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Ignatius Aphrem II

1965 - Today

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Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ Moran Mor Ignaṭius Afrem Trayono, Arabic: إغناطيوس أفرام الثاني Iġnāṭīūs Afrām al-Ṯānī; born 3 May 1965 as Sa'id Karim; Arabic: سعيد كريم, romanized: Saʽīd Kārīm) is a Syrian-American Christian prelate who is serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 29 May 2014. Before his election to the patriarchate, he was the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of the Eastern United States, and was known as Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim in that post. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatius Aphrem II has received more than 264,415 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ignatius Aphrem II is the 3,070th most popular religious figure (down from 2,684th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Syria (down from 166th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ignatius Aphrem IIS by language

Over the past year Ignatius Aphrem II has had the most page views in the with 53,044 views, followed by German (6,220), and Arabic (4,850). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (122.32%), Russian (113.54%), and Malayalam (86.04%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ignatius Aphrem II ranks 3,070 out of 3,187Before him are Gerald Emmett Carter, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Robert W. McElroy, Rufino Santos, Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, and John Keble. After him are Péter Fülöp Kocsis, Susan La Flesche Picotte, Jose Advincula, Myles Coverdale, Terence Cooke, and Herbert Vaughan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Ignatius Aphrem II ranks 613Before him are Thomas Kemmerich, Futaba Kioka, Boris Izaguirre, Bogna Koreng, Raffaella Reggi, and Xavier Bertrand. After him are Mitar Mrkela, Juan Carlos, Gheorghe Mihali, Nicola Zingaretti, Anja Niedringhaus, and Jane Adams.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ignatius Aphrem II ranks 191 out of 210Before him are Yusra Mardini (1998), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), Samar Yazbek (1970), Ghada Shouaa (1972), and Mahmoud Dahoud (1996). After him are Naser Khader (1963), Omar Kharbin (1994), Dima Khatib (1971), Maxie Parks (1951), Bassel Khartabil (1981), and Firas Al-Khatib (1983).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Ignatius Aphrem II ranks 25Before him are Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Youssef Absi (1946), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), and Ibas of Edessa (400).