Paulists (fr) Other There are also several patriarchal organizations with offices and chapters throughout the world, including: the Global Melkite Association, a group which networks eparchies, monasteries, schools and Melkite associations Friends of The Holy Land, a lay charitable organization active in the diaspora which provides clothing, medicine and liturgical items for churches and communities in the Holy Land (Israel, Palestine, Jordan), Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria. Ecclesiastical decorations Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem, a honorific lay order founded in 1979, with the Patriarch of Antioch as Grand Master, which promotes religious, cultural, charitable and social works of concern to the Church Order of Saint Nicholas, a regional lay order founded in 1991 by Bishop Ignatius Ghattas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Other Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (OSLJ), a Christian ecumenical lay order under protection of the Patriarch of Antioch since 1910 (some sources claim since 1841) (OMCTH), a Christian ecumenical organisation with Generalkommandantur (general command) in Cologne (Köln), Germany, and a seat in Jerusalem, under protection of the Patriarch of Antioch since 22 September 1990. The Grand Priory of Poland of the OMCTH was granted the Autonomous Statute General on 12 December 2018 by Patriarch Youssef Absi. Grand Priory of Poland was established as the sole Catholic Chivalric Order with the Grand Prior of Poland as the Vicar General of the Order. See also Melkite List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch Eastern Catholic Churches Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton Bibliography References Sources and external links Eparchy of Newton, the Melkite Church in the USA Melkite Catholic Web Ring Melkite Ambassadors Young Adult Website Article on the Melkite Catholic Church by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA website Melkite Greek Catholic Chant in Greek, English, and Arabic Apostolic sees Catholic organizations established in the 18th century Organizations based in Damascus