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{{orientalchurches}} The '''Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch''' or '''Patriarchate of Antioch''' is an autocephalous one of the [[Oriental Orthodox church based ]] churches. Prior to the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] in 451 the Church of Antioch was united, but after the Council two lines of patriarchs arose, one supported by the Middle East with members spread throughout Roman Empire that favored Chalcedon and another persecuted by the worldEast Romans that rejected Chalcedon. It The Church is also known as the ''Jacobite'' Church after one of the four churches that comprised what is now more prominent leaders of the One Holy Catholic movement against Chalcedon, [[Jacob Baradaeus]], and Apostolic follows the [[West Syrian Rite]]. ==History==The Syriac Orthodox Church before is one of the Great Schismoldest churches in the world, having its roots in the city of Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) where the disciples of the Lord were first called Christians. It is a major inheritor Antioch was one of the great cities of Syriac Christianity the East under the Roman Empire and has Syriac, played a dialect central role in the life of Aramaicthe Church in Cilicia, Syria, and Mesopotamia. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 it was recognized as a patriarchate alongside Rome and Alexandria. Although most Orthodox in Antioch spoke Greek, in the countryside Aramic (modern Syriac) was more widely spoken and consequently Syriac took its official place as one of the ancient liturgical languages of the Church. It has the distinction of being the languagespoken by the Lord, unlike the Greek used to write the Gospels and other books of the New Testament. The church is led by While Antioch was the preeminent center of the Syrian Patriarch Church of Antiochearly in its history, the cities of Edessa (modern Urfa) and Nisibis (modern Nusaybin) also played a significant role in the development of Syriac Orthodoxy.
The church is often referred to as Jacobite (after Jacob Baradaeus) or Monophysite, but these terms are misleading, Church of Antioch played a central role in the first three ecumenical councils that shaped the doctrine and not appreciated by the some structure of the church todayOrthodox Church. In 2000, After the split over Chalcedon a Holy Synod ruled that struggle developed within the Church for the name control of the church patriarchate, with the Roman emperors generally favoring those in English should be favor of Chalcedon, but occasionally also supporting those who opposed it. In 518 the Syriac Orthodox Churchanti-Chalcedon patriarch, St. Before this[[Severus of Antioch]], it was, exiled from the city and often still is, known as never returned. Since then the patriarchs of the Syrian Syriac Orthodox Church. The name was have changed to disassociate the church from the polity seat of Syriatheir patriarchate several times. The official name Aleppo, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Mardin, and Homs all served as seats of the church in Syriac is ʿIdto Suryoyto Triṣuṯ ŠuḇḥoPatriarchs of Antioch, this name has not changed, nor has the name changed who only moved to Damascus in any other language1959.
==Church Worldwide Today==The current head of the Syriac Orthodox Church today is the Patriarch His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides headquartered at Bab Touma in Damascus, the capital of Syria. The Excluding the patriarchal Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church in India the Syriac Orthodox Church has about 26 is divided into 27 archdioceses and 11 patriarchal vicaratesvicariates scattered across the globe. Some estimate that The current primate of the church has about 5.500.000 members globally. Church is Patriarch Ignatius Zakka was enthroned head I (Iwas) of Antioch and All the church on 14 September 1980, the feast of the Cross. Syriac Orthodox faithful around the world took part in silver jubilee celebrations of his patriarchate in 2005East.
==Hierarchy (Outside India)==
*Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I of Antioch and All the East
*Metropolitan Mor Gregorios of Mosul
*Metropolitan Mor Severios of Baghdad and Basra
*Metropolitan Mor Gregorios of Aleppo
*Metropolitan Mor Theophilos of Mount Lebanon
*Metropolitan Mor Timotheos of Tur Abdin
*Metropolitan Mor Filuxinos of Constantinople
*Metropolitan Mor Julius of Sodertalje (Scandinavia)
*Metropolitan Mor Ostatheos of Hassakah (Jazirah and the Euphrates)
*Metropolitan Mor Ivanios of Damascus
*Metropolitan Mor Clemis of Burbank (Western United States)
*Metropolitan Mor Severios of Jerusalem
*Metropolitan Mor Cyril of Teaneck (Eastern United States)
*Metropolitan Mor Dionysius of Arth (Switzerland and Austria)
*Metropolitan Mor Dioscoros of Sodertalje (Sweden)
*Metropolitan Mor Silwanos of Homs and Hama
*Metropolitan Mor Philoxenos of Mardin
*Metropolitan Mor Athanasius of Montreal (Canada)
*Metropolitan Mor Militius of Sydney (Australia and New Zealand)
*Metropolitan Mor Timotheos of Dayro d'Mor Mattai
*Metropolitan Mor Nicholovos of La Plata (Argentina)
*Metropolitan Mor Yostinos of Zahle and Bekaa
*Metropolitan Mor Clemis of Beirut
*Metropolitan Mor Gregorios of Adiyaman
*Metropolitan Mor Severios of Brussels (Belgium and France)
*Metropolitan Mor Athanasius of London (Great Britain)
*Metropolitan Mor Julius of Warburg (Northern Germany)
*Metropolitan Mor Polycarpus of Dayro d'Mor Afrem (Netherlands)
*Metropolitan Mor Severius, Auxiliary (St. Ephraim's Seminary in Mosul)
*Metropolitan Mor Philexinos, Patriarchal Auxiliary (St. Ephraim's Seminary in Damascus)
*Metropolitan Mor Dionysius, Patriarchal Auxiliary (Patriarchal Offices)
== Leadership Official Name =='''The Supreme Head In 2000 the Holy Synod ruled that the name of the Universal Church in English should be the "Syriac Orthodox Church". Before this it was, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwasand often still is, Prince Patriarch known as the "Syrian Orthodox Church." The name was changed to disassociate the Church from the polity of Antioch and All Syria. The official name of the Church in Syriac is ʿIdto Suryoyto Triṣuṯ Šuḇḥo, which was not changed in the East'''2000 ruling.
== External links Links ==* [http://www.syrian-orthodox.com/news.php Patriarchate of Antioch] (Official Website)*[Wikipediahttp://www.MalankaraSyriacVoice.com/ Archdiocese of Aleppo] (Official Website)*[http://www.MalankaraSyriacVoice.com/ News Site Of Syriac Orthodox ChurchIn India] (Official Website)*[http://zunoro.com/ Archdiocese of Homs and Hama] (Official Website)*[http://www.syriacorthodox-mlb.com/ Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon] (Official Website)*[http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.com/ Patriarchal Vicariate of Canada] (Official Website)*[http://www.reyono.net/default.aspx?s=14 Patriarchal Vicariate of Constantinople]*[http://syrianorthodoxchurch.org/ Patriarchal Vicariate of the Eastern United States] (Official Website)*[http://www.soc-wus.org/ Patriarchal Vicariate of the Western United States] (Official Website)*[http://www.jacobitesyrianchurch.org/ Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]* [http://sor.cua.edu/ Syriac Orthodox Resources]*[http://www.syrianchurch.org/ Malankara Syriac Christian Resources]* [http://www.socdigest.org/ Shroro - The Syriac Orthodox Christian Digest]* [http://www.suryanikadim.org/ Syriac Orthodox Church in Turkey]* [http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.com/ Syriac Orthodox Church in Canada]*[[Wikipedia:Syriac Orthodox Church|''Syriac Orthodox Church'' at Wikipedia]]
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