Syriac Orthodox Church

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Christian denomination Eastern Christian church Oriental Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an ancient Oriental Orthodox Christian church rooted in the traditions and liturgy of Syriac-speaking communities, particularly in the Middle East and India.

Aliases (7)

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Eastern Christian church → Oriental Orthodox Church →
acceptsCouncil	Council of Ephesus → First Council of Constantinople → First Council of Nicaea →
alsoKnownAs	Jacobite Church → Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch → Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East → Syrian Orthodox Church →
christology	Miaphysitism →
clericalRank	Bishop → Metropolitan → Patriarch → Priest →
communionWith	other Oriental Orthodox Churches →
currentPatriarch	Ignatius Aphrem II →
currentPatriarchStartYear	2014 →
governingBody	Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church →
hasDioceseIn	Europe → India → Iraq → Lebanon → Syria → Turkey → United States →
headquartersCountry	Syria →
headquartersLocation	Damascus →
languageOfHymnody	Syriac →
languageOfTheology	Classical Syriac →
liturgicalFamily	West Syriac liturgical tradition →
liturgicalLanguage	Syriac →
mainRegion	India → Middle East → diaspora communities →
majorBranch	Jacobite Syrian Christian Church → Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church → Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe → Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States →
monasticTradition	Syriac monasticism →
notInCommunionWith	Eastern Orthodox Church → Roman Catholic Church →
originPeriod	early centuries of Christianity →
patriarchalSee	Antioch →
patriarchalTitle	Patriarch of Antioch and All the East →
primaryEthnicBase	Arameans → Assyrians → Malankara Syrians → Syriac-speaking communities →
primaryLiturgy	West Syriac Rite →
rejectsCouncil	Council of Chalcedon →
religiousFamily	Oriental Orthodoxy →
scriptureLanguage	Arabic → Malayalam → Syriac →
spiritualHeritageFrom	Church of Antioch →
tradition	Syriac Christian tradition →
usesAlphabet	Syriac alphabet →
usesCalendar	Julian calendar (for liturgical feasts in many dioceses) →
venerates	Saint Ephrem the Syrian → Saint Jacob Baradaeus → Saint Jacob of Nisibis → Saint Severus of Antioch →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Syriac Orthodox Church ("Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East") → Syriac Orthodox Church ("Syrian Orthodox Church") → Syriac Orthodox Church ("Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch") →	alsoKnownAs
Estrangela script → Peshitta → Syriac liturgical year →	usedBy
Oriental Orthodoxy → Oriental Orthodoxy ("Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church") →	hasMemberChurch
Syriac Rite → Syriac Rite ("Jacobite Syrian Christian Church") →	isUsedBy
Syriac Orthodox Church ("Jacobite Syrian Christian Church") → Syriac Orthodox Church ("Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States") →	majorBranch
Jacob of Serugh → Saint Joseph →	veneratedIn
Armenian Apostolic Church →	communionWith
Church of the Holy Sepulchre →	denominationMinorRights
Eastern Christianity →	includes
School of Edessa →	influenced
Syriac →	liturgicalLanguageOf
Christian Quarter →	majorDenominationPresence
Revised Julian calendar →	notAdoptedBy
Council of Chalcedon →	rejectedBy
Edessa ("Syriac Orthodox Christianity") →	religionHistoricallyImportant
Sūrāyē →	religiousAffiliationCommon
Assyrians →	religiousDenomination
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic →	religiousUse
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church →	separatedFrom
Syriac →	usedIn