Alexander III of Antioch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 09-May-1869
Place of Birth: Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
Date of Death: 17-Jun-1958
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Alexander III of Antioch
- Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East from 1928 to 1958.
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- Alexander was instrumental in the revival of churches and monasteries within the patriarchate.
- He also moved for the revival of the Patriarchal Theological School at Balamand. Patr.
- Alexander, after consultations with the hierarchs of the other autocephalous churches, on May 31, 1958, authorized Metropolitan Antony Bashir to establish the Western Rite in the Antiochian Archdiocese in the United States. Patr.
- Alexander died on June 17, 1958.
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