corresponding to the District of Tyre in the South Governorate and neighbouring areas in the Nabatieh Governorate, altogether some 1,500 km².^[2] Its archeparchial seat is the city of Tyre with the Cathedral of Saint Thomas. In 2011, the territory was divided into twelve parishes:^[3]

- St. Thomas, Our Lady of the Annunciation, and Holy Christine in the city of Tyre itself,

- Saint Joseph in Qana, Saint-Élie in Alma Chaab, and Saint Thomas in Nafakhiye, in the Tyre District,

- Our Lady of the Assumption in Safad El Battikh, Saint-Georges in Yaroun, Our Lady of the Assumption in Baraachit, Saint-Georges in Tebnine, and Saint-Élie in Aïn Ebel, in the Nabatieh Governorate

and Saint-Georges in Deir Deghaia (unidentified district).^[4]

In Yaroun, the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Salvatoriennes have been running a primary school, as well as a health care center in cooperation with the Order of Malta.^[5] Tebnine has been housing a school by the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Choueirites since 1995,^[6] which was expanded to become a secondary school after 2006.^[2]

By 2017, the number of parishes was down to ten,^[7] though it had been as low as eight already in 1981 and nine from 1991 to 2005. Some of these changes in numbers may have been due to changes of administrative boundaries though.^[8] However, they are obviously also a consequence of falling membership figures:

From 1950 to 2005, the number of registered followers fluctuated between 6,000 and 9,000,^[8] yet after the July 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War, the community membership soon dropped to just above 3,000. By 2017, it further diminished to 2,857.^[7]

History

The historical origin of the archeparchy is traced back to the New Testament. In Acts of Apostles, the church of Tyre (also Tyros) is mentioned in the missionary journey of Paul the Apostle "From Miletus about Caesarea to Jerusalem" (Acts 21.3 to 7 EU). Tyre was an ancient metropolitan see in Roman and Byzantine Empire. During the Crusades an archdiocese of the Latin rite was erected . The Roman Catholic Church built around 1124 the Archdiocese of Tyre, the territory encompassed the city and region of Tyre. Since Tyre was conquered in 1291 by the Muslim Mamluks, the archdiocese became titular.

When tensions within the Melkite Patriarchy escalated at the turn from the 17th to the 18th century,^[9] Tyre was at the center of the schism: its archbishop Euthymios Saifi had been working on regaining communion with the Holy See in Rome at least since 1683, when he founded the monastery Deir el Moukhallès near Sidon/Saida. In 1701, by secret decree he was appointed by the Congregation Propaganda Fide to be the Apostolic Administrator of the Melkites.^[10]

In 1724, one year after Saifi's death, his nephew Seraphim Tanas, who had studied in Deir el Moukhallès, was elected as Patriarch Cyril VI of Antioch. He quickly affirmed the union with Rome and thereby the separation from the Greek Orthodox Church,^[11] which was officially recognised by the Vatican five years later.^[9]

Initially the Archeparchy of Tyre was united with the seats of Sidon and Akka; it later ceded portions of territory for the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in 1752 and Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka^[12] in 1759.

The Melkite Cathedral of Saint Thomas was built in 1752 and features a facade of Gothic arches. It is situated next to the offices of the Archeparchy and the residence of the Archeparch. During excavations underneath the cathedral remains of the original church from the 12th century were discovered and preserved.^[13]

In the ten years before the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), Bishop Georges Haddad developed close relations with the Shia leader Sayyed Musa Sadr.^[14] He also had a new seat of the archeparchy constructed and the historical Cathedral of Saint Thomas repaired.^[15]

During the 1982 Lebanon War, on 7 June, Haddad reportedly succeeded in halting a tank attack by the invading Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) single-handedly in a bold appeal to the IDF commander in order to avoid civilian casualties.^[16]

During the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah, the Saint Thomas Cathedral apparently provided safe shelter to many civilians, as illustrated in the graphic novel drama Yallah Bye by the Franco-Lebanese writer Joseph Safieddine and South Korean comics creator Kyungeun Park.^[17] Following the war, many community members moved elsewhere,^[18] especially to Australia and Canada, as well as to the national capital Beirut.^[2] While the Archeparchy still counted a flock of some 7,000 in 2005,^[18] this number had more than halved to less than 3,000 by 2017.^[19]

