The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

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 a diaspora spread throughout the world, notably in Sweden, India, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, or Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church founded circa 37 by Patriarch Saint Peter in Antioch, Byzantine Empire. 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 since 2014, seated in Cathedral of Saint George, Bab Tuma, Damascus, Syria. The church is often referred to as Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, but it rejects this name.