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Meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch Younan, and Their Eminences Cardinals Tagle and Zenari

On March 5, 2019, on the occasion of the visit of His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila and President of Caritas Internationalis, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius…

Meeting with His Beatitude Patriarch John X

On March 5, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, at the Patriarchate Headquarters in…

Meeting with a Delegation from the National Reconciliation in Homs

On March 4, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the national reconciliation in Homs, at Mor Aphrem Monastery in Maarat Saydnaya in Rif Dimashq….

Meeting with His Eminence Mor Gregorius Joseph

On February 28, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Eminence Mor Gregorius Joseph, Archbishop of Cochin in India, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh – Lebanon….

Meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Syria and Jordan

On February 26, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Excellency Mr. Miguel Porto Parga, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Syria and Jordan, at the…

Meeting with Delegation from the Lutheran World Federation

On February 22, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the Lutheran World Federation, at the Patriarchate Headquarters in Bab Touma, Damascus.   The delegation…

Holy Qurobo for Commemoration of St. Severus of Antioch – Atchaneh

On February 21, 2019, for the occasion of the commemoration of St. Severus the Great, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the Holy Qurobo at St. Severus Church…

Second Session of the Commission for Bilateral Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church

The Second session of the Commission for Bilateral Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church took place in the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh –…

Patriarch Aphrem II: Syrians have the right to decide their future

February 17, 2019 – Munich His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II asked during a panel discussion about the situation in Syria at Munich Security Conference: What is the interest…

Meetings During Munich Security Conference 2019

On February 16, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II had several meetings at the Munich Security Conference 2019.   His Holiness met their Excellencies: Crown Prince of Qatar…