‏On September 28, 2021, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Beatitude Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh. ‏His Beatitude was accompanied by Msgr. Habib Mrad, Patriarchal Secretary and Rev. Fr. Karim Kalash, Assistant Secretary.‏The meeting was attended by their Eminences Mor Theophilus Georges Saliba, Archbishop of Mount Lebanon and Tripoli, and Mor Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Secretary and Media Office Director. ‏During the meeting, His Beatitude thanked His Holiness for his participation in the celebrations of his Beatitude’s priesthood golden jubilee and episcopal silver jubilee.