After becoming officially recognized by the Ottoman Government in 1845 the Syriac Catholic Church expanded rapidly . However , The expansion was ended by the persecutions and massacres that took place during the Assyrian genocide of World War I . After that , the Syriac Catholic Patriarchal See was moved to Beirut away from Mardin , to which many Ottoman Christians had fled the Genocide . In addition to its see in Beirut , The patriarchal seminary and printing house are located at Sharfeh Monastery in Sharfeh , Lebanon
Assyrian genocide
Assyrian genocide
Syriac Catholic Church