His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Philip (Saliba)
Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America
Residence and Chancery:
358 Mountain Rd.
P.O. Box 5238
Englewood, New Jersey 07631-5238
Phone: (201) 871-1355
Fax: (201) 871-7954
archdiocese@antiochian.org
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Ancient Faith Radio interviews Metropolitan Philip
Biography:
Metropolitan Philip was born on June 10, 1931, in Abou Mizan, Lebanon, the fourth of five children to Elias and Saleema Saliba. After completing his primary education at the Shouier Elementary School, he entered the Balamand Orthodox Seminary, near Tripoli, Lebanon, at the age of fourteen. He subsequently attended and was graduated from the Orthodox Secondary School in Homs, Syria, and the Assiyeh Orthodox College in Damascus, Syria.
Ordained to the holy diaconate in 1949, he was assigned to serve as secretary to His Beatitude, Alexander III (Tahan), the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. In 1952, he was appointed lecturer in Arabic language and literature and student advisor at the Balamand Orthodox Seminary.
While a deacon, Metropolitan Philip was awarded a scholarship and invitation to undertake studies in Great Britain at the Kelham Theological School and the University of London. In 1956, he arrived in the United States and enrolled at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts. Assigned to a position at St. George Church in Detroit, Michigan, he entered Wayne State University from which he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959.
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Reflections on Metropolitan Philip's Life and Contributions
- In the View of His Brother Dr. Najib Saliba
- In the View of Fr. Elias Bitar
- In the View of His Bishops
- In the View of the President of Lebanon