Nevertheless, the Waqf as the financial endowment of the Archeparchy, which owns land and other property holdings, is still one of the main non-governmental stakeholders in the informal governance of Tyre.^[20]

Eparchs

Mgr. Georges Bacouni (2012)
Euthymios Michael Saifi (1683 - 27 November 1723 deceased)
Ignatius El Beyrouthy (1724 - 1752 resigned)
Andrée Fakhoury (1752 - 1764)
Parthenios Naameh (1766 - 1805)
Basil Attalah (1806 - 1809)
Cyrille Khabbaz (31 July 1810 - 1819 or 1826)
Basil Zakar (1827 - 1834)
Ignatius Karouth, B.S. (1837 - 1854)
Athanasius Sabbagh (1855 - 1866)
Athanasius Khawam, B.S. (14 April 1867 - 1886)
Euthymius Zulhof, B.S. (13 June 1886 - 28 November 1913 deceased)
Vacant (1913-1919), with Raphaël Abou-Mourad as interim replacement^[2]
Amine Rizkallah Saigh, S.M.S.P. (30 August 1919 ordained bishop - 30 August 1933 appointed arcieparca of Beirut and Byblos)
Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. (3 November 1933 - 15 October 1965 withdrawn)
Georges Haddad (30 July 1965 - 31 December 1985 deceased)
Vacant (1985-1988), with Father Paul Samaha 1986-87 and retired Beirut Archbishop Grégoire Haddad 1987-88 serving as temporary replacements^[2]
Jean Assaad Haddad (26 October 1988 - 20 June 2005 withdrawn)
Georges Bacouni (20 October 2005 - 21 June 2014 appointed arcieparca Akka)
Michael Abrass, B.A. (21 June 2014 – 31 January 2021)

Galleries

Saint Thomas Cathedral in Tyre

Saint Joseph in Qana

References

^ gcatholic.org
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Église Grecque-Melkite Catholique - Métropole de Tyr". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique (in French). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Roberson, Ronald (15 July 2011). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2011" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Territory and statistics". Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Congrégation des religieuses basiliennes salvatoriennes de l'annonciation". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Congrégation des Religieuses Basiliennes Choueirites depuis 1829". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Roberson, Ronald (28 July 2017). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cheney, David M. (2 June 2019). "Archdiocese of Tyr (Melkite Greek) - Archidioecesis Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Suttner, Ernst Christoph. "Wann und wie kam es zur Union von Melkiten mit der Kirche von Rom?" (PDF). Zentrum St. Nikolaus für das Studium der Ostkirchen (in German). pp. 4–8. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ Hungs, Damian. "Melkitische Griechisch-Katholische Kirche". damian-hungs.de (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ "SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MELKITE HISTORY" (PDF). Melkite Eparchy of Newton. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ catholicchurch-holyland.com
^ Badawi, Ali Khail (2018). TYRE (4th ed.). Tyre: Al-Athar Magazine. p. 118.
^ Seguin, Jacques (1989). Le Liban-Sud : espace périphérique, espace convoité (in French). Paris: Editions L'Harmattan. p. 93. ISBN 2-7384-0212-7.
^ ALMANAC of the Melkite - Greek Catholic Church. Jounieh: Baṭriyarkīyat ar-Rūm al-Kāṯūlīk. 1986. p. 132.
^ Windfuhr, Volkhard (2 August 1982). "Zeigen Sie einmal Großmut!". Der Spiegel (in German) (31/1982): 84–85 – via SPIEGEL ONLINE.
^ Safieddine, Joseph; Park, Kyungeun (2015). Yallah Bye. Brussels: ÉDITIONS LE LOMBARD. pp. 88–96. ISBN 978-2-8036-3440-8.
^ ^a ^b Roberson, Ronald (ed.). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2012" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-28. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Roberson, Ronald (28 July 2017). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Maguire, Suzanne; Majzoub, Maya (2016). Osseiran, Tarek (ed.). TYRE CITY PROFILE (PDF). UN HABITAT Lebanon. p. 28.

