Thomas Mar Eusebius Felicitated His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II

A delegation headed by His Excellency Thomas Mar Eusebius, Bishop of the Exarchate in the USA greeted & felicitated His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the newly elected Patriarch of the Orthodox Syrian Church of Antioch. Mar Eusebius expressed the heartfelt joy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church for the election of His Holiness as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. In return, His Holiness expressed his commitment to ecumenism and to unity by leading the flock of Christ in a spirit of ecumenism. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter Kochery, Very Rev. Fr. Mangalath, Rev. Fr. William OIC, Rev. Fr. Sathyan OIC, Rev. Fr. Abraham Kizhakkedathu and a lay person were in the delegation.

The installation of the new Patriarch is to be held in Syria on the Feast of Ascension.