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.

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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
surface form: Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

Syriac Orthodox Church
surface form: Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East

Syriac Orthodox Church
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
headquartersCountry Syria
headquartersLocation Damascus
languageOfHymnody Syriac
languageOfTheology Syriac
surface form: Classical Syriac
liturgicalFamily Syriac Rite
surface form: West Syriac liturgical tradition
liturgicalLanguage Syriac
mainRegion India
Middle East
diaspora communities
majorBranch Syriac Orthodox Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
surface form: Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church

Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe
Syriac Orthodox Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States
monasticTradition Syriac monasticism
notInCommunionWith Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
originPeriod early centuries of Christianity
patriarchalSee Antioch
patriarchalTitle Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
primaryEthnicBase Arameans
Assyrians
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
surface form: Malankara Syrians

Syriac-speaking communities
primaryLiturgy Syriac Rite
surface form: West Syriac Rite
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
religiousFamily Oriental Orthodoxy
scriptureLanguage Arabic
Malayalam
Syriac
spiritualHeritageFrom Patriarchate of Antioch
surface form: Church of Antioch
tradition Syriac Christian tradition
usesAlphabet Syriac alphabet
usesCalendar Julian calendar (for liturgical feasts in many dioceses)
venerates Ephrem the Syrian
surface form: Saint Ephrem the Syrian

Saint Jacob Baradaeus
Saint Jacob of Nisibis
Saint Severus of Antioch

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John of Ephesus associatedWith Syriac Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Miaphysite hierarchy