The new Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II has been enthroned this morning ( 29 May 2014) during the Holy mass at St.Peter and St.Paul Cathedral, Maarat Saydnaya, Damascus. The enthronement liturgy presided over by Aboon Mor Baselius Thomas I, Catholicose of the East.
Long live His Holiness. Praying for Moran and the suffering people in Syria and Iraq.
– Fr.Bensi Mathew.Vicar in Charge of St.Marys Syriac Orthodox Simhasana Church. Ranny, Kerala. ( Under the Holy apostolic see of Antioch and all the East).Founded in 1956 by H.G.Mor Julios Elias Bava, Delegate of Holy Throne. Cosecrated by H.G.Mor Phelexinos Poulose Metropitan(H.B.Catholicose Baselios Poulose 2nd). Vicar:-80 year old Senior Corepiscopa V.RevT.C.Abraham Thekkattil.