diff --git a/common/activities/activity_types/ecumenical_council.txt b/common/activities/activity_types/ecumenical_council.txt
index c20b13775..20b4ed788 100644
--- a/common/activities/activity_types/ecumenical_council.txt
+++ b/common/activities/activity_types/ecumenical_council.txt
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_church_slavonic
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_irish
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian
+								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_church_romanian
 								scope:ec_debate_topic_3 = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_arabic
diff --git a/common/dna_data/NEOW_dna.txt b/common/dna_data/NEOW_dna.txt
index 6686052ec..9de87c389 100644
--- a/common/dna_data/NEOW_dna.txt
+++ b/common/dna_data/NEOW_dna.txt
@@ -8903,7 +8903,6 @@ dna_jeanne={
 }
 dna_tintin={
 	portrait_info = {
-	type=female
 	genes={ 		hair_color={ 161 144 223 176 }
  		skin_color={ 89 60 65 86 }
  		eye_color={ 168 19 170 129 }
@@ -9014,4 +9013,117 @@ dna_tintin={
 		}
 	}
 	enabled=yes
+}
+dna_john_finland={
+	portrait_info = {
+	genes={ 		hair_color={ 104 248 104 248 }
+ 		skin_color={ 123 123 133 127 }
+ 		eye_color={ 28 166 28 166 }
+ 		gene_chin_forward={ "chin_forward_neg" 120 "chin_forward_neg" 120 }
+ 		gene_chin_height={ "chin_height_neg" 115 "chin_height_neg" 115 }
+ 		gene_chin_width={ "chin_width_pos" 129 "chin_width_pos" 129 }
+ 		gene_eye_angle={ "eye_angle_pos" 110 "eye_angle_pos" 130 }
+ 		gene_eye_depth={ "eye_depth_neg" 119 "eye_depth_neg" 119 }
+ 		gene_eye_height={ "eye_height_pos" 137 "eye_height_pos" 137 }
+ 		gene_eye_distance={ "eye_distance_neg" 127 "eye_distance_neg" 127 }
+ 		gene_eye_shut={ "eye_shut_pos" 189 "eye_shut_pos" 189 }
+ 		gene_forehead_angle={ "forehead_angle_neg" 110 "forehead_angle_neg" 110 }
+ 		gene_forehead_brow_height={ "forehead_brow_height_pos" 143 "forehead_brow_height_pos" 143 }
+ 		gene_forehead_roundness={ "forehead_roundness_pos" 184 "forehead_roundness_pos" 140 }
+ 		gene_forehead_width={ "forehead_width_neg" 127 "forehead_width_neg" 127 }
+ 		gene_forehead_height={ "forehead_height_pos" 137 "forehead_height_pos" 143 }
+ 		gene_head_height={ "head_height_pos" 120 "head_height_pos" 137 }
+ 		gene_head_width={ "head_width_pos" 98 "head_width_pos" 131 }
+ 		gene_head_profile={ "head_profile_neg" 124 "head_profile_neg" 124 }
+ 		gene_head_top_height={ "head_top_height_pos" 152 "head_top_height_pos" 152 }
+ 		gene_head_top_width={ "head_top_width_neg" 121 "head_top_width_neg" 121 }
+ 		gene_jaw_angle={ "jaw_angle_pos" 131 "jaw_angle_pos" 131 }
+ 		gene_jaw_forward={ "jaw_forward_pos" 136 "jaw_forward_pos" 136 }
+ 		gene_jaw_height={ "jaw_height_pos" 140 "jaw_height_pos" 140 }
+ 		gene_jaw_width={ "jaw_width_pos" 132 "jaw_width_pos" 132 }
+ 		gene_mouth_corner_depth={ "mouth_corner_depth_pos" 118 "mouth_corner_depth_pos" 135 }
+ 		gene_mouth_corner_height={ "mouth_corner_height_pos" 138 "mouth_corner_height_pos" 158 }
+ 		gene_mouth_forward={ "mouth_forward_pos" 127 "mouth_forward_pos" 127 }
+ 		gene_mouth_height={ "mouth_height_neg" 84 "mouth_height_neg" 84 }
+ 		gene_mouth_width={ "mouth_width_pos" 147 "mouth_width_pos" 147 }
+ 		gene_mouth_upper_lip_size={ "mouth_upper_lip_size_neg" 117 "mouth_upper_lip_size_neg" 117 }
+ 		gene_mouth_lower_lip_size={ "mouth_lower_lip_size_pos" 146 "mouth_lower_lip_size_pos" 146 }
+ 		gene_mouth_open={ "mouth_open_neg" 81 "mouth_open_neg" 6 }
+ 		gene_neck_length={ "neck_length_neg" 106 "neck_length_neg" 106 }
+ 		gene_neck_width={ "neck_width_pos" 146 "neck_width_pos" 146 }
+ 		gene_bs_cheek_forward={ "cheek_forward_neg" 22 "cheek_forward_neg" 22 }
