enthroned ended venerated predecessor successor patriarch_of death_date death_place feast_day see article_title name church
758 790 orthodox christianity athanasius sandalaya joseph syriac orthodox patriarch of antioch and all the east 1 december 790 monastery of mar bar sawma 7 december antioch george i of antioch
 george i of antioch syriac orthodox church
george i of antioch

`` this article is about a patriarch of antioch in the 8th century .
`` for the admiral under roger ii of sicily , and founder of the greek orthodox martorana church on sicily in the 12th century , see george of antioch .
george i of antioch -lrb- syriac : `` mor gewargis '' -rrb- was the patriarch of antioch , and head of the syriac orthodox church from 758 until his death in 790 .
