His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the Midday Service of the Friday of Passion at St. George Patriarchal Cathedral in Bab Touma
ܒܣܝܩܘܡ 18 ܢܝܣܢ 2025܆ ܐܬܪܝܫܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܦܠܓܗ ܕܝܘܡܐ ܕܥܪܘܒܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ ܒܗ̇ ܒܥܕܬܐ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܝܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܘܪܓܝܣ ܒܒܐܒ ܬܐܘܡܐ ܒܕܪܡܣܘܩ.
ܛܥܢ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܠܨܠܝܒܐ ܥܠ ܟܬܦܗ ܟܕ ܪܕܐ ܒܙܘܝܚܐ ܒܟܠܗ̇ ܥܕܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܡܕܟܪܘ ܐܝܟܢ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܢܦܩ ܡܢ ܓܘ ܟܪܟܐ ܘܛܥܝܢ ܨܠܝܒܗ ܥܠ ܟܬܦܗ. ܘܒܗ ܒܙܘܝܚܐ܆ ܙܡܪ ܩܠܝܪܘܣ ܙܡܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ. ܘܟܕ ܩܪܐ ܗ̱ܘܐ ܩܕܝܫܘܬܗ ܠܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܐܬܕܥܟ ܩܪܝܘܢܐ ܣܡܠܝܐ (ܕܡܐܪܙ ܥܠ ܓܝܣܐ ܕܐܨܛܠܒ ܡܢ ܓܒܐ ܕܣܡܠܐ ܕܡܪܢ) ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܕܝܘܡ ܥܪܘܒܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ.
On Good Friday, April 18, 2025, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) presided over the Midday Service of the Friday of Passion at St. George Patriarchal Cathedral in Bab Touma.
The service was attended by their Eminences Archbishops: Mor Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Assistant, and Mor Andrawos Bahhi, Patriarchal Vicar for Youth Affairs and Christian Education.
His Holiness held the cross on his shoulder in a procession inside the Cathedral in remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ’s carrying the Cross from Pilate’s palace to the Golgotha. During the procession, the clergy chanted hymns expressing sorrow and melancholy.
As His Holiness was reading from the Holy Gosple, the left candle (symbolizing the thief crucified to the left) was put out. This service represents one of the stages of the crucifixion and is celebrated on Midday as a symbol of when the Lord Jesus was judged.
This news was published on the Facebook page of His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II.