Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East information
Orthodox Christian episcopal office
This article is about the office. For a list of holders, see List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch.
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Holy See of Antioch
Incumbent: Ignatius Aphrem II
Location
Country
Syria
Headquarters
Damascus, Syria
Information
First holder
Peter the Apostle
Denomination
Syriac Orthodox Church
Rite
West Syriac Rite
Established
AD 32 at Antioch
Cathedral
Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George
Language
Syriac
Patriarch
Ignatius Aphrem II (since 2014)
The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antiochܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ is the Bishop of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ ܫܽܘ̣ܒ̣ܚܳܐ). He is the Head of the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the highest authority of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
The position of the Patriarch of Antioch was established and first held by Peter the Apostle (Syriac: ܫܹܡܥܘܿܢ ܟܹ݁ܐܦ݂ܵܐ Šemʿōn Kēp̄ā).[1][2] He officially oversees the Holy Apostolic See at Antioch (modern-day Antakya, in Turkey), though the Patriarch currently resides in Damascus; the Patriarch fled to Syria during the 1915 Assyrian genocide.
The Patriarchate of Antioch is part of the Patriarchates of the Christian Church as solidified by the Council of Nicaea. He is the Bishop of Antioch, and considered as Primus Inter Pares or First Among the Equals/Bishops of the Diocese of the East.
^Gregorios 1999, p. 35.
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