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Athanasius Dabbas’ succession laid bare the divisions in the
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Vatican, which continued to consider Athanasius as Patriarch. From 1700 to 1704 Athanasius Dabbas traveled in Eastern Europe to beg for financial help. He visited in particular the
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople to appoint an own bishop as Patriarch, Athanasius was finally proclaimed Patriarch of Antioch, winning also over the candidature, in Damascus, of the pro-Catholic
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1058:Theodore IV
1054:(1184–1185)
1048:(1182–1184)
1042:(1180–1182)
1030:(1159–1164)
1028:Euthymius I
1024:(1155–1159)
1018:(1090–1155)
1012:(1084–1090)
1006:(1075–1084)
1000:(1062–1075)
994:(1051–1062)
988:(1028–1051)
982:(1023–1028)
980:Eleutherius
976:(1015–1023)
970:(1010–1015)
964:(1003–1010)
958:(1000–1003)
938:Theodore II
888:Nicholas II
839:Theophylact
525:21 February
521:. Polignosi
364:Meletius II
121:Paul Dabbas
71:Predecessor
1438:Categories
1371:Gregory IV
1347:Hierotheos
1276:Neophytos
1234:Joachim VI
1222:Michael VI
1216:Joachim IV
1174:Michael IV
1156:Joachim II
1010:Nicephorus
952:(995–1000)
926:Eustratius
914:George III
864:Nicholas I
845:Theodore I
833:Stephen IV
809:Theophanes
803:Macarius I
791:Macedonius
779:Gregory II
749:Domnus III
737:Euphrasius
672:1707-1724
420:Horologion
416:Liturgicon
148:Patriarch
87:(Orthodox)
63:Term ended
1353:Gerasimos
1341:Methodius
1311:Sylvester
1228:Joachim V
1204:Michael V
1103:Dionysius
1076:Simeon II
1064:Joachim I
1046:Elias III
986:Peter III
946:(977–995)
940:(966–977)
934:(960–966)
928:(939–960)
922:(917–939)
916:(902–917)
899:(890–902)
897:Zacharias
890:(860–879)
884:(852–860)
878:(840–852)
872:(834–840)
866:(826–834)
860:(810–826)
850:Theodoret
841:(744–751)
835:(742–744)
829:(695–702)
823:(690–695)
821:George II
817:(687–690)
815:Sebastian
811:(681–687)
805:(656–681)
799:(640–656)
793:(628–640)
787:(620–628)
781:(610–620)
775:(599–609)
769:(594–599)
763:(571–594)
761:Gregory I
757:(561–571)
751:(546–561)
745:(526–546)
739:(521–526)
733:(518–521)
422:in 1702.
372:Sylvester
366:in 1899.
348:communion
315:Wallachia
217:Bethlehem
209:Procopius
92:(Melkite)
81:Successor
1389:Elias IV
1359:Spyridon
1335:Seraphim
1317:Philemon
1162:Mark III
1097:Arsenius
1022:John VII
998:Aemilian
962:Elias II
870:Simeon I
854:John III
797:George I
426:See also
390:and the
384:Istanbul
360:Damascus
328:proedros
272:Saidnaya
213:superior
205:priestly
193:Damascus
168:and the
128:Damascus
1288:Cyril V
1180:Mark IV
1016:John VI
992:John V
950:John IV
944:Agapius
876:Elias I
743:Ephraim
731:Paul II
295:Vatican
197:Jesuits
1401:John X
1323:Daniel
1182:(1476)
920:Job II
621:
268:firman
256:simony
238:, and
225:Aleppo
141:Aleppo
97:Orders
43:Church
1138:Nilus
858:Job I
458:Notes
412:Latin
408:Greek
398:Works
221:Syria
1120:Mark
619:ISBN
527:2022
306:Écus
184:Life
135:Died
124:1647
117:Born
331:)
310:See
302:Jew
53:See
1440::
555:^
535:^
465:^
394:.
343:.
266:a
180:.
709:e
702:t
695:v
627:.
529:.
23:.
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