His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, on behalf of the Syriac Orthodox Church, hosted an official dinner in honor of His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis
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On March 24, 2025, His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the World, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, on behalf of the Syriac Orthodox Church, hosted an official dinner at the Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh in honor of His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis, Catholicos of the Malankara Catholic Church.
The dinner was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, His Beatitude Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches for the Catholic Family. Their Eminences Archbishops Magar Ashkarian and Moushejih Mardirosian represented His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches. His Grace Bishop Joseph Mar Barnabas of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and His Eminence Archbishop Paolo Borgia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon also attended.
His Eminence Catholicos Elect Mor Gregorius Joseph as well as their Eminences Archbishops, members of the Universal Holy Synod of the Syriac Church, alongside representatives from various churches and officials, were also present.
His Holiness our Patriarch expressed his brotherly love His Beatitude the Cardinal and spoke about the relations between the two churches and prayed for full unity.
His Beatitude the Cardinal thanked His Holiness and the Syriac Orthodox Church for hosting him.
His Holiness and His Beatitude exchanged gifts as a token of their brotherly love.
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