External links

33°16′24″N 35°11′38″E / 33.273449°N 35.193789°E / 33.273449; 35.193789

[1] tholic.org

[:2-2] "Église Grecque-Melkite Catholique - Métropole de Tyr". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique (in French). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[3] Roberson, Ronald (15 July 2011). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2011" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[4] "Territory and statistics". Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[5] "Congrégation des religieuses basiliennes salvatoriennes de l'annonciation". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[6] "Congrégation des Religieuses Basiliennes Choueirites depuis 1829". Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[:0-7] Roberson, Ronald (28 July 2017). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[:1-8] Cheney, David M. (2 June 2019). "Archdiocese of Tyr (Melkite Greek) - Archidioecesis Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[:3-9] Suttner, Ernst Christoph. "Wann und wie kam es zur Union von Melkiten mit der Kirche von Rom?" (PDF). Zentrum St. Nikolaus für das Studium der Ostkirchen (in German). pp. 4–8. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[10] Hungs, Damian. "Melkitische Griechisch-Katholische Kirche". damian-hungs.de (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[11] "SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MELKITE HISTORY" (PDF). Melkite Eparchy of Newton. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[12] tholicchurch-holyland.com

[13] Badawi, Ali Khail (2018). TYRE (4th ed.). Tyre: Al-Athar Magazine. p. 118.

[14] Seguin, Jacques (1989). Le Liban-Sud : espace périphérique, espace convoité (in French). Paris: Editions L'Harmattan. p. 93. ISBN 2-7384-0212-7.

[15] ALMANAC of the Melkite - Greek Catholic Church. Jounieh: Baṭriyarkīyat ar-Rūm al-Kāṯūlīk. 1986. p. 132.

[16] Windfuhr, Volkhard (2 August 1982). "Zeigen Sie einmal Großmut!". Der Spiegel (in German) (31/1982): 84–85 – via SPIEGEL ONLINE.

[17] Safieddine, Joseph; Park, Kyungeun (2015). Yallah Bye. Brussels: ÉDITIONS LE LOMBARD. pp. 88–96. ISBN 978-2-8036-3440-8.

[:4-18] Roberson, Ronald (ed.). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2012" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-28. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[19] Roberson, Ronald (28 July 2017). "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[20] Maguire, Suzanne; Majzoub, Maya (2016). Osseiran, Tarek (ed.). TYRE CITY PROFILE (PDF). UN HABITAT Lebanon. p. 28.

