Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 2/3/2020 We extend our apostolic benediction, benevolent prayers and greetings to our brethren, His Beatitude Mor Baselius Thomas I, Catholicos of India, and their Eminences the Metropolitans; our spiritual children: Very Reverend Corepiscopoi, Reverend priests, monks, nuns and deacons and the entire blessed Syriac Orthodox people throughout the world. May the divine ...
5/12/15 - FB Page of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Lebanon: His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II held a general meeting of Syriac activists at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Bikfaya, Lebanon. The general meeting was attended by their Eminences: Mor Theophilos George Saliba, Archbishop of Mount Lebanon and Tripoli, Mor Justinus Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and ...
May 2015 FB Page of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II USA: On May 9th, 2015 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the consecration of Mor Aphrem Chapel in Mor Aphrem Patriarchal Center in New Jersey. Their Eminences the Archbishops: Mor Athanasius Aphrem Barsoum, Former Archbishop of Beirut, Mor Severius Abraham, Assistant Metropolitan of Angamali Region, Mor Athanasius ...
7/5/15 Germany: From May 15-17, the Syriac Orthodox Church in Germany under the direction of His Eminence Mor Philoxenus Mattias Nayis and the chairman of the diocesan council Dr. Scharbil Raid Gharib will be holding the first Syriac Orthodox church day in German history. At this event, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II will show presence ...
4/5/15 USA: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated Holy Qurobo at St. Mark Syriac Orthodox Cathedral in Teaneck, NJ. During the liturgy, His Holiness elevated Rev. Fr. Anthony De Luca to the rank of Chor-bishop (Corepiscopos -Khuroyo). During the sermon, His Holiness thanked Khuroyo Anthony for his service in multiple capacities to the Holy ...
21/4/15 Berlin (AINA) -- In an open letter to the German government, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, the supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, has called on Germany to recognize the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks perpetrated by Ottoman Turks during World War One. The letter was addressed to German President Joachim Gauck, Chancellor Angela ...
http://www.crossmap.com - March 2015 On a Saturday in late March, a group of 20 volunteers went to an abandoned church in Turkey's southeastern city of Mardin. They cleaned out broken chairs, a cracked pulpit, and books that haven't been opened in decades. In the corner sat a 100-year-old organ. The church, in the heartland of Assyrian Orthodoxy, has ...
25/3/15 Also Read - 60 Minutes feature ISIS Persecution of Christians in Iraq The historic Syriac Orthodox monastery in Iraq, where the monks still pray in the Aramaic language used by Jesus Christ, is in danger of being attacked by Islamic State militants who are entrenched just four miles away. The monastery was founded in 363 by the ...
23/3/15 Read Full Article HERE: "They take everything from us, but they cannot take the God from our hearts, they cannot."-Archbishop Nicodemus Sharaf of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Mosul. Global: 60 Minutes by CBS television network features the persecution of Christians in Ira by ISIS. Source:
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited refugees from Iraq on the northeast Turkish border of Yalova, near the east coast of the Sea of Marmara. Over the last two years, some 700 refugees – mostly of Syro-Jacobite (Syriac Orthodox Christians of Antioch and All East) and Chaldean background – are living ...
Ajesh T Phillip - (OCP Delegate of Indian Subcontinent) OCP News Service - 27/2/15 India/Kerala/Kottayam: The recent session of the Holy Episcopal Synod of the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church has urged unity and reconciliation with the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East. The Synod stated that peace should aim at bringing the disintegrated faithful together in ...
23/2/15 The Syriac Orthodox Church is heir to an ancient tradition of Christian worship that is distinguished by the antiquity and beauty of its prayers and rituals. As recounted in the Acts of the Apostles, the early adherents of the Christian faith fleeing persecution in the Holy Land reached Antioch, a prominent center of commerce in ...
February 2015 IN THE NAME OF THE SELF- EXISTENT SEMPITERNAL OF NECESSARY EXISTENCE THE ALMIGHTY IGNATIUS PATRIARCH OF THE HOLY SEE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST SUPREME HEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WORLD APHREM II. We extend our apostolic benediction, benevolent prayers and greetings to our brethren, His Beatitude Mor Baselius Thomas ...
Ajesh T Phillip (OCP Delegate of the Indian Sub-Continent) OCP News Service - 10/2/15 India/Kerala: His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II – Patriarch on the Apostolic Throne of St Peter in Antioch and All East was given huge welcome by the Autonomous Knanaya Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese at their headquaters in Chigavanom, in Kottayam in the state ...
Ajesh T Philip (OCP Delegate of Indian Sub-Continent) OCP News Service - 9/2/15 India/Kerala/Kottayam: His Holiness Baselios Paulose II Patriarch – Catholicos on the Apostolic Throne of St Thomas and Malankara Metropolitan have welcomed dialogue with the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East. Catholics stated that he is pleased to wholeheartedly cooperate with the peace ...
Ajesh T Phillip (OCP Delegate of Indian Sub-Continent) OCP News Service- 9/2/15 Visit website here: India/Kerala: St. Kuriakose Church Aythala was consecrated by His Holiness Moran Ignatius APhrem II. It became the first Syriac Orthodox Church in India to be consecrate by the Patriarch. The Church belongs to the Autonomous Knanaya Archdiocese of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. The consecration was held ...
January 2015 Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese for the Eastern United States Archdiocesan Executive Council – Education Committee Dr. George Kiraz will present a lecture on what it means to be Syriac Orthodox. This talk will discuss the identity of the Syriac Orthodox Church historically and will touch upon contemporary issues facing our youth and what it means to ...
10 January 2015. On Saturday morning, Metropolitan George Saliba of Mount Lebanon, of the Syriac Orthodox Church, met with Catholicos Aram I to convey His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II’s Christmas and New Year greetings. The Metropolitan also informed His Holiness Aram I of the activities they are planning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of ...
http://www.syriaonline.sy - 15/1/15 Minister of Religious Endowments "Awqaf" Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed stressed that whoever legitimizes the killing, terrorism and massacres has nothing to do with the heavenly messages, morals or human values. Visiting the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate and the Arminian Orthodox Archdiocese on the centennial anniversary of the Ottoman genocide of "Seyfo" against the Syriacs and the Armenians ...
December 2014 - January 2015 Nativity Message of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All East - Primate of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Source:
Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE, Gulf and Levant Region) OCP News Service - 21/12 14 Beirut: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met with a delegation of Metropolitan's from the Syriac Orthodox Church in India . The delegation discussed internal affairs of the church in Malankara (Kerala). The delegation was led by Metropolitan Gregorious ...