PUTHENCRUZ: Enthronement of the Patriarch Elect Ignatius Aphrem II Karim will be held on the day of the Ascension, 29th May 2014 at the Mor Ephrem monastery in Ma`arat Sayyidnaya, near Damascus.

123rd successor of St.Peter in the Apostolic See of Antioch and All the East, and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church and will be knows as Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Karim.