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  The Syrian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Syrian Orthodox Church is one of the five so-called monophysite churches, characterised by their rejection of the Council of Chalcedon.
The Chalcedonian formula was rejected by the Patriarch of Antioch, leading to the persecution of the non-Chalcedonian Syrian church.
The Syrian Orthodox Church is very sparing in its use of icons.
philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/early/syrorth.html   (303 words)

  
 Syriac Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The church is led by the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch.
The church in Malankara, Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
Both it and the Chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church   (465 words)

  
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The Chief Bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch.
The Syriac Orthodox Church conforms to the teachings of the Three Ecumenical Councils of Nicea (A.D. 325), Constantinople (A.D. 381) and Ephesus (A.D. It rejects the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. The supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East.
The Catholicos of Kerala (Patriarch faction) is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and is accountable to the Holy Synod and the local Malankara Synod.
www.geocities.com /mgocsm_stjohns/orthsyrorth.htm   (2186 words)

  
 Patriarch Mor Ya`qub III (1912-1980)
He was ordained deacon by Patriarch Elias III and priest by Patriarch Mor Aphrem I. He came to Manjinikkara, India, in 1933 as Rabban `Abdel Ahad where he served as a malphono (teacher) at the Mor Ignatios Dayro.
His lecture on the Syrian Orthodox Church at the University of Goettingen in 1971 is considered an authoritative source by students of the church.
Christine Chaillot, The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, (Geneva: Inter-Orthodox Dialogue, 1998), 146-147.
sor.cua.edu /Personage/PYacqub3   (488 words)

  
 TARZI: Edessa in the Era of Patriarch Michael The Syrian
The Syrians were the most important community in the city of Edessa and its neighborhood, thanks to their sheer number, if not for other reasons.
The Syriac Orthodox community of Edessa was an indivisible part of the corrupt and unstable Edessan society as mentioned earlier.
Upon the death of the Patriarch at the Monastery of Mar Barsauma, the Franks felt free to interfere in the ecclesiastical affairs of their Syrian subjects.
syrcom.cua.edu /Hugoye/Vol3No2/HV3N2Tarzi.html   (6140 words)

  
 Patriarch Zakka I: The SOC At a Glance
Constitution of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch Manuscript-Amended by the Synod of Damascus 1979.
Patriarch Zakka I Iwas, Akidat Al-Tajsed Al-Ilahi (Aleppo 1981).
The Constitution of the Syrian Orthodox Church issued by the Synod of Homs in 1959 and amended by the Synod of Damascus 1979.
sor.cua.edu /Pub/PZakka1/SOCAtAGlance.html   (8288 words)

  
 St. Ignatious Syrian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
is the Catholicose of the East, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
This church continues in the faith of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and is under the Supreme Head of the Patriarch.
www.stignatious.com /info.htm   (428 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Greek-Orthodox communities of Lebanon and Syria are under the authority of the Patriarch of Antioch and of all the Orient in residence at Damascus.
The head of the church worldwide is the Patriarch of Antioch and of all the Orient, residing at Damascus.
It is headed by the Patriarch of Babylon residing at Baghdad and represented in Lebanon by a bishop.
www.wlcu.com /Culture/Otherarticles/religionsoflebanon.htm   (1933 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox - Surch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Syrian Orthodox Church enjoys the greatest prestige in the history of Christendom since it is the...
The Parish of St. Ephraim the Syrian is a 'new calendar' parish of the Diocese of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate...
The Syrian Orthodox Church is one of the five so-called monophysite churches, characterised...
www.surch.co.uk /syrian+orthodox   (451 words)

  
 Malankara Church History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
While the 'Bava Kakshi' continued to be known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church, the 'Methran Kakshi' by the middle of 1920's adopted the name, first as 'Orthodox Syrian Church of Malabar' and then 'Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church' after the adoption of a constitution in 1934 for their group.
In 1964, Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Yakoob III arrived in Malankara and ordained Mor Augen as Catholicose of the East-'Mor Baselios Augen I'.
Consecration of the Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II Consequently the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church elected Mor Philoxenos Paulose as the new Catholicose-designate and in 1975 he was ordained as Catholicose Mor Baselios Paulose II for the Indian Church.
www.catholicose.org /PauloseII/MalankaraChurch.htm   (6604 words)

  
 Syrian Patriarch of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Patriarch of Antioch is the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
(Severus was deposed by the Greek Orthodox Church in 518; while in exile in Egypt, he was recognized by many Syriac Christians as the lawful Patriarch until his death in 538)
Sergius of Tella 544 - 546 consecrated by Jacob Baradaeus
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Patriarch_of_Antioch   (142 words)

