Ignatius Afram I Barsoum | |
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| 120th Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church | |
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| Native name | ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܒܪܨܘܡ |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| See | Apostolic see of Antioch and all the East |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Elias III |
| Successor | Ignatius Jacob III |
| Previous post(s) | Archbishop of Syria and Lebanon |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | Monk in 1907 |
| Consecration | Archbishop: 20 May 1918, Patriarch: 30 January 1933 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ayoub Barsoum 15 June 1887 Mosul, Ottoman Iraq |
| Died | 23 June 1957 (aged 70) Syria |
| Buried | Homs, Syria |
| Denomination | Syriac 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.