Joachim VI

Patriarch Joachim VI (died 1604) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch from 1593 to 1604.

Joachim VI was born in the village of Sisniya, in the Akkar region of modern Lebanon. Before his enthronement as patriarch, he was the Metropolitan of Homs.

Joachim was elected Patriarch of Antioch in 1593, after a one-year vacancy of the see. He is remembered for his weak reign and his inability to control the Orthodox bishops of Syria from governing their sees autonomously. Corruption was rampant in the patriarchate as a result of his weakness, so much so that Pariarch Meletius I of Alexandria wrote a letter to him condemning him.

The real power controlling the patriarchate during his reign was the Orthodox laity of Damascus, led by Sheikh Jirjis ibn Samur. Jirjis's strength grew so great that in 1604 he forced Joachim (who by that point was blind and enfeebled) to abdicate in favor of his preferred candidate for patriarch, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Ahmar, who took the name Dorotheus.^[1]

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Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch

6th–9th centuries

• Paul II (518–521)
• Euphrasius (521–526)
• Ephraim (526–546)
• Domnus III (546–561)
• Anastasius I (561–571)
• Gregory I (571–594)
• Anastasius I (594–599)
• Anastasius II (599–609)
• Gregory II (610–620)
• Anastasius III (620–628)
• Macedonius (628–640)
• George I (640–656)
• Macarius I (656–681)
• Theophanes (681–687)
• Sebastian (687–690)
• George II (690–695)
• Alexander II (695–702)
• Stephen IV (742–744)
• Theophylact (744–751)
• Theodore I
• Theodoret
• John III
• Job I (810–826)
• Nicholas I (826–834)
• Simeon I (834–840)
• Elias I (840–852)
• Theodosius I (852–860)
• 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)
• Ignatius II (1342–1386)
• Pachomius I (1386–1393)
• Nilus (1393–1401)
• Michael III (1401–1410)
• 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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