  
 The Catholic Apostolic National Church - Bishop Mathew's Union with the Oriental Churches
The second reproduction is the official response from the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, communicated by the Metropolitan of Beirut.
All Patriarchs, Archbishops and Metropolitans (that is to say, all Bishops exercising authority over other Bishops) owe that authority solely to the appointment or general consent of the Orthodox and Catholic Episcopate; nor can they ever cease from owing obedience to the collective body of the Episcopate in all matters concerning Faith and Morals.
Unfortunately, owing to disputes and differences on the one hand and to the lust for power on the other, the Patriarchs are not at present in Communion; and the welfare of Christendom is jeopardized by their disedifying quarrels, which we pray may soon have an end.
www.angelfire.com /il/oldcatholic/orthodox.htm   (1973 words)

  
 Palmer: The Mardin Syrian Orthodox Press
The Syrian Orthodox community in Aleppo has been strengthened, since the late nineteenth century, by large groups migrating from elsewhere to the city.
Another group of Syrians, which worships in the Cathedral Church of St. Ephraim, in Suleimaniye, Aleppo, traces its origins to the province of Mardin in north-eastern Mesopotamia, an area where there are still some Syrian Orthodox villages, in spite of the fact that it is presently a part of Turkey.
I am not advocating a westward-facing altar in Syrian Orthodox churches; but I am advocating a debate on the reintroduction of the bema in some cases, in the light of recent and continuing scholarship.
syrcom.cua.edu /Hugoye/Vol1No1/DarMardin.html   (4345 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch --  Encyclopædia Britannica
also called Syrian Orthodox Church, or Syrian Jacobite Church, body of Syrian Christians who are Monophysites, acknowledging only one nature in Christ; it is administered by the Syrian patriarch of Antioch.
The churches of Eastern Christianity that separated from the patriarchal see of Constantinople over a period of several centuries, but primarily during the 5th and 6th centuries, developed bodies of canon law that reflected their isolated and—after the Arab conquests in the 7th century—secondary social position.
The churches in Western Europe, under the authority of the pope at Rome, separated from the churches in the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, under the authority of the patriarch (bishop) of Constantinople.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9070778   (858 words)

  
 St.Gregorios Abdul'Galeel, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan
On April 9, 2000, the supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East, H.H the Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I, through an historical bull, permitted to recite the Quqalya hymns and prayers of the Zadeeqo (saints) at the tomb of Mor Gregorios Abdel`Galeel Bava and beseech his intercession.
When the Syrian Christians found it impossible to convince either the Raja of Cochin or the Portuguese, they gathered together under the leadership of Itty Thommen Kathanar and went directly to the Portuguese Military headquarters at Cochin Fort to release their Patriarch by any means.
(Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem was also known as the 5th Patriarch which is the most prestigious order in the church after the Patriarch of Antioch and the Mafriyono).
www.saintgregorios.org /PARAVUR/BriefBiographies.htm   (5703 words)

  
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This itself is an ample proof to the fact that the Patriarch is of superior order to the catholicose, which contradicts some of the recent private claims in Kerala that Catholicose and Patriarch are equal in status.
For this, the Syrian Orthodox Church honors this saint on July 30 of every year, the commemoration of his death which took place in 578.
The Syrian Orthodox Church rejects this belittling label which suggests that the Church was founded by St. Jacob.
www.pages.drexel.edu /~rr53/spycsite/qof.htm   (920 words)

  
 The Syrian Orthodox Church "A Brief Overview"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Syrian Orthodox Church believes that the death of Christ was the separation of His soul from His body, but His deity did not at any time leave either His body or His soul.
The Chief Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church is The Patriarch of Antioch.
The supreme head of the Syrian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and all the
home.flash.net /~malel/SOChruch.htm   (2679 words)

  
 Homepage of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Greater India...Index Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Welcome to the Homepage of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Greater India.
The Syrian Orthodox Church[earlier called The Church of Antioch] was established by St.Peter, the chief of the Apostles and the first patriarch in AD 37 at Antioch[now Antakya in Turkey] [see Acts.11:26,14:26].
Today the church is spread around the globe spanning 27 countries headed by a patriarch residing at Damascus in Syria.
www.syrianorthodoxarchdiocese.com   (182 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Jacobite Church (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia
Jacobite Church[jak´ubIt´´] Pronunciation Key, Christian church of Syria, Iraq, and India, recognizing the Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch as its spiritual head, regarded by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox as heretical.
These "Syrian Catholics" number about as many as the Jacobites; their head, another patriarch of Antioch, lives at Beirut.
These "Malankarese Catholics" are ecclesiastically separate from both the Syrian Catholics, whose rite they share, and from the "Syro-Malabar Catholics" (Chaldaean rite), who represent the Malabar Christians who did not leave the Roman communion when the Malabar Jacobites did.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JacobiteC.html   (412 words)

  
 The Orthodox Churches in India
He came to India at the request of the Coptic patriarch while he was staying in Cairo.
The fact that the Thomas Christians always remained very attached to the bishops of their own Rite and merely tolerated the government of the Latin bishops, is clear from the many petitions they sent to many authorities.
While patriarch insisted on comprehensive jurisdiction over the Malabar Church, Dionysius would allow him only the spiritual power - the right to consecrate bishops and chrism (holy oil) for the Church.
members.tripod.com /~Berchmans/orthodox.html   (1323 words)

