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	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
		The Melkite Church is affiliated to the Roman Catholic Church, through the regime of Eastern Rite Churches, allowing it a great deal of autonomy and the right to preserve its original character.
		The word comes from the Semitic word for king, pointing at that the Melkites took the position of the emperor (which is a powerful king) of Byzantine in the 5th century on the greatest division issue in early Christianity: the nature of Jesus.
		The Melkite of the Middle East grew from Greek immigrants.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/melkite.htm (307 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
		The Melkite Church is affiliated to the Roman Catholic Church, through the regime of Eastern Rite Churches, allowing it a great deal of autonomy and the right to preserve its original character.
		The word comes from the Semitic word for king, pointing at that the Melkites took the position of the emperor (which is a powerful king) of Byzantine in the 5th century on the greatest division issue in early Christianity: the nature of Jesus.
		The Melkite of the Middle East grew from Greek immigrants.
	i-cias.com /e.o/melkite.htm (309 words)

	History of the Melkites
		The Melkites, or Byzantine rite Catholics of Middle Eastern origin, are the descendants of the early Christians of Antioch (Syria).
		Because the Melkite patriarchs were chosen from the local clergy, the church remained in union with Rome while under the direction of Constantinople.
		And so, today, the Melkite Catholics are a small but vibrant voice within the Catholic Church; a voice calling upon the dignity of the orthodox faith and praying for the unity of the church of Christ.
	www.melkite.org /Melkite.htm (1154 words)

	Melkite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Melkites were generally Greek-speaking city-dwellers living in the west of the Levant and in Egypt, as opposed to the more provincial Syriac- and Coptic-speaking non-Chalcedonians.
		The Melkite Church was organised into three historic patriarchates — Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem — under the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
		From that point onwards, the Melkite Church was divided between the Orthodox, who continued to recognise the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Catholics, who recognise the authority of the Pope of Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melkite (408 words)

	Our Lady of Redemption - Melkite History
		The Melkites, or Byzantine (Greek) rite Catholics of Middle Eastern origin, are the descendants of the early Christians of Antioch (Syria) (cf.
		Melkites are perhaps the oldest continuous Christian community in the world.
		Today, the term Melkite is used to refer to those Catholics whose ancestry is Middle Eastern and who follow the Byzantine Catholic tradition in worship, theology, and spirituality.
	www.olrmelkite.com /the_melkites.asp (549 words)

	Melkite Church
		The word "Melkite" comes from the Syriac and Arabic words for "King," and was originally used to refer to those within the ancient Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem who accepted the christological faith professed by the Byzantine Emperor after the Council of Chalcedon (451).
		At the Second Vatican Council, Melkite Patriarch Maximos IV Sayegh spoke forcefully against the latinization of the Eastern Catholic churches, and urged a greater receptivity to the eastern Christian traditions, especially in the area of ecclesiology.
		A bilateral commission for dialogue between the Melkites and Antiochene Orthodox was established in 1995, and both sides expressed the firm intention to heal the schism of 1724 [see the Patriarchate of Antioch].
	www.holycrossmelkite.org /ECPA/Byzantine/Melkite.html (900 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Arabic: كنيسة الروم الكاثوليك‎, Kanīsät ar-Rūm al-Kāṯūlīk) is an Eastern Rite sui juris particular Church of the Catholic Church in communion with the Pope.
		The fourth defining moment was the election of Cyril VI, in 1724, by the Melkite bishops of Syria as the new Patriarch of Antioch.
		During the Patriarchate of Maximos IV (Sayegh), some Melkite churches in the United States objected to the use of the vernacular language in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, a movement that was spearheaded by the future Archbishop of Nazareth, Father Joseph Raya of Birmingham, Alabama.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church (2247 words)

	The Melkite Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Melkites are Uniate Christians who acknowledge, firstly, the authority of the papacy and, secondly, the authority of the Melkite Catholic patriarch of Antioch and of All the East.
		After the Arab invasion of eastern Christendom in the seventh century the Melkites came to place themselves increasingly under the jurisdiction of Constantinople and to adopt the Byzantine rite.
		This Catholic Melkite Church suffered bloody persecution at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during the early decades of the nineteenth century.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/east/melk.html (280 words)