+ 		gene_bs_cheek_height={ "cheek_height_pos" 47 "cheek_height_pos" 47 }
+ 		gene_bs_cheek_width={ "cheek_width_neg" 37 "cheek_width_neg" 37 }
+ 		gene_bs_ear_angle={ "ear_angle_pos" 21 "ear_angle_pos" 21 }
+ 		gene_bs_ear_inner_shape={ "ear_inner_shape_pos" 122 "ear_inner_shape_pos" 122 }
+ 		gene_bs_ear_bend={ "ear_lower_bend_pos" 48 "ear_lower_bend_pos" 48 }
+ 		gene_bs_ear_outward={ "ear_outward_pos" 2 "ear_outward_pos" 2 }
+ 		gene_bs_ear_size={ "ear_size_pos" 43 "ear_size_pos" 43 }
+ 		gene_bs_eye_corner_depth={ "eye_corner_depth_pos" 30 "eye_corner_depth_pos" 30 }
+ 		gene_bs_eye_fold_shape={ "eye_fold_shape_pos" 34 "eye_fold_shape_pos" 34 }
+ 		gene_bs_eye_size={ "eye_size_pos" 113 "eye_size_pos" 40 }
+ 		gene_bs_eye_upper_lid_size={ "eye_upper_lid_size_pos" 50 "eye_upper_lid_size_pos" 50 }
+ 		gene_bs_forehead_brow_curve={ "forehead_brow_curve_neg" 3 "forehead_brow_curve_neg" 40 }
+ 		gene_bs_forehead_brow_forward={ "forehead_brow_forward_neg" 21 "forehead_brow_forward_pos" 9 }
+ 		gene_bs_forehead_brow_inner_height={ "forehead_brow_inner_height_neg" 33 "forehead_brow_inner_height_pos" 1 }
+ 		gene_bs_forehead_brow_outer_height={ "forehead_brow_outer_height_neg" 51 "forehead_brow_outer_height_neg" 30 }
+ 		gene_bs_forehead_brow_width={ "forehead_brow_width_pos" 43 "forehead_brow_width_pos" 95 }
+ 		gene_bs_jaw_def={ "jaw_def_pos" 28 "jaw_def_pos" 28 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_lower_lip_def={ "mouth_lower_lip_def_pos" 38 "mouth_lower_lip_def_pos" 38 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_lower_lip_full={ "mouth_lower_lip_full_neg" 105 "mouth_lower_lip_full_neg" 23 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_lower_lip_pad={ "mouth_lower_lip_pad_pos" 45 "mouth_lower_lip_pad_pos" 99 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_lower_lip_width={ "mouth_lower_lip_width_neg" 36 "mouth_lower_lip_width_neg" 36 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_philtrum_def={ "mouth_philtrum_def_pos" 51 "mouth_philtrum_def_pos" 51 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_philtrum_shape={ "mouth_philtrum_shape_neg" 31 "mouth_philtrum_shape_pos" 54 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_philtrum_width={ "mouth_philtrum_width_pos" 47 "mouth_philtrum_width_pos" 47 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_upper_lip_def={ "mouth_upper_lip_def_pos" 32 "mouth_upper_lip_def_pos" 32 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_upper_lip_full={ "mouth_upper_lip_full_neg" 119 "mouth_upper_lip_full_pos" 93 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_upper_lip_profile={ "mouth_upper_lip_profile_neg" 25 "mouth_upper_lip_profile_neg" 25 }
+ 		gene_bs_mouth_upper_lip_width={ "mouth_upper_lip_width_pos" 61 "mouth_upper_lip_width_pos" 99 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_forward={ "nose_forward_neg" 2 "nose_forward_neg" 2 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_height={ "nose_height_neg" 23 "nose_height_neg" 23 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_length={ "nose_length_pos" 71 "nose_length_neg" 29 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_nostril_height={ "nose_nostril_height_neg" 8 "nose_nostril_height_neg" 8 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_nostril_width={ "nose_nostril_width_neg" 137 "nose_nostril_width_neg" 137 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_profile={ "nose_profile_hawk" 45 "nose_profile_hawk" 45 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_ridge_angle={ "nose_ridge_angle_pos" 28 "nose_ridge_angle_pos" 28 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_ridge_width={ "nose_ridge_width_neg" 60 "nose_ridge_width_neg" 60 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_size={ "nose_size_pos" 80 "nose_size_pos" 80 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_tip_angle={ "nose_tip_angle_neg" 20 "nose_tip_angle_neg" 20 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_tip_forward={ "nose_tip_forward_neg" 11 "nose_tip_forward_neg" 11 }
