Jacobite Church

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ ܫܽܘ̣ܒ̥ܚܳܐ‎ Arabic: الكنيسة السريانية الأرثوذكسية‎‎ Malayalam: സുറിയാനി ഓർത്തഡോക്സ്‌ സഭ
Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus, Syria, headquarters of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch since 1959.
Classification	Oriental Orthodoxy
Scripture	Peshitta
Theology	Miaphysitism
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
Catholicate of India	Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Region	Levant, Iraq, Turkey, India Diaspora: notably in Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, France, United States, Canada, Guatemala, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand
Language	Syriac (Aramaic)
Liturgy	West Syrian: Liturgy of Saint James
Headquarters	Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus, Syria (since 1959) Historically: Antioch the ancient capital of Greater Syria.
Founder	Saint Peter, and Saint Paul, by Syriac Orthodox tradition
Origin	37 AD, by Syriac Orthodox tradition Antioch
Members	Over 2.6 million and 1.2 million from Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Official website	Syriac Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate

Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ ܫܽܘ̣ܒ̥ܚܳܐ‎
Arabic: الكنيسة السريانية الأرثوذكسية‎‎

Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (Syriac: ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܬܪܺܝܨܰܬ ܫܽܘ̣ܒ̥ܚܳܐ‎; Arabic: الكنيسة السريانية الأرثوذكسية‎‎), or Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, is an Oriental Orthodox Church, tracing its foundation to Saints Peter and Paul, by its tradition. In circa 518, the Syriac Orthodox Church continued to recognize Patriarch Severus of Antioch as the legitimate patriarch despite his deposition by the Byzantine Empire while those who sought communion with Rome accepted the Council of Chalcedon and the formula of Pope Hormisdas, recognized the new Chalcedonian patriarch of Antioch Paul the Jew. Employing the Divine Liturgy of Saint James with Syriac as its official and liturgical language, it is part of the Syriac Christianity by heritage. The church is led by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II who was enthroned in 2014, seated in Cathedral of Saint George, Bab Tuma, Damascus, Syria. The church is often referred to as the Jacobite Church (after Jacob Baradaeus), but it rejects this name due to its Apostolic origin.