Syriac

Syriakisch (from the Latin. Syriacus , "Syrian") is an older German parallel formation to French. Syriaque and English. Syriac and denotes everything that is related to Old Syriac , especially the language (" Syriac "), the Christianity that makes use of it, its church organizations and their members ("Syriaks", alias : Arameans , Assyrians ).

The Holy Synod of the Oriental Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and Syria decided at its session from March 28 to April 3, 2000, to rename the Syrian Orthodox Church to Syriac Orthodox Church (German: Syriac Orthodox Church ). to replace. The purpose of the renaming is to avoid the confusing ambiguity of the name Syrer (members of Christianity in the Syrian-speaking tradition - citizens of the modern Arab state of Syria) and its derivation "Syrian".