His Eminence Archbishop
Elias Kurban
of Thrice Blessings


Archbishop of Tripoli, Koura and Dependences from 1962 - 2009, the most senior member of the Holy Synod of Antioch
the Nightingale of Antioch
There is and will be no other like him. He will be greatly missed, but Heaven is rejoicing as one of their own returns
This was truly a great man, a great pastor of his flock, the greatest chanter of the Patriarchate of Antioch and one of the most decent hierarchs it has ever been my privilege to meet and serve with

The Antiochian Orthodox around the world have lost a great leader and we will miss him
May his thrice-blessed memory be eternal and may he intercede for as at the thrown of God as we pray for his soul


Said the Very Rev Father George Rados
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