+ 		gene_bs_nose_tip_width={ "nose_tip_width_neg" 48 "nose_tip_width_neg" 48 }
+ 		face_detail_cheek_def={ "cheek_def_02" 160 "cheek_def_02" 160 }
+ 		face_detail_cheek_fat={ "cheek_fat_03_pos" 97 "cheek_fat_03_pos" 97 }
+ 		face_detail_chin_cleft={ "chin_dimple" 5 "chin_dimple" 5 }
+ 		face_detail_chin_def={ "chin_def" 7 "chin_def" 7 }
+ 		face_detail_eye_lower_lid_def={ "eye_lower_lid_def" 30 "eye_lower_lid_def" 30 }
+ 		face_detail_eye_socket={ "eye_socket_01" 19 "eye_socket_01" 19 }
+ 		face_detail_nasolabial={ "nasolabial_03" 11 "nasolabial_03" 11 }
+ 		face_detail_nose_ridge_def={ "nose_ridge_def_pos" 21 "nose_ridge_def_pos" 21 }
+ 		face_detail_nose_tip_def={ "nose_tip_def" 149 "nose_tip_def" 149 }
+ 		face_detail_temple_def={ "temple_def" 210 "temple_def" 210 }
+ 		expression_brow_wrinkles={ "brow_wrinkles_01" 124 "brow_wrinkles_03" 234 }
+ 		expression_eye_wrinkles={ "eye_wrinkles_03" 219 "eye_wrinkles_03" 219 }
+ 		expression_forehead_wrinkles={ "forehead_wrinkles_02" 249 "forehead_wrinkles_02" 249 }
+ 		expression_other={ "cheek_wrinkles_both_01" 0 "cheek_wrinkles_both_01" 0 }
+ 		complexion={ "complexion_1" 205 "complexion_1" 205 }
+ 		gene_height={ "normal_height" 131 "normal_height" 131 }
+ 		gene_bs_body_type={ "body_fat_head_fat_full" 135 "body_fat_head_fat_full" 135 }
+ 		gene_bs_body_shape={ "body_shape_rectangle_half" 113 "body_shape_rectangle_half" 63 }
+ 		gene_bs_bust={ "bust_clothes" 53 "bust_shape_3_full" 84 }
+ 		gene_age={ "old_2" 150 "old_2" 150 }
+ 		gene_eyebrows_shape={ "far_spacing_low_thickness" 201 "far_spacing_low_thickness" 201 }
+ 		gene_eyebrows_fullness={ "layer_2_high_thickness" 220 "layer_2_high_thickness" 220 }
+ 		gene_body_hair={ "body_hair_sparse" 17 "body_hair_sparse" 190 }
+ 		gene_hair_type={ "hair_straight" 169 "hair_straight" 169 }
+ 		gene_baldness={ "male_pattern_baldness" 94 "male_pattern_baldness" 94 }
+ 		eye_accessory={ "normal_eyes" 169 "normal_eyes" 169 }
+ 		teeth_accessory={ "normal_teeth" 111 "normal_teeth" 111 }
+ 		eyelashes_accessory={ "normal_eyelashes" 211 "normal_eyelashes" 211 }
+ 		beards={ "pam_western_beards" 255 "no_beard" 0 }
+ 		hairstyles={ "western_hairstyles_straight" 231 "all_hairstyles" 0 }
+ 		clothes={ "western_bedchamber" 79 "most_clothes" 0 }
+		}
+	}
+	enabled=yes
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/religion/doctrine_types/40_doctrines_special.txt b/common/religion/doctrine_types/40_doctrines_special.txt
index 05bba145e..85e4a3779 100644
--- a/common/religion/doctrine_types/40_doctrines_special.txt
+++ b/common/religion/doctrine_types/40_doctrines_special.txt
@@ -778,6 +778,41 @@ doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian = {
 	}
 }
 
+doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac = {
+	doctrine_group_type = liturgical_language
+	icon = "doctrine_clerical_function"
+	index = 6
+	divergence = 2.5
+	parameters = {
+		neow_liturgical_language_syriac
+		neow_liturgical_language_mainline_alignment
+	}
+	special_parameters = {
+		parameter_opinion_override = {
+			neow_liturgical_language_syriac = 5
+		}
+	}
+
+	can_pick = {
+		custom_tooltip = {
+			text = neow_liturgical_language_syriac_requirement
+			scope:actor = {
+				OR = {
+					knows_language = language_aramaic
