Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, arrived here on Thursday evening to a rousing reception at the Sree Kandappa Memorial Stadium, where he landed in a helicopter from Bengaluru.
Hundreds of faithful thronged the stadium as he was formally welcomed by Mor Stephanos Geevarghese, Metropolitan of the Malabar Diocese, Wayanad district panchayat president Samshad Marakkar, and priests.
