Syriac Orthodox Church

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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.


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


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