Familienfest in Mor Jacob of Sarough Monastery in Warburg

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His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II attended the different functions of the ‘Familienfest’, a special day for families organized at Mor Jacob of Sarough Monastery in Warburg, Germany.
The Familienfest included several activities and events. The Syriac families from different cities in Germany came to be part of this special day.
The “Syriac Music” Choir from Sweden also participated in this event and chanted different Syriac songs and hymns.
An estimated number of 4000 people attended the Familienfest from different parts of Germany and the Netherlands.
Their Eminences: Mor Philoxenus Mattias Nayis, Patriarchal Vicar in Germany, Mor Julius Hanna Aydin, Director of the Foreign Relations in Germany, Mor Dioscoros Benjamin Atas, Patriarchal Vicar in Sweden, Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydin, Patriarchal Vicar in The Netherlands, and Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury, Patriarchal Vicar in the Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus were also present as well as many priests and representatives of sister churches.

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