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 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
linked to: Syriac
liturgicalFamily West Syriac liturgical tradition
linked to: Syriac Rite
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
linked to: Roman Catholicism
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
linked to: 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
linked to: Ephrem the Syrian

Saint Jacob Baradaeus
Saint Jacob of Nisibis
Saint Severus of Antioch

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Saint Joseph veneratedIn Syriac Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy hasMemberChurch Syriac Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy hasMemberChurch Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac usedIn Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac liturgicalLanguageOf Syriac Orthodox Church
Assyrians religiousDenomination Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Rite isUsedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Rite isUsedBy Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Council of Chalcedon rejectedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Revised Julian calendar notAdoptedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Armenian Apostolic Church communionWith Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Syrian Orthodox Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church majorBranch Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church majorBranch Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Jacob of Serugh veneratedIn Syriac Orthodox Church
Sūrāyē religiousAffiliationCommon Syriac Orthodox Church
School of Edessa influenced Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac liturgical year usedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic religiousUse Syriac Orthodox Church
Edessa religionHistoricallyImportant Syriac Orthodox Christianity
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Estrangela script usedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Peshitta usedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Eastern Christianity includes Syriac Orthodox Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church separatedFrom Syriac Orthodox Church
Christian Quarter majorDenominationPresence Syriac Orthodox Church
Status Quo of the Holy Places appliesToCommunity Syriac Orthodox Church
Turoyo ethnicGroup Syriac Orthodox Christians
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Turoyo religiousCommunity Syriac Orthodox Church
Rotunda (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) usedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
subject linked to: Rotunda
Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem religiousCommunity Syriac Orthodox Christians
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Latin Patriarchate of Antioch coexistedWith Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Church of the Resurrection sharedBy Syriac Orthodox Church
Miaphysitism heldBy Syriac Orthodox Church
St. Thomas Christians majorChurch Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Nativity Fast observedIn Syriac Orthodox Church
Patriarchate of Antioch hasSuccessorChurch Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac alphabet usedByCommunity Syriac Orthodox Church
Nineveh Plains ethnicCommunity Syriac Orthodox
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriacs religiousAffiliation Syriac Orthodox Church
Jacobite Church communionWith Syriac Orthodox Church
Jacobite Church communionWith Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Jacobite Church branch Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East seeAlso Syriac Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East governsBody Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East oversees Syriac Orthodox dioceses worldwide
linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
Ignatius Aphrem II religion Syriac Orthodox Church