The patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, the leader of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The term "Greek" does not refer to ethnic origin; the majority of these patriarchs were not ethnic Greeks, but rather Hellenized Arabs, Arameans, Assyrians, and other Levantines who spoke Greek and adopted a Hellenic identity. It refers to the fact that this church follows the Chalcedonian Orthodoxy associated with the (Greek-speaking) Byzantine Empire. Since 518, there have been two patriarchs of Antioch who call themselves Orthodox: the Chalcedonian ones listed here, and the non-Chalcedonian Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch.
Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch from 518 to 1724
- Paul II the Jew (519–521)
- Euphrasius (521–526)<!--
- Elias III (1182–1184)
- Christopher II (1184–1185)-->
- Theodore IV Balsamon (before 1189–1195 or later)
- Michael II (1395–1412)
- Philemon (1766–1767)
- Daniel (1767–1791)
- Anthemius (1791–1813)
- Seraphim (1813–1823)
- Methodius (1823–1850)
- Hierotheos (1850–1885)
- Gerasimos (1885–1891)
- Spyridon (1891–1898)
- Meletius II (Doumani) (1899–1906)
- Gregory IV (Haddad) (1906–1928)
- vacant (1928–1931)
- Alexander III (Tahhan) (1931–1958)
- Arsenius II (Haddad) (1931–1933) (schism)
- Theodosius VI (Abou Rjaileh) (1958–1970)
- Elias IV (Mouawwad) (1970–1979)
- Ignatius IV (Hazim) (1979–2012)
- John X (Yazigi) (2012–present)
Literature
- Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit