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Syriac Orthodox Church
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Syriac Orthodox Church
The
Syriac Orthodox Church
, also known as the
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
, is an
autocephalous
Oriental Orthodox
church based in the
Eastern Mediterranean
, with
diaspora
spread throughout the world, notably in
Sweden
,
Germany
and the
United Kingdom
. It claims to employ the oldest surviving liturgy in Christianity, the
Liturgy of St. James
the Apostle, with
Syriac
as its official and liturgical language. The church is led by the
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Ignatius Aphrem II
since 2014.
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