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| | Turkish Press Review, 00-04-03 |
 | | Ignatios I.Zakka Iwas, the Universal Patriarch of the whole Eastern Syrian-Orthodox Church based in Damascus, Syria, attended a religious ceremony held at the Saint Pierre Church in Antakya. |
 | | Patriarch Iwas, who was welcomed by many Syrian-Orthodox people at the Cilvegozu Border Gate in Hatay, was accompanied by many archbishops and spiritual leaders coming from the US, Aleppo, Switzerland, Canada, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany, Syria, Israel, Jordan, California, Istanbul and Turkey's Southeastern region. |
 | | Iwas stated that Antakya was the second holiest city for Syrian-Orthodox people following Jerusalem and expressed his gratitude for the efforts of the Turkish officials who contributed to the restoration of the church. |
| www.hri.org /news/turkey/trkpr/2000/00-04-03.trkpr.html (2660 words) |
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