Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan PHILIP dies, church grew under his 48-year leadership
Visitation and Funeral Will Be Held Here In Brooklyn at St. Nicholas Cathedral
The Most Rev. Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba, head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in North America, died March 19, according to the church’s chancery in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 83.
Saliba is credited with building the Antiochian Orthodox Church through his outreach and welcome to all, particularly to Evangelical Christian congregations.
The Christian names of Antiochian Orthodox metropolitans are customarily spelled capitalized. The role of metropolitan is parallel to that of archbishop in this branch of the Orthodox Church.