What is Yohanna Ibrahim?
[[File:StS Lopatka und Erzbischof Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (8187829396).jpg|thumb|Archbishop Gregorios Yohanna (left), of the Syrian Orthodox church of Aleppo, with [[Austria]]n politician Reinhold Lopathka (right) in 2012.]] '''Yohanna Ibrahim''' (Arabic: يوحنا إبراهيم) also '''Gregorios Yohanna''' or '''Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim''' (born August 18, 1948) is the [[Syriac Orthodox]] archbishop of [[Aleppo]]. He was kidnapped on April 22, 2013, along with [[Boulos Yazigi]], the [[Greek Orthodox]] [[archbishop]] of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myocn.net/1000-days-and-more-the-kidnapped-bishops-of-aleppo/ |title=1000 Days and More, The Kidnapped Bishops of Aleppo |publisher=Myocn.net |access-date=2017-03-26 |archive-date=2018-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623061547/http://myocn.net/1000-days-and-more-the-kidnapped-bishops-of-aleppo/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Life == Ibrahim was born on August 18, 1948 in Qamishly, Syria. He studied Ecclesiastical Studies and [[Canon law|Canon Law]] at the [[Pontifical Oriental Institute]] (Roma Istituto Orientale) in Rome from 1973 to 1976. He became a monk in 1973, a deacon in 1976, a priest in 1976, and a bishop in 1979. In 1988 he established the Al Raha Mardin Publishing House in Aleppo. <ref>{{cite web|author=Orthodoxia |url=http://www.orthodoxia.ch/fr/name/1284/show |title=Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim - Names - Orthodoxia |publisher=Orthodoxia.ch |access-date=2017-03-26}}</ref> Ibrahim received degrees from St. Ephrem Theological Seminary in Zahle, the Oriental Institute in Rome, and the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. He received a PhD from Birmingham University in the UK. The title of his dissertation was “Christian Arabs in Mesopotamia before Islam.” Before he became a bishop in Syria, Ibrahim had positions in Iraq, [[Sweden]], Holland, Belgium, and Lebanon. He was on the committees of many religious boards, including including the Global Christian Forum, the Executive Committee of the [[Middle East]] Council of Churches, and