Metropolitan PHILIP (Saliba)


Born: June 10, 1931, Abou Mizan, Lebanon
Name Day: November 14

Educated:

  • Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary, 
    Tripoli (Lebanon), 1945-47
  • Orthodox Secondary School, Homs (Syria), 1947-49
  • Assiyah College, Damascus (Syria), 1949-51
  • Kelham Theological School, Nottinghamshire 
    (England), 1953
  • University of London, London (England), 1954
  • Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary, 
    Boston/Brookline, MA, 1956
  • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1956-69 
    (B.A. in History)
  • St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 
    Crestwood, NY, 1965-65; M.Div.

 Ordained:

  • Deacon, August 6, 1949
  • Priest, March 1, 1959, by Metropolitan Antony Bashir.
  • Archimandrite, June 1966, by Metropolitan Ilyas Kurban
  • Archbishop, August 14, 1966, at St. Elias Monastery Lebanon, by Patriarch Theodosios VI; enthroned in New York October 13th

Ministry:

  • Secretary to Patriarch Alexander III (1949-53)
  • Dean of Students and Lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature, Balamand Seminary, Tripoli, Lebanon (1952)
  • Deacon, St. George Church, Detroit, MI (1956-59)
  • Pastor, St. George Church, Cleveland, OH (1959-64)
  • Archbishop of New York and North America (1966-), overseeing some 248 parishes
  • Founds Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America (A.O.W.C.N.A.: 1973)
  • Founds Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch (1975)
  • Purchases Antiochian Village property, Ligonier, PA (1978)
  • Founds St. Stephen's Course of Theological Studies (1980)
  • Accepts into Orthodoxy the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission (1987)
  • Founds Antiochian House of Studies (1992)

BRIEF SUMMARY:
Bibliography:

  1. Gillquist, Peter E., Metropolitan Philip: his life and his dreams (Nashville, TN : Thomas Nelson, 1991).
  2. Allen, Joseph J., "The Episcopate of Metropolitan Philip Saliba," Word 39.10 (Dec. 1995), 5-9.