Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II receives Apostolic Delegate of the Syriac Orthodox Evangelization Mission in Brazil
August 2014
On August 9, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Eminence Mor Titus Boulos Tuza, the Apostolic Delegate of the Syrian Orthodox Evangelization Mission in Brazil at the patriarchal residence in Atchaneh, Bikfaya – Lebanon.
On Sunday August 10, 2014, His Holiness presided over the Holy Qurobo (Divine Liturgy) which Mor Titus Boulos Tuza celebrated at St. Jacob Baradeus Church. The Holy Qurobo was attended by His Grace Mor Jose Faustino and Rev. Fr. Paolo Milton from Brazil. Were present also in the Divine Liturgy their Eminences: Mor Timotheos Aphrem Aboudi, Mor Philoxenus Matta Chamoun and Mor Chrysostomos Mikhael Shemoun, Director of the Patriarchal Benevolent Institutions in Atchaneh along with some monks, nuns and faithful.
His Holiness welcomed their Eminence and Grace and gave them his apostolic benedictions. He, likewise, asked them to carry his apostolic blessings to the clergy and members of the churches of the Mission in Brazil.
After the Holy Qurobo, His Holiness was given a full report on the condition of the churches, associations and institutions of the Mission in Brazil as well as their religious and cultural activities.
