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Greek Orthodox and Greek Melkite Catholics in Antioch Today: Any New Perspective for Reconciliation? 

by Gabriel Hachem


Three centuries have passed since the fateful date of 1724 and the events that led to the split of the Greek Patriarchate of Antioch. Far from bringing the two Greek churches, Orthodox and Catholic, closer together, the commemoration in 2024, celebrated unilaterally on both sides, has only highlighted the gap that risks distancing and alienating them from one another…

Gabriel Hachem

Fr. Gabriel Alfred Hachem is a Melkite Catholic priest and Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon). He is a member of the International Joint Commission for the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the ecumenical journal Proche-Orient Chrétien and is chairman of the Foundation Jean Corbon. He serves as a consultant to the permanent secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and is also a member of the International Theological Commission in Rome.

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