... of the Lord.” The need to append this term to “catholic” emerged in fourth-century controversies, and the designations “eastern”—eventually replaced the term “East Roman imperial” or “Melkite” as opposed to “oriental,” i.e., characteristic of the majority of believers in the eastern Roman provinces of Syria...

... patriarch of Jerusalem Kekelidze Kornelii Mateos Juan Pentecost Christian Palestinian Aramaic Cyril of Scythopolis Egeria Lent multilingualism antiphon Cyril of Jerusalem Iadgari Johnson Scott Renoux Charles Athanase Aleksidze Zaza Arabic Griffith Sidney Korolevsky Cyril Melkite Peter...

... Jund Dimashq Transjordan Jund Filastīn Palestine Transjordan agricultural Amman ʿAsqalān Bayt Jibrīn economic grapes Jerusalem Kingdom of Jerusalem Latin Kingdom kuttāb Melkite al Muqaddasī trade Church of the Anastasis Church of the Martyrion of Constantine Feast of the Dormition...

...The Egyptian Melkite Church elected a new patriarch in the year 1250, and leading Copts realized that they would be placed at a disadvantage over the governing authorities if they could not produce a patriarch of their own. The election of a new patriarch quickly became bogged down in the rivalry...