The Patriarchate of Antioch is the office and jurisdiction of the bishop or Patriarch of Antioch, the Christian Church's oldest episcopal see, tracing its origin to Saint Peter and originally located in Antioch, now Antakya in Turkey. It has been formally designated as Patriarchate since 531. Several traditions have claimed succession of the early Church of Antioch, none of which however has been based in Antioch/Antakya for centuries:
- List of patriarchs of Antioch until 512
- Syriac Orthodox Church, est. 512 in Antioch and later relocated to Eastern Anatolia, then Homs, then Damascus
- Syriac Catholic Church, est. 1662 in Damascus
- Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, est. 685 in the Qadisha Valley, later relocated while remaining in what is now Lebanon
- Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, relocated to Damascus in the 14th century
- Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, est. 1724 in Damascus
- Latin Patriarchate of Antioch, est. 1098 as a Catholic see in Antioch, titular from 1268 until suppression in 1964
- Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, est. 1958 in Berlin, Germany
- Antioch International Movement of Churches, est. 1987 in Waco, Texas, United States
- Free Church of Antioch, est. 1992 in Santa Barbara, California, United States
See also
- Pentarchy
- Patriarchate of Constantinople (disambiguation)
- Patriarchate of Alexandria (disambiguation)
- Patriarchate of Jerusalem (disambiguation)
- History of Early Christianity
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
- Antiochian Greek Christians
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