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 | patriarch         = [[Youssef Absi]]
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+| bishop            =
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+| apostolic_admin   = [[Elie Bechara Haddad]]
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+| emeritus_bishops  = [[Michel Abrass]]
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-'''Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre'''<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tyrz0.htm gcatholic.org]</ref> (Latin: '''Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum''') is a metropolitan see of the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]]. In 2009 there were 3,100 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch [[Michael Abrass]], BA.
+'''Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre'''<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tyrz0.htm gcatholic.org]</ref> (Latin: '''Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum''') is a metropolitan see of the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]]. In 2009 there were 3,100 baptized. It is currently governed by an Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop [[Elie Bechara Haddad]], B.S., because of the 31 January 2021 removal of Archeparch [[Michael Abrass]], BA.
 ==Territory and statistics==
-[[File:MelkiteCathedral StThomas Tyre-topview2019 RomanDeckert.jpg|thumb|St. Thomas with the Archeparchy to the left, and the Catholic-Latin church of  church of the Couvent de Terre Sainte to the right|alt=|left]]The archeparchy includes the southwestern part of Lebanon, corresponding to the [[Tyre District|District of Tyre]] in the [[South Governorate]] and neighbouring areas in the [[Nabatieh Governorate]], altogether some 1,500&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Tyre-Lebanon|title=Église Grecque-Melkite Catholique - Métropole de Tyr|last=|first=|date=28 November 2011|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|language=French|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Its archeparchial seat is the city of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] with the [[Cathedral]] of [[Thomas the Apostle|Saint Thomas]].
+The archeparchy includes the southwestern part of Lebanon, corresponding to the [[Tyre District|District of Tyre]] in the [[South Governorate]] and neighbouring areas in the [[Nabatieh Governorate]], altogether some 1,500&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Tyre-Lebanon|title=Église Grecque-Melkite Catholique - Métropole de Tyr|date=28 November 2011|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|language=fr|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Its archeparchial seat is the city of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] with the [[Cathedral]] of [[Thomas the Apostle|Saint Thomas]].
+In 2011, the territory was divided into twelve parishes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat11.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2011|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=15 July 2011|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref>
-[[File:MelkiteGreekCatholicBishopOfTyre MichelAbrass 30082019RomanDeckert.jpg|left|thumb|Archbishop [[Michel Abrass]] in 2019]]
-In 2011, the territory was divided into twelve parishes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat11.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2011|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=15 July 2011|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref>
 - St. Thomas, [[Titles of Mary|Our Lady of the Annunciation]], and [[Christina of Bolsena|Holy Christine]] in the city of Tyre itself,
-- [[Saint Joseph]] in [[Qana]], [[Elijah|Saint-Élie]]{{Disambiguation needed|date=September 2019}}<!--Most likely Elijah?--> in [[Aalma ech Chaab|Alma Chaab]], and Saint Thomas in [[Nafakhiye]], in the Tyre District,
+- [[Saint Joseph]] in [[Qana]], [[Elijah|Saint-Élie]] in [[Aalma ech Chaab|Alma Chaab]], and Saint Thomas in [[Nafakhiye]], in the Tyre District,
 - Our [[Assumption of Mary|Lady of the Assumption]] in [[Safad El Battikh]], Saint-Georges in [[Yaroun]], Our Lady of the Assumption in [[Baraachit]], Saint-Georges in [[Tebnine]], and Saint-Élie in [[Ain Ebel|Aïn Ebel]], in the [[Nabatieh Governorate]]
-and [[Saint George|Saint-Georges]] in [[Deir Deghaia]] (unidentified district).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.egmct.org/index.html|title=Territory and statistics|last=|first=|date=|website=Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831175953/http://egmct.org/index.html|archive-date=31 August 2018|access-date=29 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+and [[Saint George|Saint-Georges]] in [[Deir Deghaia]] (unidentified district).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.egmct.org/index.html|title=Territory and statistics|website=Eparchy Greek Melkite Catholic of Tyre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831175953/http://egmct.org/index.html|archive-date=31 August 2018|access-date=29 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-In Yaroun, the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Salvatoriennes have been running a primary school, as well as a health care center in cooperation with the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Order of Malta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Salvatorian-Basilian-Congregation-of-the-Sisters-of-the-Annunciation|title=Congrégation des religieuses basiliennes salvatoriennes de l'annonciation|last=|first=|date=13 May 2013|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Tebnine has been housing a school by the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Choueirites since 1995,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Religious-Congregation-of-Basilian-Chouerites-since-1829|title=Congrégation des Religieuses Basiliennes Choueirites depuis 1829|last=|first=|date=13 May 2013|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> which was expanded to become a secondary school after 2006.<ref name=":2" />
