On May 19, 2021, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Eminence Mor Theethose Yeldho, Archbishop of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese in Northern America, at Mor Aphrem Archdiocesan Center in New Jersey.

‏The meeting was attended by their Eminences Archbishop Mor Dionysius John Kawak, Patriarchal Vicar for the Archdiocese of Eastern USA, and Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury, Archbishop of Homs, Hama, Tartous and Environs.

‏During the meeting, His Eminence discussed with His Holiness the preparations for the inauguration of the new Archdiocesan Center.