123rd and current Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch since 2014
His Holiness Moran Mor
Ignatius Aphrem II ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ إغناطيوس أفرام الثاني
Patriarch of Antioch and all of the East
123rd Patriarch of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church
Native name
Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ Arabic: إغناطيوس أفرام الثاني
Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
Diocese
Antioch
See
Holy See of Antioch
Elected
31 March 2014
Installed
29 May 2014
Predecessor
Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Orders
Ordination
1985
Consecration
28 January 1996
Rank
Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Saʿid Karim (Syriac: ܣܥܝܕ ܟܪܝܡ, Arabic: سعيد كريم)
(1965-05-03) May 3, 1965 (age 59)
Nationality
Syrian; American
Denomination
Syriac Orthodox
Parents
Issa and Khanema Karim
Previous post(s)
Metropolitan and Patriarchal Vicar of the Archdiocese of the Eastern United States
Teacher at St Ephrem’s Theological Seminary, Damascus
Secretary of Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Education
B.A Divinity from Coptic Theological Seminary
STL from St Patrick's College, Maynooth Doctor of Divinity from St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Doctor of Philosophy enrolled from Fordham University[1]
Alma mater
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Coptic Theological Seminary, Fordham University
Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐMoran Mor Ignaṭius Afrem Trayono, Arabic: إغناطيوس أفرام الثانيIġnāṭīūs Afrām al-Ṯānī; born 3 May 1965 as Sa'id Karim; Arabic: سعيد كريم, romanized: Saʽīd Kārīm) is a Syrian-American Christian prelate who is serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 29 May 2014.
Before his election to the patriarchate, he was the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of the Eastern United States, and was known as Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim in that post.[2] In that role he established 11 new parishes, introducing a number of new programs for the youth, and worked for inter-church unity.[3][4]
^"Patriarch". Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. 13 December 2015.
^"Metropolitan Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim Elected as the 123rd Patriarch of Antioch and All East". Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE – Media Network. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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