Statement of the Meeting of the Heads of the Christian Churches in Damascus

Mor Aphrem Monastery, Maarat Saydnaya – August 12, 2019   

Upon the invitation of His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, and with the participation of their Beatitudes Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Patriarch Joseph Absi Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem, the heads of the Christian Churches in Damascus met at Mor Aphrem Monastery in Maarat Saydnaya – Syria, in the presence of His Eminence Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Syria.

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