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Archdiocese Of Beirut And Damascus
The Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and Damascus was nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church. History Under Mor Yohanna Kandur the seat was St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon. With the consecration of Mor Severus Jacob the seat moved to Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus, Syria. List of bishops * Mor Yohanna Kandur (1933 - ? ) consecrated by Ignatius Elias III. * Mor Severus Jacob (1950 -1957https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Ignatius-Yaqub-III) consecrated by Ignatius Aphrem I. Current juridictions Succeeded by : * Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut * Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus References See also *Syriac Orthodox dioceses In the period of its greatest expansion, in the tenth century, the Syriac Orthodox Church had around 20 Metropolitan bishop, metropolitan dioceses and a little over a hundred Suffragan bishop, suffragan dioceses. By the seventeenth century, only ... External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archeparchy
Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure of a specific Eastern Church, an eparchy can belong to an ecclesiastical province (usually a metropolis), but it can also be exempt. Each eparchy is divided into parishes, in the same manner as a diocese in Western Churches. Historical development of eparchies in various Eastern Churches was marked by local distinctions that can be observed in modern ecclesiastical practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches. Terminology The English word ''eparchy'' is an anglicized term that comes from the original Greek word (, ). It is an abstract noun, formed with an intensive prefix (, , + , , ). It is commonly Latinized as ''eparchia''. The term can be loosely translated as the rule over som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriac Orthodox Church
The Syriac Orthodox Church (), also informally known as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian denomination, denomination that originates from the Church of Antioch. The church currently has around 4-5 million followers. The church upholds the Miaphysitism, Miaphysite doctrine in Christology and employs the Liturgy of Saint James, associated with James, brother of Jesus, James the Just. Classical Syriac is the official and liturgical language of the church. The supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the patriarch of Antioch, a bishop who, according to sacred tradition, continues the leadership passed down from Saint Peter. Since 2014, Ignatius Aphrem II has served as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Syriac Orthodox Antiochian patriarch. The Domus Aurea (Antioch), Great Church of Antioch was the patriarchal seat and the headquarters of the church until , after which Severus of Antioch had to flee to Alexandria, Egypt. After the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Economy of Lebanon, Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important Port of Beirut, seaport for the country and region, and rated a Global City, Beta- World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline. Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of . Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime civilization that spanned the Mediterranean Basin. In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire and the subsequent Byzantine Empire. After the seventh century, it Muslim conquest of the Levant, came under the rule of different Islamic caliphates, including the Rashidun Caliphate, Rashidun, Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid. The 11th century saw the establishment of Christian Crusader states, which fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Yaq'ub III
Mor Ignatius Jacob (Yaʿqub) III (October 12, 1913 – June 26, 1980) was the 121st List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church 1957–1980. He was skilled in and knowledgeable in Syriac sacral music or Beth Gazo. He re-established the Maphrianate/Catholicate in the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church (the Indian Church). Birth Mor Ignatius Yaʿqub III was born on October 12, 1913, in the Touma Mari family of Bartalla village in Iraq. Ordinations He was ordained deacon by Patriarch Ignatius Elias III and priest by Patriarch Ignatius Afram I Barsoum. He visited the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India, in 1933 as Rabban ʿAbdel Ahad where he served as a malphono (teacher) at the Mor Ignatios Dayro. In 1946, he returned to the Middle East to teach at the Mor Ephrem Seminary in Mosul and was ordained Archdiocese of Beirut and Damas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of Saint George, Damascus
A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.''New Standard Encyclopedia'', 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c. Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area under his or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, the east and southeast, Jordan to Jordan–Syria border, the south, and Israel and Lebanon to Lebanon–Syria border, the southwest. It is a republic under Syrian transitional government, a transitional government and comprises Governorates of Syria, 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 25 million across an area of , it is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 57th-most populous and List of countries and dependencies by area, 87th-largest country. The name "Syria" historically referred to a Syria (region), wider region. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization. Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Elias III
