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Syriac Orthodox priests and deacons of America with Archbishop Barsoum, 1927-1928

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Syriac Orthodox priests and deacons of America with Archbishop Barsoum, 1927-1928

Place: West New York
Date: 1927

Clergy Church Diaspora

Deacons in white robes and priests stand before the altar of the Virgin Mary Syriac Orthodox church in West New York, New Jersey, with Archbishop Mor Severius Aphrem Barsoum at the centre. The archive names the priests from left: Fr. Sugar (West New York), Fr. Favlos Samuel (Worcester), Fr. Hanna Koorie (retired), Mor Severius, Fr. Nahum Koorie (retired) and Fr. Peter Barsoum (Central Falls).

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