  
 ADDRESS TO ECUMENICAL GATHERING
The quest for unity between the Greek Orthodox and the Greek Catholic Patriarchates of Antioch is clearly part of the wider process of reunion between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches.
I am likewise grateful to Patriarch Gregory III and his predecessor Patriarch Maximos V for their unfailing contribution to the climate of fraternity and understanding, which is so necessary if the dialogue is to develop well.
It falls to the Patriarchs and Bishops of the Middle East to assume together this responsibility with regard to their communities in the various countries of the region.
www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/jp2syrec.htm   (1657 words)

  
 Syrian Catholic Church
By this, the Syrian branch is allowed to retain its customs and rites, even when these differ from the traditions of the Roman church.
The official centre of their church is Antakya, Turkey, but the Patriarch has not been there for centuries, when he moved between several cities in Syria and Lebanon.
18th century: The Syrian Catholics suffers from much persecution from the Ottoman rulers, as they considered the Syrian Orthodox to be the true Syrian Christians.
i-cias.com /e.o/syr_cath.htm   (356 words)

  
 Malankara Orthodox Syriac Church Indian Orthodox Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
The Antiochene Syrian Patriarch responded and sent to India a Bishop, Metropolitan Mar Gregorios of Jerusalem who came to India in 1665.
Malankara Orthodox Church had felt the need of assistance for establishing systematic education for its clergy, teaching the people in the faith, instructing the clergy in properly celebrating the liturgical services and above all assistance in the maintenance of the episcopal succession intact.
Even the help from the Antiochene Syrian Patriarch was without any idea of formally submitting to his jurisdiction, but only for an over all spiritual supervision and of keeping to a friendly relation.
www.orthodoxsyrianchurch.com /html/history/moc2.htm   (263 words)

  
 544. Who is 544? What is 544? Where is 544? Definition of 544. Meaning of 544.
Belisarius sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who had been making reconquests in the area.
Jacob Baradaeus consecrates Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch.
By this act, he creates a permanent schism between the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/544   (108 words)

  
 Patriarch's Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Prince Patriarch of Antioch and all the east
He completed his high school education at St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox School and entered the Mor Aphrem theological school at Mosul in 1946 where he completed his education in 1954.
On September 14, 1980, Mor Severious was consecrated the Patriarch of Antioch by name Ignatius Zakka I, in a rite officiated by Catholicose of the East, Baselious Paulose II along with the archbishops of the Holy Synod.
www.stmaryschurchatlanta.com /Patriarchs_page.htm   (209 words)

  
 St. Mary´s Syrian Orthodox Congregation Switzerland
The Church in Malankara continued to be under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch, and his subordinate 'Maphriyono'/'Catholicose' of the East then residing in Mesopotamian region, till the arrival of Nestorian bishops in 1490.
After that in the 19th century, a split occurred in the Church with the introduction of European protestant faith by the British colonists and after that in early 20th century, once again a group of people defied the Holy Church to form an independent faction after much harassment.
Even in the midst of such aggressions, the ancient Syrian Orthodox Church, which in India (Malankara) also referred to as Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, still follows the true faith taught by Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles; and our Holy fathers who sacrificed for the cause of Christianity.
home.pages.at /estonmay/aboutus.htm   (625 words)

  
 H.B. Catholicos Mor Baselios Thomas I
C M Thomas was elected to the episcopate by the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Association convened at the Karingachira St.
In the Syrian Orthodox Church hierarchy, the Catholicos is second in rank to the supreme spiritual head, the Patriarch of Antioch.
The Catholicate office of His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I functions at the Patriarchal centre in Puthencuriz near Kochi, which is also the headquarters of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India.
www.saintgregorios.org /PARUMALA/Catholicos_ThomasI.htm   (1417 words)

  
 LANE: An Account of Gregory Bar Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj and His Relations with the Mongols of Persia
Malatya had been a centre for the Syrian Orthodox Church since the tenth century when the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Phocas had encouraged these Christian Syrians to rejuvenate what was then a decimated war front, and to establish their patriarchal seat in the region.
By the eleventh century the Syrian Orthodox Church had instituted bishoprics throughout the east and south-eastern lands of Anatolia as far north as Erzindjan and were active in trade and commerce and had gained a reputation for their physicians
And the Patriarch with the Maphrian and the rest of the bishops made ready and went to tender homage to the king of kings [Hulegu], and (one) Patent was written for the Patriarch, and another for the Maphrian.
syrcom.cua.edu /Hugoye/Vol2No2/HV2N2GLane.html   (7355 words)

  
 New Syrian Catholic Patriarch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church of Antioch (united with Rome since the 16th century), H. Ignatius Mûsa I Da’ûd, was elected in October 1998.
Pope John Paul II noted, in his audience, that the Syrian Catholic Church’s ties with its sister Syrian Orthodox Church were particularly close.
And he was “pleased to know that the ecumenical path continues and that there are concrete expectations of collaboration, starting in the area of liturgy.
www.suryoyo.uni-goettingen.de /news/syrkath.html   (141 words)

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