Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch, with the bishop of Antioch, known as the patriarch, possessing apostolic succession through Saint Peter. The church upholds Miaphysite doctrine in Christology and employs the Liturgy of Saint James, associated with James the Just. It gained its hierarchical distinctiveness in 512 and established a distinctive autocephalous Miaphysite patriarchate, which was later challenged by Catholic and Greek Orthodox factions. The church has an autonomous Maphrianate in India and patriarchal vicariates in countries covering six continents, with Ignatius Aphrem II serving as the Patriarch of Antioch since 2014. The church's official and liturgical language is Classical Syriac.learn more on wikipedia