Background
Hakim, Maximos V was born on May 18, 1908 in Tanta, Egypt. Son of Salim and Gazaleh (Eugenee) Hakim.
Hakim, Maximos V was born on May 18, 1908 in Tanta, Egypt. Son of Salim and Gazaleh (Eugenee) Hakim.
Doctor of Divinity in Theology, St. Anne, Jerusalem, 1930. Postgraduate, University Laval, Quebec, Canada, 1965. Postgraduate, Notre Dame, 1972.
Postgraduate, University Alger, 1975.
Teacher, Patriarcal School, Beirut, 1930-1931; rector, Patriarcal College, Cairo, 1931-1934; principal, Patriarcal College, Cairo, 1934-1943; archbishop, Akka-Nazareth, Palestine, Israel, 1943-1967; patriarch, Antioche and All the East, Syria, since 1967.