H.H. Moran Ignatius Zakka I Iwas decorated H.H. Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Patriarch with the Cross of St.Ignatius Nurono.

Cairo, 14 November 2011, His Holiness the Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of Syriac Orthodox Church decorating His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Patriarch with "the Cross of St.Ignatius Nurono" on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III as the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy and Apostolic See of St. Mark. Holy Father participated in the enthronement function along with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Church-Holy See of Cilicia and His Holiness Abba Paulos Ethiopian Orthodox Church .