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Encyclopedia > Syrian Orthodox

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East with members spread throughout the world. It is a major inheritor of Syriac Christianity and has Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, as its official language. The church is led by the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch. The church is often referred to as Jacobite or Monophysite, but these terms are misleading, and not appreciated by the majority of the church today. In 2000, a Holy Synod ruled that the name of the church in English should be the Syriac Orthodox Church. Before this, it was, and often still is, known as the Syrian Orthodox Church. The name was changed to disassociate the church from the polity Syria. The official name of the church in Syriac is `Idto Suryoyto Trişuth Shuvħo, this name has not changed, nor has the name changed in any other language.

The Syriac Orthodox Church is held to be the first church of the Christianity established by the Apostle St. Peter in 34 AD.


The head of this Syrian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides in Damascus, the capital of the Arameans. The Church has about 26 archdioceses and 11 Patriarchal Vicariates. Some estimate that the church has about four million members globally. The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head. The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of India His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.


The Syrian orthodox divine liturgy is performed in Syriac.


Both it and the chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter. There are also three uniate churces headed by Patriarchs of Antiocha: The Syrian Catholic Church, the Maronites and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. There is also an unrelated (so called nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East.


See also

External links

  • Article about the history of the Syriac Orthodox Church from Yauno.com (in German) (http://www.yauno.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=213)
  • Syriac Orthodox Resources (http://sor.cua.edu/)
  • Suryoyo Online (http://www.syrian-orthodox-church.org)
  • Syrian Orthodox dioceses from Suryoyo On line (http://www.syrian-orthodox-church.org/sok/diozese.htm)
  • Shroro: The Syriac Christian Digest (http://www.socdigest.org)

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Malankara Syrian Orthodox Seminary, Udayagiri (2764 words)
The Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary is a humble attempt to rediscover the treasures of the Syrian Church.
The project plan of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary contains a theological college, library, chapel, auditorium, guesthouse, staffquarters, printing press, hostel for students, houses for brotherhoods and sisterhoods, etc. The Seminary is thus one of the most important institutions of the Church.
The greatest asset and wealth of the Syrian Orthodox Church is nothing, but its one and a half million believers, who owe allegiance to the Holy Throne of Antioch.
Syriac Orthodox Church: Information From Answers.com (780 words)
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.
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