Ignatius IV of Antioch

Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All The East (Arabic: إغناطبوس الرابع هزيم، بطريرك أنطاكيا وسائر المشرق ‎) (born 1921) is the current primate of the "Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East". Ignatius was born Habib Hazim in 1921 in the village of Mhardeh near Hama in Syria. He is the son of a pious Arab Orthodox family and from an early age was attracted to service within the Church. While studying in Beirut, Lebanon, for a literature degree, he entered the service of the local Orthodox diocese, first by becoming an acolyte, then a deacon. During his studies at the American University of Beirut, young Habib was influenced by his outstanding philosophy professor Charles Malik. Malik influenced his students...