Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (
Moran Mor[y] Ignaṭius Afrem Trayono,
Mār Iġnāṭīūs Afrām al-Ṯānī; born as
Saʿid Karim on May 3, 1965) is the
patriarch of the
Syriac Orthodox Church. He became the 123rd
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch when he was enthroned as patriarch in Damascus on May 29, 2014. Before his election to the patriarchate, he was
Archbishop for the Eastern United States of America, and known as
Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim in that post. In that role, he established 11 new parishes, introduced a number of new programs for the youth, and worked for inter-church unity.