Syriac Orthodox tradition

The Syriac Orthodox tradition is an Oriental Orthodox church family with a Syriac-language and Antiochene heritage.

Its communities developed across Syria, Mesopotamia, and the wider Middle East and now include substantial diasporas.

It shares Oriental Orthodox Christology and is marked by Syriac biblical interpretation, patristic writers, poetry, and monastic traditions.

Worship follows the West Syriac rite, with a strong liturgical and hymnographic tradition.

The church is episcopally structured around the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate and its dioceses.