+In Yaroun, the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Salvatoriennes have been running a primary school, as well as a health care center in cooperation with the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Order of Malta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Salvatorian-Basilian-Congregation-of-the-Sisters-of-the-Annunciation|title=Congrégation des religieuses basiliennes salvatoriennes de l'annonciation|date=13 May 2013|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Tebnine has been housing a school by the Melkite nuns of the Sœurs Basiliennes Choueirites since 1995,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melkitepat.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Religious-Congregation-of-Basilian-Chouerites-since-1829|title=Congrégation des Religieuses Basiliennes Choueirites depuis 1829|date=13 May 2013|website=Patriarcat - Grec Melkite Catholique|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> which was expanded to become a secondary school after 2006.<ref name=":2" />
-By 2017, the number of parishes was down to ten,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=28 July 2017|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|access-date=28 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> though it had been as low as eight already in 1981 and nine from 1991 to 2005. Some of these changes in numbers may have been due to changes of administrative boundaries though.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtyme.html|title=Archdiocese of Tyr (Melkite Greek) - Archidioecesis Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum|last=Cheney|first=David M.|date=2 June 2019|website=Catholic-Hierarchy|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> However, they are obviously also a consequence of falling membership figures:
+By 2017, the number of parishes was down to ten,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=28 July 2017|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|access-date=28 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> though it had been as low as eight already in 1981 and nine from 1991 to 2005. Some of these changes in numbers may have been due to changes of administrative boundaries though.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtyme.html|title=Archdiocese of Tyr (Melkite Greek) - Archidioecesis Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum|last=Cheney|first=David M.|date=2 June 2019|website=Catholic-Hierarchy|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> However, they are obviously also a consequence of falling membership figures:
-From 1950 to 2005, the number of registered followers fluctuated between 6,000 and 9,000,<ref name=":1" /> yet after the [[2006 Lebanon War|July 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War,]] the community membership soon dropped to just above 3,000. By 2017, it further diminished to 2,857.<ref name=":0" />
+From 1950 to 2005, the number of registered followers fluctuated between 6,000 and 9,000,<ref name=":1" /> yet after the [[2006 Lebanon War|July 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War]], the community membership soon dropped to just above 3,000. By 2017, it further diminished to 2,857.<ref name=":0" />
 ==History==
+[[File:MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-StThomas-Tyre-Sign RomanDeckert2018.jpg|thumb|Information sign at St. Thomas]]
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 The historical origin of the archeparchy is traced back to the [[New Testament]]. In [[Acts of Apostles]], the church of Tyre (also Tyros) is mentioned in the missionary journey of [[Paul the Apostle]] "From Miletus about Caesarea to Jerusalem" (Acts 21.3 to 7 EU). Tyre was an ancient metropolitan see in Roman and Byzantine Empire. During the [[Crusades]] an archdiocese of the Latin rite was erected . The [[Roman Catholic Church]] built around 1124 the Archdiocese of Tyre, the territory encompassed the city and region of Tyre. Since Tyre was conquered in 1291 by the Muslim Mamluks, the archdiocese became titular.
-When tensions within the Melkite Patriarchy escalated at the turn from the 17th to the 18th century,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www3.unifr.ch/orthodoxia/de/assets/public/files/Dokumentation/Suttner/Festschrift%20Grigorios%20III.pdf|title=Wann und wie kam es zur Union von Melkiten mit der Kirche von Rom?|last=Suttner|first=Ernst Christoph|date=|website=Zentrum St. Nikolaus für das Studium der Ostkirchen|pages=4–8|language=German|format=PDF|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> Tyre was at the center of the schism: its archbishop [[Euthymios Saifi]] had been working on regaining communion with the [[Holy See]] in [[Rome]] at least since 1683, when he founded the monastery [[Deir el Moukhallès]] near [[Sidon]]/Saida. In 1701, by secret decree he was appointed by the [[Congregation Propaganda Fide|Congretation Propaganda Fide]] to be the [[Apostolic administration|Apostolic Administrator]] of the [[Melkite]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.damian-hungs.de/geistliches/ostkirchen/melkitische-griechisch-katholische-kirche/|title=Melkitische Griechisch-Katholische Kirche|last=Hungs|first=Damian|date=|website=damian-hungs.de|language=German|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
