Ignatius Aphrem I


Ignatius Afram I Barsoum

120th Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
Native name
ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܒܪܨܘܡ
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeApostolic see of Antioch and all the East
PredecessorIgnatius Elias III
SuccessorIgnatius Jacob III
Previous post(s)Archbishop of Syria and Lebanon
Orders
OrdinationMonk in 1907
ConsecrationArchbishop: 20 May 1918, Patriarch: 30 January 1933
Personal details
Born
Ayoub Barsoum

15 June 1887
Mosul, Ottoman Iraq
Died23 June 1957 (1957-06-24) (aged 70)
Syria
BuriedHoms, Syria
DenominationSyriac Christianity

Mor Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܒܪܨܘܡ,[1] Arabic: إغناطيوس أفرام الأول برصوم, June 15, 1887 – June 23, 1957) was the 120th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1933 until his death in 1957. He was consecrated as a Metropolitan and as a Patriarch at a very hard time for the Syriac Orthodox church and its people and parishes and he worked very hard to re-establish the church initiations to where his people moved. He researched, wrote, translated, scriped, and published many scholarly works that included books on the saints, tradition, liturgy, music, and history of Syriac Orthodox Church.

  1. ^ "Syriaca".