Aramean-Syriac_flag
The Aramean flag or Syriac-Aramean flag is the ethnic flag designated for the Syriac Christians/Arameans, intended to represent their nation and homeland as well as the Syriac diaspora.[1] A first version, similar to the current one, was developed in 1980 by Bahro Suryoyo ("Syriac light"), a Syriac journal part of the Syriac federation in Sweden (Swedish: Syrianska Riksförbundet). The current version was developed in early 1982.[2]
The World Council of Arameans, an international non-government organization, chose the flag to represent the Syriac-Aramean nation worldwide on 16 July 1983 in New Jersey.[citation needed] The design was based on the Winged sun symbol, replacing the sun by a torch symbolising the Holy Spirit in Christianity.