Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional "overseer" (επισκοπος, episkopos, from which the word 'bishop' is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in the church from its earliest period. This diocese is one of the few for which the names of its bishops from the apostolic beginnings have been preserved. The Antiochian Orthodox Church in Australia and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America are under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
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