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[[Image:John Yazigi.jpg|right|frame|Metropolitan John (Yazigi)]]
His Eminence Metropolitan '''Metropolitan John (Yazigi)''' heads the '''[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe]]''' headquartered in Paris, France. Before his election and enthronement as Metropolitan, he had been [[titular bishop]] of Pyrgou (al-Hosn), Syria. He was also formerly the dean of the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)]], the patriarchal seminary attached to the University of Balamand.
His Eminence has a License in Theology from the Balamand seminary (1978), a Diploma in Byzantine Music from the Byzantine Music Conservatory in Thessaloniki (1981), and a Ph.D. in Theology with a specialization in Liturgics from the University of Thessaloniki (1983). While at the Balamand, he served as Professor of Liturgics (1981-2008), as well as in the abbacy of St. George Al-Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery (1993-2005) and the [[Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand]] (2001-2005).
His Grace Eminence is also the author of numerous books and articles on Orthodox theology and liturgics.
title=[[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Dean of Balamand Seminary]]|
years=1989-1992, 2001-2005|
after=Metropolitan [[Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo|Paul (Yazigi)]]}}
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before=Metropolitan [[Gabriel (Saliby)of Western Europe|Gabriel (Saliby)]]title=[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe|Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe]]<br>(Antiochian)|
years=2008-|
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