+When tensions within the Melkite Patriarchy escalated at the turn from the 17th to the 18th century,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www3.unifr.ch/orthodoxia/de/assets/public/files/Dokumentation/Suttner/Festschrift%20Grigorios%20III.pdf|title=Wann und wie kam es zur Union von Melkiten mit der Kirche von Rom?|last=Suttner|first=Ernst Christoph|website=Zentrum St. Nikolaus für das Studium der Ostkirchen|pages=4–8|language=de|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> Tyre was at the center of the schism: its archbishop [[Euthymios Saifi]] had been working on regaining communion with the [[Holy See]] in [[Rome]] at least since 1683, when he founded the monastery [[Deir el Moukhallès]] near [[Sidon]]/Saida. In 1701, by secret decree he was appointed by the [[Congregation Propaganda Fide]] to be the [[Apostolic administration|Apostolic Administrator]] of the [[Melkite]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.damian-hungs.de/geistliches/ostkirchen/melkitische-griechisch-katholische-kirche/|title=Melkitische Griechisch-Katholische Kirche|last=Hungs|first=Damian|website=damian-hungs.de|language=de|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
-In 1724, one year after Saifi's death, his nephew Seraphim Tanas, who had studied in Deir el Moukhallès, was elected as Patriarch [[Cyril VI Tanas|Cyril VI of Antioch]]. He quickly affirmed the union with Rome and thereby the separation from the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Church]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://melkite.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Melkite_History.pdf|title=SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MELKITE HISTORY|last=|first=|date=|website=Melkite Eparchy of Newton|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> which was officially recognised by the Vatican five years later.<ref name=":3" />
+[[File:MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralSaintThomasTyre 1968Plaque-BishopGeorgesHaddad RomanDeckert30082019.jpg|thumb|1968 plaque at Saint Thomas commemorating Haddad's efforts]]
+In 1724, one year after Saifi's death, his nephew Seraphim Tanas, who had studied in Deir el Moukhallès, was elected as Patriarch [[Cyril VI Tanas|Cyril VI of Antioch]]. He quickly affirmed the union with Rome and thereby the separation from the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Church]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://melkite.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Melkite_History.pdf|title=SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MELKITE HISTORY|website=Melkite Eparchy of Newton|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> which was officially recognised by the Vatican five years later.<ref name=":3" />
 Initially the Archeparchy of Tyre was united with the seats of Sidon and Akka; it later ceded portions of territory for the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon]] in 1752 and [[Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka]]<ref>[http://catholicchurch-holyland.com/?p=246 catholicchurch-holyland.com]</ref> in 1759.
-The Melkite Cathedral of Saint Thomas was built in 1752 and features a facade of Gothic archs. It is situated next to the offices of the Archeparchy and the residence of the Archeparch. During excavations underneath the cathedral remains of the original church from the 12th century were discovered and preserved.<ref>{{Cite book|title=TYRE|last=Badawi|first=Ali Khail|publisher=Al-Athar Magazine|year=2018|isbn=|edition=4th|location=Tyre|pages=118}}</ref>
+The Melkite Cathedral of Saint Thomas was built in 1752 and features a facade of Gothic arches. It is situated next to the offices of the Archeparchy and the residence of the Archeparch. During excavations underneath the cathedral remains of the original church from the 12th century were discovered and preserved.<ref>{{Cite book|title=TYRE|last=Badawi|first=Ali Khail|publisher=Al-Athar Magazine|year=2018|edition=4th|location=Tyre|pages=118}}</ref>
-In the ten years before the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), Bishop [[Georges Haddad]] developed close relations with the Shia leader [[Sayyid|Sayyed]] [[Musa al-Sadr|Musa Sadr]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Le Liban-Sud : espace périphérique, espace convoité|last=Seguin|first=Jacques|publisher=Editions L'Harmattan|year=1989|isbn=2-7384-0212-7|location=Paris|pages=93|language=French}}</ref>
+In the ten years before the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), Bishop [[Georges Haddad]] developed close relations with the Shia leader [[Sayyid|Sayyed]] [[Musa al-Sadr|Musa Sadr]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Le Liban-Sud : espace périphérique, espace convoité|last=Seguin|first=Jacques|publisher=Editions L'Harmattan|year=1989|isbn=2-7384-0212-7|location=Paris|pages=93|language=fr}}</ref> He also had a new seat of the archeparchy constructed and the historical Cathedral of Saint Thomas repaired.<ref>{{Cite book|title=ALMANAC of the Melkite - Greek Catholic Church|publisher=Baṭriyarkīyat ar-Rūm al-Kāṯūlīk|year=1986|location=Jounieh|pages=132}}</ref> [[File:MelkiteGreekCatholicBishopOfTyre MichelAbrass 30082019RomanDeckert.jpg|thumb|Archbishop Abrass in 2019]]During the [[1982 Lebanon War]], on 7 June, Haddad reportedly succeeded in halting a tank attack by the invading [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]] (IDF) single-handedly in a bold appeal to the IDF commander in order to avoid civilian casualties.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Windfuhr|first=Volkhard|date=2 August 1982|title=Zeigen Sie einmal Großmut!|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14343143.html|journal=Der Spiegel|language=de|issue=31/1982|pages=84–85|via=SPIEGEL ONLINE}}</ref>
