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The '''Church of Antioch''' is one of the five churches [[patriarchate]]s (i.e., the [[Pentarchy]]) that constituted the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church]] before the [[Great Schism]] of 1054, and today is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches. In English translations of official documents, the Church of Antioch is referred to as the '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East''', though a literal translation of its Arabic name for itself would be '''Roman Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''.
The Church of Antioch is the successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] (who served as its first bishop) and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], who are its [[patron saint]]s. In terms of hierarchical order of precedence, it ranks third among the world's Orthodox churches, behind [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]].