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HH Mor Ignatios Zakka I Iwas
The Syriac Orthodox Church is held to be the first church of the ChristianityChristian cross and its many variations are widely recognized as an ancient Christian symbol. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians generally chara established by the ApostleAlternate meaning: See Apostle (Mormonism The Christian Apostles were Jewish men who were "sent forth" (as indicated by the Greek word apostolos , by Jesus to preach Christianity to both Jews and Gentiles, across the world. He called unto him his disciple St. Peter in 34For alternate uses, see Number 34. Events Naevius Sutorius Macro is said to gain favour in the empire by prostituting his wife Eunius to Tiberius The original inhabitants of Dacia revolt against the Sarmatian tribe of Iazyges who had enslaved them. Births AD.
The head of this Syrian Orthodox Church is the PatriarchSee Patriarchs (Bible) for details about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. Originally a patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority over an extended family. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are referred to as the thre H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I IwasHH Mor Ignatios Zakka I Iwas became head of the Syrian Orthodox Church in 1980, holding the title Patriarch of Antioch. He was born in 1932 in Mosul, Iraq. He completed his high school education at St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox School and entered the Mor Aph, who resides in DamascusThis is about Damascus, the capital of Syria. There is also a Damascus, Maryland, a Damascus, Oregon, a Damascus, Pennsylvania, and a Damascus, Virginia. Damascus ( Arabic: Dimashq Dimashq al-Sham al-Sham Tiberian Hebrew Dammeseq Dammseq Sephardi Hebrew D, the capital of the ArameansThe Arameans or Aramaeans (also called Syriacs were a Semitic, nomadic people who dwelt in Aram-Naharaim or "Aram of the two rivers," also known as Mesopotamia a region including modern Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and parts of Iran that is mentioned six. The Church has about 26 archdioceses and 11 Patriarchal Vicariate s. Some estimate that the church has about four million members globally.
The Syrian orthodox divine liturgy is performed in Syriac.
Both it and the chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter. There are also three uniate churces headed by Patriarchs of Antiocha: The Syrian Catholic Church, the Maronites and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . There is also an unrelated (so called nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East.