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Patriarch Zakka I consecrates the new church in Glane, 1994

Place

Glane

Date

1994

Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas at the altar during the consecration of the new Syriac Orthodox church in Glane near Enschede, seat of Archbishop Julius Yeshu Cicek and centre of the church in the Benelux and neighbouring countries. Over ten thousand Syriac Orthodox Christians from across Europe attended, many following on screens outside.