Dorotheus IV Ibn Al-Ahmar

Patriarch Dorotheus IV Ibn Al-Ahmar (died 1611), sometime known also as Dorotheus V,^[1] was Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1604 to 1611.

Before being elected Greek Patriarch of Antioch in 1604, he served for eight years as auxiliary bishop of previous Patriarch Joachim Ibn Ziadah. His action as Patriarch is remembered for his clashes with the Ottoman civil authorities on the issue of taxations of the Christian community: he succeeded in having abolished the taxes on the clergy and in substituting Muslim collectors of taxes with Christian ones.

Because of his courage he was heavily attacked by his Turkish opponents who tried to depose him, unsuccessfully. He was stopped by the poison that killed him in 1611 while he was on pastoral visit at Hasbaya, Lebanon^[2]

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Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch

6th–9th centuries

• Paul II (518–521)
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• Theodore I
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• Simeon I (834–840)
• Elias I (840–852)
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• Nicholas II (860–879)
• Michael I (879–890)
• Zacharias (890–902)

10th–13th centuries

• George III (902–917)
• Job II (917–939)
• Eustratius (939–960)
• Christopher I (960–966)
• Theodore II (966–977)
• Agapius (977–995)
• John IV (995–1000)
• Nicholas III (1000–1003)
• Elias II (1003–1010)
• George Lascaris (1010–1015)
• Macarius the Virtuous (1015–1023)
• Eleutherius (1023–1028)
• Peter III (1028–1051)
• John V (1051–1062)
• Aemilian (1062–1075)
• Theodosius II (1075–1084)
• Nicephorus (1084–1090)
• John VI (1090–1155)
• John VII (1155–1159)^†
• Euthymius I (1159–1164)^†
• Macarius II (1164–1166)^†
• Athanasius I (1166–1180)^†
• Theodosius III (1180–1182)^†
• Elias III (1182–1184)^†
• Christopher II (1184–1185)^†
• Theodore IV (1185–1199)^†
• Joachim I (1199–1219)^†
• Dorotheus I (1219–1245)^†
• Simeon II (1245–1268)^†
• Euthymius II (1268–1269)^†
• Theodosius IV (1269–1276)^†
• Theodosius V (1276–1285)
• Arsenius (1285–1293)
• Dionysius (1293–1308)

14th–17th centuries

• Mark (1308–1342)
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• Pachomius II (1410–1411)
• Joachim II (1411–1426)
• Mark III (1426–1436)
• Dorotheus II (1436–1454)
• Michael IV (1454–1476)
• Mark IV (1476)
• Joachim III (1476–1483)
• Gregory III (1483–1497)
• Dorotheus III (1497–1523)
• Michael V (1523–1541)
• Dorotheus IV (1541–1543)
• Joachim IV (1543–1576)
• Michael VI (1577–1581)
• Joachim V (1553–1592)
• Joachim VI (1593–1604)
• Dorotheus V (1604–1611)
• Athanasius II (1611–1619)
• Ignatius III (1619–1634)
• Euthymius III (1634–1635)
• Euthymius IV (1635–1647)
• Macarius III (1647–1672)
• Neophytos (1673–1682)
• Athanasius III (1685–1694)
• Cyril V (1694–1720)

18th century–present

• Athanasius III (1720–1724)
• Sylvester (1724–1766)
• Philemon (1766–1767)
• Daniel (1767–1791)
• Euthymius V (1791–1813)
• Seraphim (1813–1823)
• Methodius (1823–1850)
• Hierotheos (1850–1885)
• Gerasimos (1885–1891)
• Spyridon (1891–1898)
• Meletius II (1899–1906)
• Gregory IV (1906–1928)
• Alexander III (1931–1958)
• Theodosius VI (1958–1970)
• Elias IV (1970–1979)
• Ignatius IV (1979–2012)
• John X (2012–present)

^† in exile at Constantinople
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