Our Projects

Patriarchal Library	Completed
Equipping the library with an electronic catalog program and entering approximately 17,000 books into it	Completed
Completing the entry of the remaining books (about 2,000 books)	Under completion
Merging St Aphrem’s Clerical (Theological) Library, Ma‘arat Saydnaya, with the Patriarchal Library.	Completed
Merging the Patriarchal Library branch of Atchaneh, with the Main Library in Ma‘arat Saydnaya.	Short-term Projects
Supplementing the library with new and old publications specialized in theological and Syriac studies	Under completion
Digitization of important ancient Syriac Resources, and uploading them to the Department of Syriac Studies Website.	Under completion
Offering the service of e-books for the books preserved in the library.	Under completion
Turning the library into a cultural center, and a digital platform to serve researchers who want to view the Syriac Manuscripts, preserved in the Middle East.	Long-term project

The Manuscripts	Completed
Digitization of the Patriarchal Manuscripts (SOP) – Damascus, according to the universal and scientific high standards.	Completed
Digitization of the Patriarchal Manuscripts (SOP) – Atchaneh, according to the universal and scientific high standards.	Under completion
Cataloging Patriarchate Manuscripts	Short-term Projects
Cataloging the Patriarchal Archives	Under completion
Digitization of the Patriarchal Archives, according to the universal and scientific high standards.	Short-term Projects
Digitization of 266 Manuscripts of Mor Matta Monastery, Iraq (Dayr Mar Matta Mosul, DMMM)	Completed
Cataloguing the Manuscripts of Mor Matta Monastery, Iraq.	Long-term project
Digitization the manuscripts of some villages near Mosul: – Mart Shmoni Church – Bashiqa (CMSB) – Mar Gorgis Church – Bahzani (CMGB) – Mart Shmoni Church – Bartella (MSHB)	Under completion
Cataloguing the Manuscripts of Mosul villages (Ba’sheeqa, Bahzaneh and Bartelleh)	Long-term project
Digitization of 73 Manuscripts of St. Jacob of Serugh Monastery, Germany (Mor Ya‘qub Monastery Warburg -MYMW)	Completed
Digitization of the Manuscripts of St. Mark Cathedral – New Jersey.	Short-term Projects
Acquiring digital images of 13,000 Syriac manuscripts, taken by the team of Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, in Tur Abdin and Mardin, Turkey; Aleppo and Homs, Syria; Mosul, Iraq and Jerusalem, Palestine. Cf. the catalogued manuscripts here: https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/collections, and for the uncatalogued collections, see: https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/uncatalogedcollections	Completed

Printed Books	Completed
AKHRASS, Roger – SYRYANY, Imad (ed.), 160 Unpublished homilies of Jacob of Serugh, 2 vol., (Damas 2017) [Syriac]	Completed
AKHRASS, Roger, The Calendar of Martyrs and Saints (Damascus 2015) [Arabic+Syriac].	Completed
AKHRASS, Roger (ed.), The Consecration of Holy Myron, according to the Rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (Damascus 2015).	Completed
AKHRASS, Roger – KIRAZ, George (ed.), The Order of the Installation of the Patriarch (Damascus 2014).	Completed
Akhras, Roger-Seriani, Imad (publisher), 160 New Mimere of Mar Jacob of Serugh (two volumes), Damascus, 2017.	Completed
Akhrass, Roger, The Calendar of Martyrs and Saints (Damascus 2015) [Arabic+Syriac].	Completed
Akhrass, Roger (ed.), The Consecration of Holy Myron, according to the Rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (Damascus 2015).	Completed
Akhrass, Roger – KIRAZ, George (ed.), The Order of the Installation of the Patriarch (Damascus 2014).	Completed
BEHNAM, Gregorios Boulus, Articles on the Syriac Church, ed. Shatha El-Khoury, Damascus 2017 [arabic]	Completed
The Book of Common Prayers (Sh-himo) in Syriac- Arabic	Short-term Projects

The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal (New Series)

Three volumes were issued until now, with the sum of twenty two articles in theological, historical and liturgical Syriac studies. (For more details, please check the journal page on the website here).