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Meeting of the MECC Executive Committee – Bkerke

On September 18, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II inaugurated the sessions of the Executive Committee of the MECC, hosted by the Maronite Church at the Maronite Patriarchate…

Visit of Representative of Coptic Orthodox Church in Lebanon Rev. Fr. Timon Alsuryani

On September 16, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Lebanon Rev. Fr. Timon Alsuryani, at the Patriarchal Residence in…

Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross

On September 14, 2020, on the occasion of the Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the Holy Qurobo at Mor…

Correspondence with the President of India, Prime Minister of India and the Chief Minister of Kerala about the situation of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India

On August 29, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II wrote to their Excellencies: the President of India, the Prime Minister of India and the Chief Minister of Kerala…

Condolences on the death fo Former President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

Delegated by His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, His Eminence Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury, Patriarchal Vicar at the Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus, and Very Rev. Fr. Markose Abraham, Patriarchal…

Visit of Ambassador Dr. Anwar Abdelhady

On September 1st, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Anwar Abdelhady Director of the Political Office of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Damascus,…

Online International Conference: Christian Churches and Communities in Near East – University of Lugano – Switzerland

On August 31, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II inaugurated the Program of Masters of Religion and Theology Studies at the University of Lugano. This inauguration came within…

Correspondence with the Heads of the sister OOCs about the situation of the Church in India

Following the recent developments in the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, especially the repeated aggressions against the members of our church in India which also targeted some of their Eminences…

Meeting with the President of the Syriac Union Party in Lebanon

On August 22, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received Mr. Ibrahim Mrad, President of the Syriac Union Party in Lebanon, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh. His…

Online Meeting of the General Secretariat of the Holy Synod

On August 21, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over an online meeting of the General Secretariat of the Holy Synod. Their Eminences, members of the General…