His Eminence Mar Pelexinos Matthias Nayis enthroned as Patriarchal Vicar for Warburg in Germany

His Holiness Moran Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of Antioch
 (79, left) lead the enthronement ceremony of the Patriarchal
 Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
 for Germany, Mar Philoxinos Mathias Nayis(37, right).
 Photo courtesy of westfalen-blatt.de

Warburg, Dec. 09, 2012: His Eminence Metropolitan Mar Philoxinos Mathias Nayis (37), enthroned as the Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch for Germany.

The Patriarch His Holiness Moran Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (79) of Antioch led the ceremony at the monastery of St. Jacob of Sarug in Warburg, Germany on Dec. 09. Bishops of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and sister churches assisted the Patriarch.