Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus

{{Short description|Cathedral of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus, Syria}}

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The Cathedral of Saint George is a Syriac Orthodox cathedral located in Bab Tuma district, in Old Damascus, Syria. The Cathedral acts as the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 1959.{{cite web |date=19 March 2018 |title=The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and Its Ancient Aramaic Heritage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HJrSwAACAAJ |access-date=19 March 2018 |publisher=Trans World Film Italia |via=Google Books}}{{cite book |last1=Lukenbill |first1=W. Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae5NAAAAQBAJ&q=the+da+vinci+code+bloodlines+syriac+orthodox+church&pg=PA70 |title=Research in Information Studies: A Cultural and Social Approach |date=2012 |publisher=Corporation |isbn=9781469179612}}{{cite book |last1=Atiya |first1=Aziz Suryal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bS3ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Atiya%2C%20Aziz%20S.%20A%20History%20of%20Eastern%20Christianity.%20London%2C%201968. |title=A History of Eastern Christianity |date=1968 |publisher=Methuen}} It houses the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, currently Ignatius Aphrem II as the bishop of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus.