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Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum enthroned at the consecration of St George's, Aleppo, 1953

Place: Aleppo · today Syria
Date: 1953

The patriarch, in full vestments with crozier and hand-cross, seated on the throne beneath the Syriac cross during the consecration of St George's Syriac Orthodox Church in the Syriac Quarter of Aleppo in 1953.

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Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum enthroned at the consecration of St George's, Aleppo, 1953

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