The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East has elected a U.S. bishop prominent in American and international ecumenical organizations to be its new Patriarch.Background here. Cross-file under "Syriac Watch."
Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, newly elected patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, was congratulated Tuesday by Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014
New Syrian Orthodox Patriarch
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: US Orthodox bishop becomes Patriarch of Syrian church (Ecumenical News).