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New Metropolitan for the Patriarchate bureau department

His Holiness Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, will celebrate the Holy Divine Liturgy at St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral of St. Ephrem the Syrian monastery in Ma’arrat Saidnaya, Damascus-Syria, @ 10:00 am, on Sunday March 21st, 2010. During this Liturgy His Holiness will consecrate very Rev. Raban Jean Aziz Kawak as Metropolitan, in which he will manage the Patriarchate Bureau Department, and be an official delegate to represent His Holiness in official civil and ecclesiastical affairs.

Congratulations, we wish the new Metropolitan all the best in his new position.

The Western Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, providing spiritual guidance and leadership to the Syriac Orthodox community, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization comprised of 10 churches and parishes in 17 western states. It was established in 1952 as the Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church encompassing the entire United States and Canada. In November 1995 by the Holy Synod, the Western Archdiocese was formed to exclusively serve the 17 states of the western half United States.

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Tel: (818) 845-5089 Fax: (818) 953-7203
E-mail: bishopric@soc-wus.org