+					knows_language = NEOW_language_neo_aramaic
+					culture = {
+						OR = {
+							has_cultural_pillar = language_aramaic
+							has_cultural_pillar = NEOW_language_neo_aramaic
+						}
+					}
+					rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 # doctrine_liturgical_language_ethiopic = {
 # 	doctrine_group_type = liturgical_language
 # 	icon = "doctrine_clerical_function"
diff --git a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_catholic.txt b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_catholic.txt
index b9901e633..68f579050 100644
--- a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_catholic.txt
+++ b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_catholic.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,53 @@
 	}
 }
 
+chaldean = {
+	main_rite = east_syriac_rite
+	faith_details = {
+		religion = catholic_religion
+		color = { 168 121 52 }
+		icon = chaldean
+		graphical_faith = "catholic_gfx"
+		religious_head = d_chaldean_hof
+	}
+
+	eminent_holy_sites = {
+		mosul
+		ctesiphon
+		nineveh
+	}
+
+	holy_sites = {
+		nasibin
+		urmiya
+	}
+
+	tenets = {
+		tenet_communion
+		tenet_asceticism
+		tenet_communal_identity
+	}
+
+	doctrines = {
+		special_doctrine_is_eastern_christian_faith
+		special_doctrine_independent_catholic
+		doctrine_pluralism_pluralistic
+		doctrine_gender_male_dominated
+		doctrine_homosexuality_crime
+		doctrine_clerical_function_alms_and_pacification
+		doctrine_clerical_marriage_allowed
+		doctrine_clerical_succession_spiritual_appointment
+		doctrine_imperial_anointment
+		special_doctrine_banner_default
+		doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
+	}
+
+	localization = {
+		ReligiousHeadName = chaldean_religious_head_title
+		ReligiousHeadTitleName = chaldean_religious_head_title_name
+	}
+}
+
 compostelan_catholic_faith = {
 	main_rite = compostelan_rite
 	faith_details = {
diff --git a/common/religion/holy_site_types/00_holy_site_types.txt b/common/religion/holy_site_types/00_holy_site_types.txt
index 47e8a92ff..aae952bab 100644
--- a/common/religion/holy_site_types/00_holy_site_types.txt
+++ b/common/religion/holy_site_types/00_holy_site_types.txt
@@ -10934,6 +10934,62 @@ pest = {
 	}
 }
 
+# Chaldean Catholic Church
+mosul = {
+	county = c_mosul
+	barony = b_mosul
+
+	faith_character_modifier = {
+		name = holy_site_mosul_effect_name
+		church_holding_build_gold_cost = -0.10
+		monthly_piety_gain_mult = 0.10
+	}
+}
+
+ctesiphon = {
+	county = c_baghdad
+	barony = b_an-nahrawan
+
+	faith_character_modifier = {
+		name = holy_site_ctesiphon_effect_name
+		monthly_prestige_gain_mult = 0.10
+		learning = 1
+	}
+}
+
+nineveh = {
+	county = c_ninive
+	barony = b_ninawa
+
+	faith_character_modifier = {
+		name = holy_site_nineveh_effect_name
+		monthly_piety_gain_mult = 0.05
+		development_growth_factor = 0.05
+	}
+}
+
+nasibin = {
+	county = c_nasibin
+	barony = b_nasibin
+
+	faith_character_modifier = {
+		name = holy_site_nasibin_effect_name
+		learning_per_piety_level = 1
+		monthly_piety_gain_mult = 0.05
+	}
+}
+
+urmiya = {
+	county = c_urmiya
+	barony = b_urmiya
+
+	faith_character_modifier = {
+		name = holy_site_urmiya_effect_name
+		learning = 1
+		monthly_piety_gain_mult = 0.10
+	}
+}
+
 plock = {
 	county = c_plocka
 	barony = b_plock
diff --git a/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_chaldean.txt b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_chaldean.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a2958058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_chaldean.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+east_syriac_rite = {
