Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ Arabic: إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص Zakkà ‘Īwāṣ born Sanharib Iwas 21 April 1933 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and as such Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also known by his traditional episcopal name Severios he was enthroned as patriarch on 14 September 1980 in St. George’s Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus. He succeeded Ignatius Ya`qub III.
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2014-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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City University of New York, General Theological Seminary
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