His Eminence Archbishop Mor Severius Ishak Zakka (80) passes away

Funeral will be at Mor Mathai Dayaro, Mosul, Iraq. The representative of Syriac Orthodox Church in India will attend MA`ARAT SAYYIDNAYA, DAMASCUS/MOSUL, IRAQ: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, through HH's Bull informed that, His Eminence Mor Severius Ishak Zakka (80), the Metropolitan for St. Aphrem Seminary and In Charge for the Higher Studies & Research in Syriac and Former Metropolitan (Dayaroyo) for Mor Mathai Dayaro, Mosul, Iraq, passed away at a hospital in Bhkkadidha, Qarakhosh on Monday December 19th, 2011. His Eminence was admitted to the hospital due to prolonged illness. His Holiness Patriarch led the special prayer which was held at Patriarchal Monastery here. Metropolitans Mor Philoxenos Matthiyas, Mor Dionysius Yuhanon, Very Rev. Rabban Mathews Karimpanakkal (Hon. Secretary to His Holiness for Indian Affairs), priests, nuns participated. The mortal remains will be transferred to His Eminences's Home town Barthallah, near to Mosul, Iraq today. His Eminence Archbishop Mor Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim of Aleppo on behalf of His Holiness, Hon. Secretary for Holy Episcopal Synod Archbishop Mor Theophilos George Saliba of Lebanon, Mor Osthatheos Matta Rohum of Euphrates & Jazirah, Mor Nicodemos Dawood, Mor Philoxenos Matthiyas Nayis and other metropolitans will lead prayers. The funeral will be held at Mor Mathai Dayaro, Mosul, where Mor Severius Zakka served for a long period as Dayaroyo, later. All the suryoye metropolitans of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church will attend. The representative of Syriac Orthodox Church in India will attend the funeral which will be held at Mor Mathai Dayaro.