+	name = east_syriac_rite
+	desc = east_syriac_rite_desc
+	founder = d_chaldean_hof
+	faith = chaldean
+
+	color = { 168 121 52 }
+	icon = chaldean
+
+	tenets = {
+		tenet_communion
+		tenet_asceticism
+		tenet_communal_identity
+	}
+
+	doctrines = {
+		special_doctrine_is_eastern_christian_faith
+		special_doctrine_independent_catholic
+		doctrine_pluralism_pluralistic
+		doctrine_gender_male_dominated
+		doctrine_homosexuality_crime
+		doctrine_clerical_function_alms_and_pacification
+		doctrine_clerical_marriage_allowed
+		doctrine_clerical_succession_spiritual_appointment
+		doctrine_imperial_anointment
+		special_doctrine_banner_default
+		doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
+	}
+}
diff --git a/common/scripted_effects/NEOW_religion_effects.txt b/common/scripted_effects/NEOW_religion_effects.txt
index b557a10f2..6fe6f67ec 100644
--- a/common/scripted_effects/NEOW_religion_effects.txt
+++ b/common/scripted_effects/NEOW_religion_effects.txt
@@ -1320,6 +1320,13 @@ neow_teach_rite_liturgical_language_effect = {
 		}
 		learn_language = language_armenian
 	}
+	if = {
+		limit = {
+			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+			NOT = { knows_language = language_aramaic }
+		}
+		learn_language = language_aramaic
+	}
 	if = {
 		limit = {
 			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian }
@@ -1436,6 +1443,14 @@ neow_set_rite_liturgical_court_language_effect = {
 		}
 		set_court_language = language_armenian
 	}
+	if = {
+		limit = {
+			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+			knows_language = language_aramaic
+			NOT = { has_court_language = language_aramaic }
+		}
+		set_court_language = language_aramaic
+	}
 	if = {
 		limit = {
 			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian }
diff --git a/common/scripted_effects/pam_ecumenical_council_effects.txt b/common/scripted_effects/pam_ecumenical_council_effects.txt
index 7dd75a802..b280c3591 100644
--- a/common/scripted_effects/pam_ecumenical_council_effects.txt
+++ b/common/scripted_effects/pam_ecumenical_council_effects.txt
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ ecumenical_council_apply_debate_outcome_effect = {
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_church_slavonic
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_irish
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian
+						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_church_romanian
 						scope:ec_proposal_doctrine = doctrine:doctrine_liturgical_language_arabic
diff --git a/common/scripted_triggers/pam_scripted_triggers.txt b/common/scripted_triggers/pam_scripted_triggers.txt
index a3d6b3618..54bd39085 100644
--- a/common/scripted_triggers/pam_scripted_triggers.txt
+++ b/common/scripted_triggers/pam_scripted_triggers.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ rite_has_pre_scripted_liturgical_language_trigger = {
 		rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_church_slavonic
 		rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_irish
 		rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian
+		rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
 		# rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_ethiopic
 		# rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_coptic
 		rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ pam_armenian_as_liturgical_language_trigger = {
 	rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian
 }
 
+pam_syriac_as_liturgical_language_trigger = {
+	rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
+}
+
 pam_coptic_as_liturgical_language_trigger = {
 	always = no # Reserved until Coptic is restored.
