Basic Information

The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch traces its origin to the Patriarchate established in Antioch by St. Peter the apostle. The first Syrian Orthodox faithful came to North America during the late 1800s, and by 1907 the first Syrian Orthodox priest was ordained. The Archdiocese was officially established in 1957.

Snapshot

	1990	2000	Growth/Decline
Congregations	29	23	-6 (-20.7%)
Adherents	30,000	13,845	-16,155 (-53.9%)

Notes

Snapshot data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc.

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]