Meletius II of Antioch

Patriarch Meletius II Doumani (Arabic: البطريرك ملاتيوس الثاني دوماني al-Baṭriyark Milātiyūs aṯ-Ṯānī Dūmānī; 1839 – 1906) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1899–1906). He was the first Arab and the first Syrian primate of non-Greek descent in 168 years.

Meletius II Doumani ملاتيوس الثاني دوماني
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

Church	Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Installed	1899
Term ended	1906
Predecessor	Spyridon of Antioch
Successor	Gregory IV of Antioch
Personal details
Born	1839 Ottoman Syria
Died	1906(1906-00-00) (aged 66–67) Syria

When Saint Raphael (then an archimandrite) was elected Bishop of Zahleh, Lebanon in December 1901, Meletius asked him to return to the patriarchate from his mission in the United States. Archimandrite Raphael politely refused, noting that he wished to complete the work he was then doing in the United States.

Literature

Mufarrij, Rafeek, «The patriarchal crisis in the See of Antioch and the election of Melatios Doumani: causes, main events and results, 1891—1899» (2000)
Якушев М. И. Первый Патриарх-араб на Антиохийском престоле // Восточный архив, 2006. — № 14-15. — С. 99-106
Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. ISBN 9783170176683.

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