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Visit of a delegation from the Committee of Syrian Women in Chile

On September 23, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the Committee of Syrian Women in Chile, at the Patriarchate Headquarters in Bab Touma –…

Visit of a Russian Delegation

On September 22, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the Interreligious Working Group for the Aid of the Population of Syria at the Patriarchate…

Opening of the Forum of the Common Christian Heritage of the Holy Valley

On September 18, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II participated in the Opening Session of the Forum of the Common Christian Heritage of the Holy Valley, organized by…

His Holiness offers condolences to His Holiness Catholicos Aram for the passing away of his mother

On September 17, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II offered his condolences to His Brother in Christ His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Armenian Orthodox Catholicos of the Great…

Meeting with the Lebanese National Committee for Organ Donation

On September 17, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the National Lebanese Committee for Organ Donation and Transplant, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh…

Visit of Former Minister of Public Transport and Communication in Iraqi Kurdistan Mr. Johnson Siyawish

On September 17, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Excellency Mr. Johnson Siyawish, former Minister of Public Transport and Communication in Kurdistan – Iraq, at the…

Visit of Metropolitan-Trustee His Eminence Mor Gregorius Joseph

On September 17, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Eminence Mor Gregorius Joseph, Metropolitan-Trustee of the Syrian Orthodox Jacobite Church in India, at the Patriarchal Residence…

His Holiness Offers Condolences to HE Georges Saliba for the Passing Away of his brother

On September 16, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the Holy Qurobo celebrated by His Eminence Mor Clemis Daniel Kourieh, Archbishop of Beirut, at Mor Jacob…

Visit of the Austrian Charge d’Affaires

On September 15, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Excellency Hans-Peter Glanzer, Charge d’Affaires of the Austrian Embassy in Damascus, at the Patriarchate headquarters in Bab…

Ordination of Monk Benyamen Abboud as a Priest for the Holy Cross Monastery

On September 14, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the Holy Qurobo at St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in Mor Aphrem Monastery in Maarat Saydnaya.  …