Search results
In 1959, the patriarchate was transferred to Damascus. The mother church and official seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church are now situated in Bab Tuma, Damascus, capital of Syria.
They now live mainly in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey, with smaller numbers in Jordan, Egypt, and the United States. The Syriac Orthodox Church is in full communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches (the Armenian Apostolic Church , the Coptic Orthodox Church , the Ethiopian Orthodox Church , the Eritrean Orthodox Church, and the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Visit of the Head of the Evangelical Church of Syria. April 25, 2024 - News. On April 25, 2024, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the Head of the Evangelical Church of Syria, Rev. Boutros Zaour, at the Patriarchate in Damascus. The meeting….
The Syriac Orthodox faithful today live primarily in Middle Eastern countries and the Indian State of Kerala, with many communities in the diaspora. The Syriac Orthodox Church has been a member of the World Council of Churches since 1960, and is one of the founding members of the Middle East Council of Churches.
The Syrians have a strong monastic tradition, and a few monasteries remain in the Mardin province of Turkey and other parts of the Middle East. There are now three monasteries in the diaspora, located in the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. The Syrian Patriarchs resided in Antioch until 1034.
The Syriac Orthodox Church continues to grow to this day under the Patriarchate. The Syriac Orthodox Church, along with the rest of the Oriental Orthodox Church, is now in sacramental cooperation with the Catholic Church, and is in dialogues with the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.
The Syriac Orthodox Church followers today are around four million; the majority of them reside in India and the rest are spread mainly in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Europe, North and South America and Australia.
