PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST

Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church

"So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large company of people and IN ANTIOCH THE DISCIPLES WERE FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED CHRISTIANS."

Acts 11:26

"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind in earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Matt 16:18