Antiochian Orthodox Church

The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism, and today is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. It claims to be the sole legitimate successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul. Its North American branch is autonomous, although the Holy Synod of Antioch still appoints its head bishop. Its Australasia Oceania branch is the largest in terms of area.

The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch, in what is now Turkey, but is now Damascus, Syria, on the "Street called Straight."

The claim is disputed by the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, part of Oriental Orthodoxy. The schism between the two occurred over the Christology enunciated by the Council of Chalcedon. The Syriac Catholic Church, the Maronite Church, and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, all of them in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, also claim to hold the patriarchate. The Roman Catholic Church also claimed the patriarchate and appointed titular Latin rite patriarchs for many centuries, until it renounced those claims in 1964.

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Syriac Christianity
Self-appellations : Aramaeans · Assyrians · Chaldeans · Syriacs · Maronites · Melkites
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Churches : Antiochian Orthodox Church · Assyrian Church of the East · Chaldean Catholic Church · Maronite Catholic Church · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Syriac Catholic Church · Syriac Orthodox Church