Jacobite Syrian Church synod at Mulanthuruthy clears the way to declare Patriarch Ignatius Peter III a saint

14 November 2026

The Episcopal Synod of the Jacobite Syrian Church has decided to complete the procedures for declaring Patriarch Ignatius Peter III a saint. The synod met at the Marthoman Cathedral in Mulanthuruthy during the celebrations marking a hundred and fifty years of the Mulanthuruthy Synod, which Ignatius Peter III himself convened in 1876. The request for the canonisation was made by Catholicos Baselios Joseph, and it was accepted by Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Antioch and supreme head of the universal Syrian Orthodox Church, who chaired the meeting. Ignatius Peter III, who came from Mosul, was Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1872 until his death in 1894. Addressing the synod, the present Patriarch called for a joint effort to bring lasting peace to the Malankara Church.