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The Syriac Orthodox Church (Classical Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ݂ ܫܽܘܒܚܳܐ, romanized: ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo), [14] also known as West Syriac Church or West Syrian Church, [15] officially known as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, [16] and informally as the Jacobite ...
The Syriac Orthodox faithful today live primarily in Middle Eastern countries and the Indian State of Kerala, with many communities in the diaspora. The Syriac Orthodox Church has been a member of the World Council of Churches since 1960, and is one of the founding members of the Middle East Council of Churches.
Since the mid-17th century, the Syrian Patriarchate has included an autonomous church in India, now called the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. The head of that church is Catholicos Mor Baselios Thomas I (born 1929, elected 2002). There are ten dioceses in India with a total of 19 bishops.
The Syriac Orthodox Church, also called the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, is a self-governing branch of Oriental Orthodoxy. The Syrian Orthodox Church is based in Damascus, Syria, and has vicariates in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the U.S., Turkey, Israel ...
The Syrian Orthodox Church is deeply rooted in early Christian history, and can readily trace the origins of its patriarchate back to A.D. 37. As Acts 11:26 recounts, “it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians.’”
The Western Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, providing Syriac news, spiritual guidance and leadership to the Syriac Orthodox community, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization comprised of 25 churches and parishes in 17 western states.
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. The Lord Jesus set the foundation of the marvelous Sacrament of The Holy Eucharist by declaring Himself truly to be: “The bread that came down from heaven”.
The Syrian Orthodox church accepts only three Ecumenical Synods namely Nicaea (A.D.325), Constantinople (A.D. 381) and Ephesus (A. D. 431) as the universal Synods. The Church meticulously observes all faith declaration of the Nicene Creed.
The faith of the Syriac Orthodox Church is in accordance with the Nicene Creed. It believes in the Trinity, that is one God, subsisting in three separate persons called the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The three being of one Essence, of one Godhead, have one Will, one Work and one Lordship.
The members of the Antiochian Syrian Church represent the direct descendants of the original inhabitants of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Asia Minor, as well as Upper- and Lower- Mesopotamia—that is Iraq today. Their language, Syriac-Aramaic, was the language of ancient Syria.