Background
MAXIMOS, Doctor of Divinity was born on May 18, 1908 in Tanta, Egypt. Son of Salim Hakim and Eugenie Gazaleh.
MAXIMOS, Doctor of Divinity was born on May 18, 1908 in Tanta, Egypt. Son of Salim Hakim and Eugenie Gazaleh.
Saint Louis School, Tanta, Holy Family Jesuit School, Cairo and Saint Anne Seminary, Jerusalem.
Teacher Patriarchal School, Beirut 1930-1931. Rector and Principal. Patriarchal School, Cairo 193143. Archbishop of Acre, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee 1943-1967.
Elected Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem November 1967.
Founded Le Lien (French) Cairo 1936, Ar-Rabita (Arabic) Haifa 1943. Commander Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur.
Honorary degree (Laval University, Canada, Algiers University and many United States universities).