Date:30/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103051060300.htm

Kerala

Patriarch leaves

Nedumbassery: Patriarch Ignatius Zaka I, the spiritual head of the universal Syriac Churches left for Damascus after a 13-day Apostolic visit to the State. People from various walks of life, including political leaders, Metropolitans, priests, Church officials and hundreds of faithful were present at the airport to bid farewell to the Patriarch.

Later, he left for Damascus, Syria, via Dubai by an Emirates Flight at 9.30 a.m. — A Correspondent