Dear brothers & sisters in Christ,

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you, on behalf of the entire members of the St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Soonoro Church, Sharjah - UAE. We trust that your browsing of the website will be a most rewarding and enjoyable one. It is our pleasure to present this long cherished venture with great joy and enthusiasm.

Our current standing depends on our true faith, our rich heritage and wonderful traditions. Our faith relies on our Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who has called on us to be the salt and light of the world. He asks us to choose goodness, to live in justice and become instruments of love and peace. His call has always demanded a choice between good and evil, between light and darkness, between life and death. He makes the same invitation today to all who are reading this message.

Our heritage has directly linked us to Jesus Christ's, through the Syriac language. It is the language he spoke and used to preach the good news to the world. Today we are proud to use it in his church, the world's first church, our church. We should never forget to preserve our traditions which have been transmitted from the first Christians in Antioch, through out faithful Church leaders and ancestors, who gave their lives to our lord Jesus Christ, to lead us into this new millennium.

We are here today to offer this to you, our future, our hope, and our faithful in Sharjah Church. Finally, through this greeting, our intention is to instill upon you the value of the guidance and wisdom of our Lord through this website. In the modern world of chaos we urge you only to pray, to pray always, and to pray from the heart. This is necessary if your lives are to be truly sensitive to the values of the Spirit, aimed and directed towards man's one true goal, which is to be with God. He invites the faithful of today, to live joyfully and courageously in the Christian faith; to always listen to the Word of God, give themselves to the service of others and generously follow the teachings of Christ's message.

So, let this website give you a more binding and deeper relationship to Jesus and to one another. Let Our Heavenly Mother - the Mother of God, be our help and protection through out our life on earth.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Fr. Joshi Mathew

Vicar – St. Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Soonoro Church, Sharjah – U.A.E