Ignatius Aphrem I

His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Afram I Barsoum Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
120th Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
Native name	ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܒܪܨܘܡ
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Apostolic see of Antioch and all the East
Predecessor	Ignatius Elias III
Successor	Ignatius Jacob III
Orders
Ordination	Monk in 1907
Consecration	Archbishop: 20 May 1918, Patriarch: 30 January 1933
Personal details
Born	Ayoub Barsoum 15 June 1887 Mosul, Ottoman Iraq
Died	23 June 1957 (1957-06-24) (aged 70) Syria
Buried	Homs, Syria
Denomination	Syriac Christianity
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Syria and Lebanon

Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܒܪܨܘܡ,^[1] Arabic: إغناطيوس أفرام الأول برصوم, June 15, 1887 – June 23, 1957) was the 120th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1933 until his death in 1957. He was consecrated as a Metropolitan and as a Patriarch at a very hard time for the Syriac Orthodox church and its people and parishes and he worked very hard to re-establish the church initiations to where his people moved. He researched, wrote, translated, scriped, and published many scholarly works that included books on the saints, tradition, liturgy, music, and history of Syriac Orthodox Church.