Alexander III of Antioch

Patriarch Alexander III Tahhan ( ; 1869–1958) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East from 1928 to 1958. Patr. Alexander was instrumental in the revival of churches and monasteries within the patriarchate. He also moved for the revival of the Patriarchal Theological School at Balamand.

Patr. Alexander, after consultations with the hierarchs of the other autocephalous churches, on May 31, 1958, authorized Metropolitan Antony Bashir to establish the Western Rite in the Antiochian Archdiocese in the United States.

Patr. Alexander died on 17 June 1958.

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Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch

1869 births

1958 deaths

Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch

Syrian Christians

Place of birth missing

People from Damascus

20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops

20th-century Syrian people

19th-century Syrian people