	Jihad Watch: Melkite Catholic Patriarch: "After 11 September, there is a plot to eliminate all the Christian minorities ...
		Melkite Greek Catholics are Christians of the ancient Church of Antioch, of which Gregory III Laham is the current Patriarch.
		The Antiochian Orthodox Church is the sister Church of the Melkites; in 1724 Patriarch Cyril VI of Antioch declared himself in communion with Rome, whereupon a group of bishops repaired to Constantinople and chose a rival, Orthodox Patriarch.
		Melkites and the Antiochene Orthodox counterparts are the largest Churches among the Christians of Palestine/Israel and Jordan.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/010861.php (2112 words)

	St. John Chrysostom Melkite Church - Candler Mansion
		The small Melkite Catholic Community of Atlanta worked with hope and enthusiasm after World War II to raise money to build or buy their own church in the city.
		In 1998, Exarch William Haddad retired as Pastor and was succeeded by Rev. Fr.
		The Melkite parish in Atlanta, many of its dedicated pioneers now deceased, has maintained the original vision of grandeur and majesty of a splendid structure.
	www.stjohnmelkite.org /candler.html (1517 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Arabs and Icons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His source was the derisive expression "Melkite" used by heretic Nestorian Christians to refer to communities which remained loyal to the Byzantine State Church after the early theological disputes over the nature of Christ.
		Melkite artists probably learned the form of the icon from icons brought to the Middle East by Byzantine Greek and Russian patriarchs and pilgrims, and from Greek artists who lived and worked in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
		Most of the early Melkite icons were made in Aleppo, where a family of Syrians and their students produced some of the finest examples of Melkite work.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197106/arabs.and.icons.htm (2145 words)

	Study faults Melkite church - The Boston Globe
		They said that, in the 28-year-history of the Melkite eparchy, they are aware of only one instance in which a minor was sexually abused by a priest, and in that case, which they learned of three years ago, they immediately removed the priest from ministry.
		But he noted that unlike Roman Catholic dioceses, which are located in one city or region, the nationwide Melkite diocese must find a way to do background checks on employees in multiple states and in a way that honors privacy in a small organization.
		He said a Melkite priest who is a former police detective is trying to set up a mechanism for running the checks with the FBI.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/01/11/study_faults_melkite_church (736 words)

	The History of the Melkite Byzantine Church
		The Melkite Church owes its character as a particular church to two loyalties, one to the Empire of Byzantium and the other to the first seven ecumenical councils.
		This appellation, which was invented by its Monophysite detractors to stigmatize its fidelity to Marcian the Emperor (=malka in Syriac) and to the council which he had called at Chalcedon, is the distinguishing label marking its orthodoxy in relation to the cattolica.
		As they were no longer able to play a political role, the Melkites, like the Jacobites and Nestorians, turned towards the liberal professions, especially medicine, and were the artisans of the translation into Arabic of the philosophical, medical and scientific heritage of ancient Greece.
	phoenicia.org /melkites.html (4352 words)

	A Short History of the Melkite Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Melkite Christians expected relief from their sufferings when ten years later Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade and thousands of European Knights set out to recapture the Holy Land from the Turks.
		Before the Second Vatican Council a group of prominent Melkite clergy stationed at the seminary in Cairo advocated a restoration of Eastern Theology and Liturgy in the Melkite Church.
		This liturgical and theological renewal of the Melkite Church has made perhaps the greatest headway in the United States, especially since the creation of a Melkite episcopate in the United States in 1966.
	www.stannmelkite.org /history.htm (1134 words)

	Archdiocese of Boston - 8/27/2004 - New leader for U.S. Melkites installed
		The worldwide leader of the Melkite Church, His Beatitude Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem was the installing prelate.
		He encouraged the American Melkite community to maintain their ties with one another and with their bishop and to seek out other Melkites across the nation who may have loosened their ties with the Melkite community because of distance or geography.
		If Melkites and others want to know something about the energy and determination of this new bishop, a hint may be provided by his first purchase in the U.S. — sweat pants and sneakers, because his luggage was lost in transport.
	www.rcab.org /Pilot/2004/ps040827/NewMelkiteleader.html (563 words)