+During the [[2006 Lebanon War]] between Israel and [[Hezbollah]], the Saint Thomas Cathedral apparently provided [[Shelter in place|safe shelter]] to many civilians, as illustrated in the [[graphic novel]] [[drama]] ''Yallah Bye'' by the Franco-Lebanese writer [[Joseph Safieddine]] and [[South Korea|South Korean]] [[comics]] creator [[Kyungeun Park]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Safieddine|first1=Joseph|title=Yallah Bye|last2=Park|first2=Kyungeun|publisher=ÉDITIONS LE LOMBARD|year=2015|isbn=978-2-8036-3440-8|location=Brussels|pages=88–96}}</ref> Following the war, many community members moved elsewhere,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pontificalmission-lebanon.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat12.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828182606/http://www.pontificalmission-lebanon.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat12.pdf |archive-date=2019-08-28 |title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2012|editor-last=Roberson |editor-first=Ronald |page=6|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> especially to [[Australia]] and [[Canada]], as well as to the national capital [[Beirut]].<ref name=":2" /> While  the Archeparchy still counted a flock of some 7,000 in 2005,<ref name=":4" /> this number had more than halved to less than 3,000 by 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=28 July 2017|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|access-date=28 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-During the [[1982 Lebanon War]], on 7 June, Haddad reportedly succeeded in halting a tank attack by the invading [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]] (IDF) single-handedly in a bold appeal to the IDF commander in order to avoid civilian casualties.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Windfuhr|first=Volkhard|date=2 August 1982|title=Zeigen Sie einmal Großmut!|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14343143.html|journal=DER SPIEGEL|language=German|volume=31/1982|pages=84-85|via=SPIEGEL ONLINE}}</ref>
+Nevertheless, the [[Waqf]] as the [[financial endowment]] of the Archeparchy, which owns land and other property holdings, is still one of the main non-governmental stakeholders in the informal governance of Tyre.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Maguire|first1=Suzanne|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UN-Habitat_2017.05.22_CP_Tyre_web.pdf|title=TYRE CITY PROFILE|last2=Majzoub|first2=Maya|publisher=UN HABITAT Lebanon|year=2016|editor-last=Osseiran|editor-first=Tarek|pages=28}}</ref>
-During the [[2006 Lebanon War]] between Israel and [[Hezbollah]], the Saint Thomas Cathedral apparently provided [[Shelter in place|safe shelter]] to many civilians, as illustrated in the [[graphic novel]] [[drama]] ''Yallah Bye'' by the Franco-Lebanese writer [[Joseph Safieddine]] and [[South Korea|South Korean]] [[comics]] creator [[Kyungeun Park]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Safieddine|first=Joseph|title=Yallah Bye|last2=Park|first2=Kyungeun|publisher=ÉDITIONS LE LOMBARD|year=2015|isbn=978-2-8036-3440-8|location=Brussels|pages=88-96}}</ref> Following the war, many community members moved elsewhere,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pontificalmission-lebanon.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat12.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2012|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=10 July 2012|website=|page=6|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 August 2019|laysource=Annuario Pontificio}}</ref> especially to [[Australia]] and [[Canada]], as well as to the national capital [[Beirut]].<ref name=":2" /> While  the Archeparchy still counted a flock of some 7,000 in 2005<ref name=":4" />, this number had more than halved to less than 3,000 by 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017|last=Roberson|first=Ronald|date=28 July 2017|website=Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|access-date=28 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-Nevertheless, the [[Waqf]] as the [[financial endowment]] of the Archeparchy, which owns land and other property holdings, is still one of the main non-governmental stakeholders in the informal governance of Tyre.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Maguire|first=Suzanne|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UN-Habitat_2017.05.22_CP_Tyre_web.pdf|title=TYRE CITY PROFILE|last2=Majzoub|first2=Maya|publisher=UN HABITAT Lebanon|year=2016|isbn=|editor-last=Osseiran|editor-first=Tarek|location=|pages=28}}</ref>
 ==Eparchs==
-* Euthymios Michael Saifi (1683 - 27 November 1723 deceased)
+*[[File:Mgr Georges Baccouni, Métropolite des grecs-melkites catholiques de Beyrouth, le 18.09.2012. J.A. DESFORGES.jpg|thumb|Mgr. Georges Bacouni (2012)]]Euthymios Michael Saifi (1683 - 27 November 1723 deceased)
 * Ignatius El Beyrouthy (1724 - 1752 resigned)
 * Andrée Fakhoury  (1752 - 1764)
