Christmas was reverenced both by the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate. In accompany with His Highness Mor Filiksinos Yusuf Çetin from the Patriarchal Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Istanbul and Ankara and His Highness Yusuf Sağ from the Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Horepiskopos, the delegation of the Marmara Group Foundation, represented by Dr. Akkan Suver and Cafer Okray, participated in the ceremonies marking the occasion of this exceptional Day of the Christian World.