lues en Galilée, translated into several languages.
As for his activities as
Patriarch since 1968, Le Lien has made it a duty to relate them as they
happen.
His Beatitude was born at
Tanta in Egypt, 18th May 1908
He was ordained priest after
completing his studies at St. Anne of Jerusalem, in the Basilica of St.
Anne itself, by Maximos IV Sayegh, then Archbishop of Tyre, on July 20,1930.
He was consecrated Archbishop
of St. John of Acre, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee, in Cairo on June
13, 1943, by H.B. Cyril IX Moghabghab, assisted by the Archbishops Dionysios
Kfoury and Peter Kamel Medawar, patriarchal auxiliaries.
Finally, he was elected
Patriarch by the Holy Synod at Ain Traz on November 22, 1967.
Principal
activities of his priesthood:
As a priest, he distinguished
himself by his running of the Patriarchal College in Cairo, and by the
launching and publication of the review Le Lien.
Principal
activities as Archbishop:
Later as Archbishop he built
schools, a junior seminary, an orphanage, a home for the elderly and several
churches He took particular care for the clergy
and for the religious and secular orders and he brought in several groups
of Europeans come to integrate themselves into our Church.
During the mass exodus of the Palestinian people towards Lebanon in 1948, he was one of the first to concern himself with the refugees. He helped them to get themselves organized until the American Red Cross and the United Nations took on the responsibility.
He opened a reception center
which sheltered about two hundred children of all confessions, for Bishop
Hakim made no distinction between different religions or Christian communities.