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Visit of a Delegation from the Institute of the Arab World

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the Institute of the Arab World, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Lebanon. The meeting was attended by Very…

Visit of the Syriac Catholic Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Beatitude Syriac Catholic Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Lebanon. His Beatitude was accompanied by…

Arrival of a Delegation from India

Arrival of a delegation of 17 Diocesan Metropolitans from our Syriac Orthodox Church in India headed by His Eminence Mor Gregorius Joseph, Metropolitan of Cochin and Secretary of the Regional…

Visit of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorius III Lahham

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorius III Lahham, Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem, at the Patriarchate in…

Priests’ Sunday – Holy Qurobo

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the Holy Qurobo on the occasion of Priests’ Sunday at St. Georges Patriarchal Cathedral in Bab Touma, Damascus. He was assisted by…

Visit of His Beatitude Patriarch John X

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Beatitude Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X, at the Patriarchate in Bab Touma, Damascus. His Holiness discussed with His Beatitude the current…

Statement Issued by the Fathers of the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

  Statement Issued by the Fathers of the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch   February 10, 2017   A statement was issued by six archbishops of…

The so-called Rev. Yuhanon Aydin is not a priest in the Syriac Orthodox Church and his so-called ordination is void

Statement Issued by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East   Damascus, February 9, 2017  The so-called Rev. Yuhanon Aydin is not a priest in the Syriac…

Meeting with a Delegation from Multaqa Al-Adyan (the Encounter of Religions)

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Grace Al-Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, Head of the Encounter of the Religions (Multaqa Al-Adyan) accompanied by a delegation from the Encounter, at…

Holy Qurobo on the Occasion of the Fast of Nineveh

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the Holy Qurobo celebrated by His Eminence Mor Chrysostomos Mikhael Shemoun, Patriarchal Vicar of the Patriarchal Benevolent Institutions in Atchaneh, on…