BIOGRAPHY
Mor Clemis Daniel Kourieh
Archbishop of Beirut & Benevolent institutions in Lebanon

 

Photo: October 2008

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Born - 1971
Name of the Parents - Malak & Jacqueline
Native Place Qamishli, Syria
Education - General Certificate of Secondary Science Section, Syria
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Aleppo, Syria
Theological Studies - 1. Diploma in Theology from the Faculty of St. Ephrem Orthodox Theologicall vaidity, 1995

2. Higher Diploma in Theology from the Faculty of Theology, Athens - Greece, 2001

     
Ordinations    
Mshamshono Qorouyo   31 Aug1986;  Ordination at the Church of Mar Georges,  Aleppo,  by Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim
Mshamshono Aphodiakno   21 Sep1988;  Ordination at the Church of Our Lady, Qamishli, by Mor Timtheoss Samuel Aqtash
Monk   05 Feb 1995;  Ordination  at the Cathedral of St. George, Damascus, by His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I
Deacon   12 Mar 1995; Ordination at the Cathedral of St. George, Damascus, by His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka -I
Kassisso   24 Nov 1996;  Ordination at the Church of St. Gregory, Athens, Greece, by His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I
Rabban (Holy Cross)   14 Oct 2001;  Ordination at the St. Peter's & St. Paul's Cathedral in the Monastery of Mor Aphrem
                             the Syrian,  Maarat Saydinya, Syria, by His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas.
Metropolitan   18 Feb 2007;  Ordained by His Holiness the Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas at the St. Peter's & St. Paul's
                             cathedral, Mor Aphrem Seminary, Maarat Saydinya, Damascus
   
Responsibilities
Positions held in the past A representative of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Greece during the study.
Headmaster of the Seminary in St. Jacob Asrougi Farborg - Germany 2000-2001
Associate Bishop of charitable institutions Patriarchate Atthanp - Lebanon from September 2001 to July 2006
Executive Secretary of the Association of Schools and Institutes of Theology in the Middle East from Oct 2004 to date Oct 2008    
Current Responsibilities - 1. Metropolitan of Beirut & Benevolent institutions in Lebanon
- 2.  Teaching Theology and Petrology in the College of St. Ephrem the Syrian   
Director of the Patriarchate Charitable institutions in Batthanp from 1-7-2006.
Member of the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Committee of the Council of the Churches of the Middle East.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H.E. Mor Clemis Daniel Malak Kourieh being greeted by the faithful at the Mor Aphrem Theological Seminary premises,

Maarat Saydinya, Damascus on 18th February 2007 soon after his Metropolitan consecration

 

 

 

 

 

Photos from the Metropolitan Ordination ceremony of Mor Clemis Daniel & Mor Julius Hanna Aydin  (Source: SOKU.org):

http://www.soku.org/images/Ordination of_Mor_Julius_Hanna_Aydin_Mor_Klimis_Daniel_Gourie/index.html