St. Ignatius Elias III (13 October 1867 – 13 February 1932) (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1917 until his death in 1932. Biography Nasri was born on October 13, 1867, in the city of Mardin, son of Chorepiscopus Abraham and Mary, and had four brothers and three sisters. He was cared for by his eldest sister Helena upon the death of his mother, and as a teenager he worked as a goldsmith. He also worked for the Ottoman government for three months. Following the direction of Patriarch Ignatius Peter IV, Nasri joined the Forty Martyrs Seminary, and in 1887, he joined the Monastery of Mor Hananyo near Mardin and was ordained deacon by Peter IV. The following year, Nasri became a novice before becoming a monk in 1889, upon which he assumed the name Elias. Elias was ordained priest in 1892 by Peter IV along with Osthatheos Saleeba. And during the Massacres of Diyarbakır in 1895, Elias gave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Aphrem I
Mor Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (, , June 15, 1887 – June 23, 1957) was the 120th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1933 until his death in 1957. He was consecrated as a Metropolitan and as a Patriarch at a very hard time for the Syriac Orthodox church and its people and parishes and he worked very hard to re-establish the church initiations to where his people moved. He researched, wrote, translated, scriped, and published many scholarly works that included books on the saints, tradition, liturgy, music, and history of Syriac Orthodox Church. Early life and education Barsoum was born in Mosul, Ottoman Empire and was given the name Ayoub, from the biblical name Job ( - his baptism name). He was born to Istefane Barsoum and Sussan AbdulNour, descendants of two prominent Syriac Orthodox families in Mosul. When he was 4 years old, his family enrolled him in a school run by the Dominican mission in Mosul.Behnam, Gregorius Bulus (1959he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese Of Beirut
The Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut (arabic : أبرشية بيروت للسريان الأرثوذكس ) is a nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Its seat is St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon. History From 1918 with the consecration of Mor Severus Aphram Barsoum, all Lebanon was under the jurisdiction of Archdiocese of Lebanon and Syria with its seat in Homs. In 1922 Patriarch Ignatius Elias III visited his faithful in Beirut. The first bishop with residence in Beirut was appointed in 1933 at the head of Archdiocese of Beirut and Damascus. With the new archdiocese of Mount Lebanon, Tripoli and south of Lebanon in 1973, was reduced to the cities of Beirut and Zahle. And with the implementation of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Zahle in 1999 reduced to the city of Beirut only. Churches * St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral at Mousaitbeh, Beirut. * St. Aphrem church at Achrafieh,Beirut, built in 1993. List of bishops * Mor Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Archdiocese Of Damascus
The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus (Arabic: أبرشية دمشق البطريركية للسريان الأرثوذكس; Syriac: ܐܒܪܫܝܐ ܕܡܫܟܐ ܒܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ ܐܪܬܘܟܣ) is the titular seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. History The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East moved from Homs to Damascus in 1959 under Ignatius Yaq'ub III, following the Assyrian genocide. Churches * Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus. * St. Mary Church, Al Qusur, Damascus. * St. Jacob Baradaeus Church, Jaramana, Damascus. * St Jacob of Nisibis Church, Tabbaleh, Damascus. * St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral in Maarat Saidnaya * St. Mary Church in Saidnaya. List of bishops From Ignatius Yaq'ub III (1957 -1980) see List of Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch. Patriarchal Vicar * Mor Iwannis Boulos Al-Souqi (1990-2016) * Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury (2016-2021) * Mor Cyril Babi (2021 - present) Fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriac Orthodox Dioceses
In the period of its greatest expansion, in the tenth century, the Syriac Orthodox Church had around 20 Metropolitan bishop, metropolitan dioceses and a little over a hundred Suffragan bishop, suffragan dioceses. By the seventeenth century, only 20 dioceses remained, reduced in the twentieth century to 10. The seat of List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch was at Mardin before the First World War, and thereafter in Mor Hananyo Monastery, Deir Zaʿfaran, from 1932 in Homs, and finally from 1959 in Damascus. Syriac Orthodox Church before the Arab invasions When the Syriac Orthodox movement began in the sixth century, the Christian world was organised into Pentarchy (Christianity), five patriarchates: Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem. The Syriac Orthodox movement was initially confined to the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, in the territory of the patriarchates of Antioch and Jerusalem. Syriac Orthodox Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