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 *Euthymius Zulhof, B.S. (13 June 1886 - 28 November 1913 deceased)
 * Vacant (1913-1919), with Raphaël Abou-Mourad as interim replacement<ref name=":2" />
-* [[Maximos IV Sayegh|Amine Rizkallah Saigh]], S.M.S.P. (30 August 1919 ordained bishop - 30 August 1933 appointed arcieparca of Beirut and Jbeil)
+* [[Maximos IV Sayegh|Amine Rizkallah Saigh]], S.M.S.P. (30 August 1919 ordained bishop - 30 August 1933 appointed arcieparca of Beirut and Byblos)
 * [[Agapios Salomon Naoum]], B.S. (3 November 1933 - 15 October 1965 withdrawn)
 * Georges Haddad (30 July 1965 - 31 December 1985 deceased)
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 * [[Jean Assaad Haddad]] (26 October 1988 - 20 June 2005 withdrawn)
 * [[Georges Bacouni]] (20 October 2005 - 21 June 2014 appointed arcieparca Akka)
-* Michael Abrass, B. A. (from 21 June 2014)
+* [[Michael Abrass]], B.A. (21 June 2014 – 31 January 2021)
+== Galleries ==
+=== Saint Thomas Cathedral in Tyre ===
+<gallery mode="nolines" perrow="7">
+File:MelkiteCathedral StThomas Tyre-topview2019 RomanDeckert.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholicArcheparchyOfTyre RomanDeckert06112019.jpg
+File:Tyre SaintThomas MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-Apse RomanDeckert04092019.jpg
+File:MelkiteCathedralStThomasTyre-northsideview2019 RomanDeckert.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic SaintThomasCathedralTyre RomanDeckert06112018.jpg
+File:Tyre-SaintThomas-MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-Arches RomanDeckert30082019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralSaintThomasTyre-Sign RomanDeckert01112019.jpg
+File:MelkiteArchbishopOfTyre-MichelAbrass 30082019RomanDeckert.jpg
+File:MelkiteCathedralStThomasTyre-inside2019 RomanDeckert.jpg
+File:Tyre -SaintThomasMelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-AtNight RomanDeckert27102019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralSaintThomasTyre 1827Plaque RomanDeckert30082019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralSaintThomasTyre NaoumJabbour1883Plaque RomanDeckert30082019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic-Archeparchy-Tyre -SaintThomasCathedralBellTower RomanDeckert15082019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholicSaintThomasCathedral-Tyre-HighNave-BellTower RomanDeckert04092019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic SaintThomasCathedralTyre GothicArches RomanDeckert06112018.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic-SaintThomasCathedralTyre RomanDeckert06112018.jpg
+File:TyreSourLebanon GreekCatholicMelkite-StThomasCathedral-Door RomanDeckert06112018.jpg
+File:Tyre SaintThomas-MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-BellTower RomanDeckert.jpg
+File:Tyre SaintThomas MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralBellTower RomanDeckert07082019.jpg
+File:Tyre SaintThomas MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedralBellTowerAtNight RomanDeckert27102019.jpg
+File:Tyre SaintThomas-MelkiteGreekCatholicCathedral-BellTowerAtNight RomanDeckert27102019.jpg
+</gallery>
+=== Saint Joseph in Qana ===
+<gallery mode="nolines">
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic-Church-SaintJoseph Qana-SouthLebanon RomanDeckert28102019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic-ChurchOfSaintJoseph Qana-SouthLebanon RomanDeckert28102019.jpg
+File:MelkiteGreekCatholic-SaintJosephChurch Qana-SouthLebanon RomanDeckert28102019.jpg
+</gallery>
 ==See also==
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 * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtyme.html
 * http://www.pgc-lb.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Tyre-Lebanon
+{{Melkite Catholic Church}}
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Patriarchs	Cyril VI Tanas Athanasius IV Jawhar Maximos II Hakim Theodosius V Dahan Athanasius IV Jawhar Cyril VII Siaj Agapius II Matar Ignatius IV Sarrouf Athanasius V Matar Macarius IV Tawil Ignatius V Qattan Maximos III Mazloum Clement Bahouth Gregory II Youssef Peter IV Geraigiry Cyril VIII Geha Demetrius I Qadi Cyril IX Moghabghab Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos V Hakim Gregory III Laham Youssef I Absi
Eparchies	Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Aleppo Archeparchy of Bosra-Hauran Archeparchy of Homs Archeparchy of Latakia Archeparchy of Tyre Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos Archeparchy of Baalbek Archeparchy of Baniyas Archeparchy of Sidon Archeparchy of Tripoli Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman Archeparchy of Akka Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul Eparchy of Newton Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney
Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus St. Elias Cathedral, Beirut St. George's Cathedral, Amman St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem Annunciation Cathedral, Boston St. Anne's Cathedral, Los Angeles Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo St. George's Cathedral, Caracas Churches: Sts Peter and Paul Church, Ottawa St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr Synagogue Church, Nazareth St. George's Church, Milwaukee St. Jude's Church, Miami Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris Shrine: Our Lady of Awaiting
Religious institutes	Basilian Aleppian Order Basilian Aleppian Sisters Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist Basilian Chouerite Sisters Basilian Salvatorian Order
See also	Mariam Baouardy Lebanese Melkite Christians
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