Tonsure of Dayroyo Gabriel Onar at the Holy Cross Monastery

On September 24, 2021, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the tonsure of Gabriel Onar at the Holy Cross Monastery in Sweden.Their Eminences Archbishops: Mor Dioscorus Benjamin Atas, Patriarchal Vicar in Sweden, Mor Dionysius Issa Gurbuz, Patriarchal Vicar in Switzerland and Austria, Mor Philoxenus Mattias Nayis, Patriarchal Vicar in Germany, Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydin, Patriarchal Vicar in Holland, and Mor Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Secretary and Media Office Director, assisted His Holiness in the tonsure. Dayroyo Gabriel is the first Syriac monk to be tonsured in Sweden.

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