Prince of Peace | Biography of Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem 2nd | 123rd Patriarch of Antioch

Prince of Peace | Biography of Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem 2nd | ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ إغناطيوس أفرام الثاني Patriarch of Antioch and All the East MORAN MOR IGNATIUS APHREM-II is the 123rd Patriarch of the See of Antioch & All The East adorning the Throne of St. Peter, the Chief of Apostles, and the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. His Holiness was chosen to head the Holy Church at the Universal Synod held on Monday 31st of March 2014 at Lebanon after the demise of blessed Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-l Iwas. His Holiness was installed as the supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church at a divine ceremony presided by Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas-l, the Catholicos of India (the East) and assisted by the metropolitans of the Universal Church, held at the St. Peter & St. Paul's Cathedral in the monastery of Mor Aphrem in Ma'arat Seydnaya in Damascus, Syria on 29th May 2014, the remembrance day of Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.