On May 12, 2023, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II attended an official reception held in his honor Manchester.

Their Eminences Archbishops: Mor Eustatheus Isaak, Metropolitan Patriarchal Vicar in the United Kingdom, Mor Gregorius Joseph, Metropolitan Trustee of our church in India, Mor Theophilus Kuriakose, Metropolitan of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary and Patriarchal Vicar in Europe, Mor Anthimos Mathews, Metropolitan of the Muvattupuzha Region of the Angamali Region, Mor Christophoros Markose, Patriarchal Secretary for the Affairs of the Church in India, and Very Rev. Raban Augeen Al-Khoury Nemat, Patriarchal Secretary, were also present.