Suryoyo

The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, with two Syriac Orthodox bishops at the Monastery of Mor Aphrem in the Netherlands in 2016.

Demonstration video of a (voice) translation app being developed for Surayt (Turoyo), a language classed as “severely endangered” on UNESCO’s Atlas of the World's Languages in danger.

Warm-up skills ✌️

Most have rosaries in their cars... as for me: custom-designed pendant with a Church bell tower from Tur Abdin 🤷‍♂️😅

It’s a copy of the prayer book for weekdays according to the Syriac Orthodox Church, called “shhimo”.

I had only been there a few minutes when a Haitian-French man came up to me and asked if we could record a video with the ball. It didn't take long before other people of different backgrounds joined and in total we were at least 15 people who played during the night. I went back to my hotel two hours later, at 3:30 AM, after having given the newly bought ball to the Haitian and being treated to a bottle of water by him 😭😂

The ancient 4th century Syriac Orthodox Monastery of Saint Gabriel (Dayro d-Mor Gabriel) in Tur Abdin (in present-day southeastern Turkey).