 }
@@ -7498,6 +7503,10 @@ neow_rite_liturgical_language_is_missing_trigger = {
 			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian }
 			NOT = { knows_language = language_armenian }
 		}
+		AND = {
+			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+			NOT = { knows_language = language_aramaic }
+		}
 		AND = {
 			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian }
 			NOT = { knows_language = NEOW_language_classical_georgian }
@@ -7547,6 +7556,10 @@ neow_rite_matches_mainline_liturgical_language_trigger = {
             rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian
             faith.main_rite = { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian }
         }
+        AND = {
+            rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac
+            faith.main_rite = { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+        }
         AND = {
             rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian
             faith.main_rite = { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian }
@@ -7598,6 +7611,11 @@ neow_rite_liturgical_language_known_not_court_trigger = {
 			knows_language = language_armenian
 			NOT = { has_court_language = language_armenian }
 		}
+		AND = {
+			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac }
+			knows_language = language_aramaic
+			NOT = { has_court_language = language_aramaic }
+		}
 		AND = {
 			rite ?= { rite_has_doctrine = doctrine_liturgical_language_classical_georgian }
 			knows_language = NEOW_language_classical_georgian
diff --git a/history/characters/NEOW_ecumenical_patriarchs.txt b/history/characters/NEOW_ecumenical_patriarchs.txt
index 0c592196e..576682db6 100644
--- a/history/characters/NEOW_ecumenical_patriarchs.txt
+++ b/history/characters/NEOW_ecumenical_patriarchs.txt
@@ -10785,9 +10785,11 @@ moscow_ioann_karelskii = { # Last Patriarch of Moscow, martyred in Karelia in 23
     trait = zealous
     trait = just
     trait = patient
-
+    dna = dna_john_finland
     portrait_override = {
         portrait_modifier_overrides = {
+	custom_hair=male_hair_western_09
+	custom_beards=m_beard_tgp_japanese_03
             custom_cloaks = male_empty
             custom_headgear = male_empty
             custom_clothes = male_clothes_religious_orthodox_head_01
diff --git a/history/provinces/e_mashriq.txt b/history/provinces/e_mashriq.txt
index b887b66ba..9bb95b5f1 100644
--- a/history/provinces/e_mashriq.txt
+++ b/history/provinces/e_mashriq.txt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 	
 	# Misc
 	culture = assyrian
-	rite = chaldean_rite
+	rite = east_syriac_rite
 }
 
 # 4812 - FISHABUR
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	
 	# Misc
 	culture = assyrian
-	rite = chaldean_rite
+	rite = east_syriac_rite
 }
 
 # 4848 - SINJAR
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@
 # 4835 - TAKRIT
 4835 = {	#Misc
 	culture = assyrian
-	rite = chaldean 
+	rite = east_syriac_rite
 	
 	# History
 	
diff --git a/localization/english/replace/religion/doctrines/zz_NEOW_religion_tolerance doctrines_l_english.yml b/localization/english/replace/religion/doctrines/zz_NEOW_religion_tolerance doctrines_l_english.yml
index b85e50a9d..2e2b0bf9a 100644
--- a/localization/english/replace/religion/doctrines/zz_NEOW_religion_tolerance doctrines_l_english.yml	
+++ b/localization/english/replace/religion/doctrines/zz_NEOW_religion_tolerance doctrines_l_english.yml	
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@
  doctrine_liturgical_language_irish_desc:0 "The offices, hymns, and lessons of the Church are celebrated in Irish, allowing the sacred words to be heard in the inherited language of the faithful."
  doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian_name:0 "Classical Armenian"
  doctrine_liturgical_language_armenian_desc:0 "The ancient Armenian tongue of the Church, Grabar, is retained for the Divine Liturgy, prayers, and scriptural readings, bearing witness to the tradition of the Armenian fathers."
+ doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac_name:0 "Classical Syriac"
+ doctrine_liturgical_language_syriac_desc:0 "The liturgy, hymns, and sacred writings are preserved in Classical Syriac, the ancient ecclesiastical tongue of the Church of the East and its East Syriac tradition."
  # doctrine_liturgical_language_ethiopic_name:0 "Geʽez"
  # doctrine_liturgical_language_ethiopic_desc:0 "The venerable Geʽez tongue is retained in the Divine Liturgy, chant, and sacred books of the Ethiopian Church, even where the people speak other languages."
  # doctrine_liturgical_language_coptic_name:0 "Coptic"
@@ -434,6 +436,7 @@
  neow_liturgical_language_church_slavonic_requirement:0 "To choose Church Slavonic, you must know Church Slavonic or a Slavic language, belong to an East, South, or West Slavic-speaking culture, or already follow a Church Slavonic rite."
  neow_liturgical_language_irish_requirement:0 "To choose Irish, you must know Irish or a Goidelic language, belong to an Irish, Gaelic, Manx, or related Goidelic-speaking culture, or already follow an Irish-language rite."
  neow_liturgical_language_armenian_requirement:0 "To choose Classical Armenian, you must know Armenian, belong to an Armenian-speaking culture, or already follow a Classical Armenian rite."
