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Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church
(, ) is an
Eastern Catholic Church
in
full communion
with the
Holy See
as part of the worldwide
Catholic Church
. The Melkites,
Byzantine Rite
Catholics of mixed
Eastern Mediterranean
(
Levantine
) and
Greek
origin, trace their history to the early Christians of
Antioch
, formerly part of
Syria
and now in
Turkey
, of the
1st century
AD, where
Christianity
was introduced by
Saint Peter
. It is headed by
Patriarch
Gregory III Laham
.
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