His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II

Prince Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church

[123rd successor of St.Peter in the Apostolic See of Antioch]

"....... and in antioch the disciples were for the first time called christians."

Acts 11:26

"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind in earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Matt 16:18