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His Beatitude '''Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch''' was Patriarch of Antioch and all the East from 1928 to 1958. Patr. Alexander was instrumental in the revival of [[church]]es and [[monastery|monasteries]] within the patriarchate. He also moved for the revival of the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Patriarchal Theological School]] at Balamand. 

Patr. Alexander, after consultations with the hierarchs of the other autocephalous [[church]]es, on [[May 31]], 1958, authorized His Eminence Metropolitan [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] to establish the [[Western Rite]] in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Archdiocese]] in the United States.

Patr. Alexander reposed on [[June 17]], 1958.

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before=Gregory IV (Haddad)|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]]|
years= 1928-1958|
after=[[Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) of Antioch|Theodosius VI (Abourjaily)]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://www.rocorstudies.org/?part=publications&aid=11028 Archbishop Ieronim (Ioann Chernov) of Flint]
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony On the Western Rite Edict]  

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