Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II consecrated St. Thomas Cathedral in Mosul, following its reconstruction after it was completely destroyed in 2014
On October 10, 2025, His Holiness Patriarch 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 (MECC), consecrated St. Thomas Cathedral in Mosul, following its reconstruction after it was completely destroyed in 2014.
His Holiness was assisted by their Eminences Archbishops: Mor Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Archbishop of Mosul, Kirkuk, Kurdistan and Environs, Mor Justinus Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar of Zahleh and Beqaa, Mor Timotheos Moussa Al-Shamani, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mor Matta Monastery, Mor Athanasius Touma Dakkama, Patriarchal Vicar of the United Kingdom, Mor Anthimos Jack Yacoub, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem, Jordan and the Holy Land, Mor Yacoub Babawi, Patriarchal Vicar for Monks Affairs and the Administration of Mor Aphrem Theological Seminary in Maarat Saydnaya, Mor Augeen Al-Khoury Nemat, Patriarchal Secretary, and Mor Youhanon Lahdo, Archbishop of Sweden and Scandinavia.
His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Louis Raphaël Sako, Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq and the World, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC),, as well as representatives from other churches and the governor of Nineveh and other officials from the Governorate of Nineveh, were also present…
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