About Metropolitan PHILIP

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)

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.