	New Melkite Eparch stresses collaboration among religions \| The-Tidings.com
		On his first official visit to California, Melkite Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros said last week he looks forward to shepherding the huge and "dynamic" eparchy stretching from New England to San Diego, but noted that interreligious collaboration is required for the situation for Christians to improve in the Middle East.
		Melkite Catholics, descended from Byzantine Catholics hailing from the ancient Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, number about 1,340,000 worldwide.
		As eparch (father of all Melkite Catholics in the U.S.), Archbishop Bustros oversees more than 40 parishes, and has already visited 23 churches since he was enthroned last Aug. 18 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Roslindale, Mass.
	www.the-tidings.com /2005/0218/melkite.htm (635 words)

	UCEF - News - Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Visits Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Patriarch Gregory III (Laham) of Antioch and all the East, head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, arrived in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on 23 September 2002.
		On 24 September, the delegation of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church met with the bishops of the UGCC in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
		According to the patriarch, his invitation for Cardinal Husar to participate in the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in June 2003 is a step towards closer cooperation between the Melkite and Ukrainian Greek Catholic churches.
	www.ucef.org /news/0210011.html (493 words)

	The Melkites at the Vatican Council II: Contribution of the Melkite Prelates to Vatican Council II -- book review
		The Melkites at the Vatican Council II: Contribution of the Melkite Prelates to Vatican Council II Saba Shofany
		The Greek Melkite Church is currently (but was not always historically) one of the Eastern Churches in union with Rome; some Melkites are still not in communion with the Pope.
		The leader of the Melkites, a minority in the Syrian part of the Byzantine Empire, was the Patriarch of Antioch.
	www.curledup.com /melkites.htm (868 words)

	Melkite greek catholic church
		It is based on the Rite of St. James of Jerusalem and the Churches of Antioch and reformed by St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom.
		In the canonical acceptation of the word it is a particular Church, spread throughout the Arab Middle East and throughout a diaspora of ever increasing extent.
		The principal Melkite Catholic writers were Nassif Al Yaziji and his son Ibrahim, as well as the great poet Khalil Moutran, all of the highest class.
	www.holy-cross.ca /eglisang.html (3341 words)

	THE MELKITE GREEK-CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF CANADA
		The Melkite Catholic Church is one of the most important Christian communities in the Middle East-- second only to the Maronite Catholic Church in the number of her faithful.
		Emigration and shifting population patterns have produced Melkite communities in Europe, the Americas, and Australia, but the Byzantine Catholic community remains centered primarily in Syria, Lebanon, and the Holy Land.
		"The Melkite Church is very much involved in the concrete efforts to regain unity with the patriarchate of Antioch." That Orthodox patriarchate, he added, is the most influential Orthodox group in the Arab world.
	www.melkite.com /meetpope.html (332 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
		This means that Melkites follow the Greek variant of the Byzantine Rite in worship, theology, and spirituality.
		Melkites are the "Catholic" in the "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church".
		Melkites are a living example that one can be true to a different heritage and be in communion with the Holy See of Rome, which is represented by the Pope.
	www.stgeorgeinzababdeh.com /melkite.shtml (541 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Main Home Page
		Ecclesiastical Communion means that Melkites recognize the Holy See of Rome and that direct successor (the Patriarch of the West) of The Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Prince of the Apostles Peter "in the primacy".
		The spiritual leader of The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is The Patriarch of Antioch.
		Melkites are a living example that one can be true to a different heritage and be in communion with the Holy See of Rome, which is represented by the Pope.
	www.mliles.com /melkite (1025 words)

	Melkite Catholic Web Ring
		The primary purpose of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Net Ring is to spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the second person in the most Holy Trinity.
		Neither the Melkite Catholic Net Ring, its Ringmanager, the members of the ring or Ringsurf.com is liable for any member that changes his or her site after being accepted into the ring.
		Why -The primary purpose of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Net Ring is to spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the second person in the most Holy Trinity.
	www.mliles.com /melkitecatholic/index.shtml (1020 words)

	Saint Ann Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Danbury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The interior of the church blended Melkite traditions with Roman Catholic architecture: there was a high altar; icons and statues were both present, and there was no iconostasis.
		Melkites living in America finally received their own bishop in 1966, with the appointment of Father Justin Najmy as Apostolic Exarch.
		For the first time parishioners saw the traditional Melkite services of Orthros, Vespers and Compline celebrated on a regular basis, and Holy Week services were restored to their Eastern solemnity and splendor.
	www.stannmelkite.org /stannhistory.htm (1912 words)

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