tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post8119305676518029552..comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Comments on Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Antiochian Delegation Meets with Archbishop of Athens about QatarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-34452544625212882752013-03-22T16:33:26.353-04:002013-03-22T16:33:26.353-04:00Well, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem's canonica...Well, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem's canonical territory is normally considered to be Palestine and Jordan, that is, the Holy Land as such, as well as Sinai, depending on how one understands the status of St Catherine's monastery.<br /><br />The territory of the Patriarchate of Antioch is in principle all the Arab countries east of Egypt, apart from Palestine and Jordan, as well as in Turkey, for historical reasons, Mersin and Samandag (ancient Cilicia) and the Hatay province which is culturally Syrian Arab. Anciently, the boundaries of the Patriarchate of Antioch included all of what is now Syria and Lebanon, southern Turkey, and then at least notionally basically everything east of the empire-- so, for example, the churches of Georgia long had a somewhat complicated canonical relationship to Antioch. From the 8th centuries until the Mongols, there were quite a lot of bishops under Antioch in what is now Iraq, Iran, and Central Asia. I posted a bit about this a few years ago-- http://araborthodoxy.blogspot.com/2009/06/patriarchate-of-antioch-according-to.htmlSamn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-35795173578669915172013-03-22T11:52:44.519-04:002013-03-22T11:52:44.519-04:00The borders of the Patriarchates seem as irrationa...The borders of the Patriarchates seem as irrational and problematic as the borders of their host States.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.com