+ neow_liturgical_language_syriac_requirement:0 "To choose Classical Syriac, you must know Aramaic or Neo-Aramaic, belong to an Aramaic-speaking culture, or already follow a Classical Syriac rite."
  neow_liturgical_language_classical_georgian_requirement:0 "To choose Classical Georgian, you must know Classical or modern Georgian, belong to a Georgian-speaking culture, or already follow a Classical Georgian rite."
  neow_liturgical_language_church_romanian_requirement:0 "To choose Church Romanian, you must know Church Romanian or a Romanian language, belong to a Romanian, Wallachian, or Aromanian-speaking culture, or already follow a Church Romanian rite."
  neow_liturgical_language_arabic_requirement:0 "To choose Arabic, you must know Arabic or a closely related language such as Maltese, belong to an Arabic- or Maltese-speaking culture, or already follow an Arabic-language rite."
diff --git a/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_catholic_l_english.yml b/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_catholic_l_english.yml
index ac2b6928a..f1ebb36ec 100644
--- a/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_catholic_l_english.yml
+++ b/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_catholic_l_english.yml
@@ -261,7 +261,13 @@
  chaldean:0 "Chaldean Catholic Church"
  chaldean_adj:0 "Chaldean"
  chaldean_adherent:0 "Chaldean Catholic"
- chaldean_adherent_plural:0 "Chaldean Catholic"
+ chaldean_adherent_plural:0 "Chaldean Catholics"
  chaldean_desc:0 "The Chaldean Catholic Church is the heir of the ancient Church of the East. Before the [Concept('neow_the_event','Event')|E], Assyrian Christians were divided among many differing groups. When the old world fell into chaos, the schismatic Catholicos-Patriarch was far across the sea, while the surviving bishops and monasteries of Mesopotamia were cut off from their former hierarchies. In time, the local East-Syriac communities gathered around the Chaldean patriarchal line in Baghdad, and the old divisions faded into a single Church. Although the restored Church preserves the Catholic inheritance of the Chaldeans, centuries of isolation have made its Catholicos-Patriarch effectively independent of distant disputes over the Roman See, while still preserving the Christian inheritance of Assyria."
  chaldean_religious_head_title:0 "Catholicos-Patriarch"
  chaldean_religious_head_title_name:0 "Chaldean Patriarchate"
+
+ east_syriac_rite:0 "East Syriac Rite"
+ east_syriac_rite_adj:0 "East Syriac"
+ east_syriac_rite_adherent:0 "East Syriac Catholic"
+ east_syriac_rite_adherent_plural:0 "East Syriac Catholics"
+ east_syriac_rite_desc:0 "The East Syriac Rite preserves the liturgy and customs inherited from the ancient Church of the East, above all the Anaphora of Saints Addai and Mari. Its prayers and sacred chant are kept in Syriac, while married parish clergy minister to the faithful under the Catholicos-Patriarch in Baghdad. Amid the upheavals following the [Concept('neow_the_event','Event')|E], these traditions became a bond of unity for the reunited Assyrian Church."
diff --git a/localization/english/replace/zz_NEOW_religion_opinions_l_english.yml b/localization/english/replace/zz_NEOW_religion_opinions_l_english.yml
index e22d68d59..4f541accf 100644
--- a/localization/english/replace/zz_NEOW_religion_opinions_l_english.yml
+++ b/localization/english/replace/zz_NEOW_religion_opinions_l_english.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_church_slavonic_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Church Slavonic as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_irish_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Irish as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_armenian_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Classical Armenian as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
+ doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_syriac_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Classical Syriac as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_classical_georgian_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Classical Georgian as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_church_romanian_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Church Romanian as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
  doctrine_parameter_neow_liturgical_language_arabic_opinion_active:0 "Characters following rites that use Arabic as their liturgical language gain #P +5#! [opinion|E] of one another"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
  neow_liturgical_language_church_slavonic_opinion_name:0 "Shared Church Slavonic Liturgical Language"
  neow_liturgical_language_irish_opinion_name:0 "Shared Irish Liturgical Language"
  neow_liturgical_language_armenian_opinion_name:0 "Shared Classical Armenian Liturgical Language"
+ neow_liturgical_language_syriac_opinion_name:0 "Shared Classical Syriac Liturgical Language"
  neow_liturgical_language_classical_georgian_opinion_name:0 "Shared Classical Georgian Liturgical Language"
  neow_liturgical_language_church_romanian_opinion_name:0 "Shared Church Romanian Liturgical Language"
  neow_liturgical_language_arabic_opinion_name:0 "Shared Arabic Liturgical Language"