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Maishan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
The Metropolitanate of Maishan or Maysan was an East Syriac Rite, East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. The historical region of Maishan or Maysan (Syriac: ) is situated in southern Iran. The metropolitans of Maishan sat at Prath d'Maishan (Syriac: ), and for most of its history the province had three suffragan dioceses, at Karka d'Maishan (Syriac: ), Rima (Syriac: ) and Nahargur (Syriac: ). The last metropolitan of Maishan, the noted East Syriac author Solomon of Basra, Shlemun (Solomon) of Basra, is attested in 1222, and it is not clear when the province ceased to exist. Background The province of Maishan was one of the six metropolitan provinces created by the Church of the East at the synod of Isaac in 410. The bishop of Prath d'Maishan was recognised as 'metropolitan of Karka d'Maishan, of Rima, of Nahargur, and of their bishops' in Canon XXI of the synod. He ranked fourth in precedence, after the metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Syriac Rite
The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Liturgy of Addai and Mari, Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari and utilizes the East Syriac dialect, East Syriac dialect as its liturgical language. It is one of the two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, along with the West Syriac Rite (Syro-Antiochene Rite). The East Syriac Rite originated in Osroene, Edessa, Mesopotamia, and was historically used in the Church of the East—the largest branch of Christianity operating primarily east of the Roman Empire—, with pockets of adherents as far as South India, Central Asia, Central and Inner Asia, and a strong presence in the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian (Persian) Empire. The Church of the East traces its origins to the 1st century, when Thomas the Apostle, Saint Thomas the Apostle and his dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel (Nestorian Patriarch)
Israel was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Cath ... in 961. Sources Brief accounts of Israel's short patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). Israel's patriarchate The following account of Israel's patriarchate is given by Bar Hebraeus: Before this same year, namely the year 350 of the Arabs D 961/2 Israel, the successor of Emmanuel, was ordained catholicus, who had earlier been bishop of Kashkar. For after the death of Emmanuel several people favoured Gabriel, the metropolitan of Fars, but the bishops did not accept him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioceses Of The Church Of The East
The dioceses of the Church of the East are listed at: * Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 * Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 * Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552 {{set-index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubullah
Al-Ubulla (), called Apologou () by the Greeks in the pre-Islamic period, was a port city at the head of the Persian Gulf east of Basra in present-day Iraq. In the medieval period, it served as Iraq's principal commercial port for trade with India. Location Al-Ubulla was situated on the right bank of the Euphrates–Tigris estuary at the opening into the Persian Gulf. It was located to the east of old Basra and lay on the northern side of the eponymous canal, the Nahr al-Ubulla, which connected Basra southeastwards to the Tigris river, Abadan (in modern Iran) and ultimately to the Persian Gulf. The 'Ashar neighborhood of modern Basra currently occupies the site of al-Ubulla. History Al-Ubulla is identified with the ancient city of Apologou mentioned in the Greek manuscript ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea''. The city dates at least to the Sasanian era (3rd–7th centuries CE), and possibly before. According to the 10th-century chronicler Eutychius of Alexandria, it was founded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph (Nestorian Patriarch)
Joseph was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 552 to 567. He was immensely unpopular, and was eventually deposed by his bishops. He was notorious for having invented much of the early history of the Church of the East. Despite his deposition, his name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Sources Brief accounts of Joseph's reign are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), ʿAmr (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). His life is also covered in the ''Chronicle of Seert''. Modern assessments of his reign can be found in Baum and Winkler's ''Church of the East'' and David Wilmshurst's ''The Martyred Church''. Joseph's patriarchate The following account of Joseph's reign is given by Bar Hebraeus: In the year 603 of the Greeks D 552Aba I Aba I (or, with his Syriac honorific, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yohannan IV
Yohannan IV was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Cath ... from 900 to 905. Sources Accounts of Yohannan's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari ibn Suleiman (twelfth-century), (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century) Yohannan's patriarchate Bar Hebraeus devoted two paragraphs to Yohannan's patriarchate: The caliph issued a decree that the bishops should be free to choose whomever they wished as their leader, and was consecrated at Seleucia on the fifth feast day of the year 287 of the Arabs (AD 900/1). He was a man revered for his knowledge and continence. In his days the metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory (Nestorian Patriarch)
Gregory of Prat was patriarch of the Church of the East The Church of the East ( ) or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church, the Chaldean Church or the Nestorian Church, is one of three major branches o ... from 605 to 609. His name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Before he was patriarch, he was a teacher of biblical interpretation at the School of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. Sources Brief accounts of Gregory's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). A lengthier and more circumstantial account is given in the ''Chronicle of Seert'', an anonymous ninth-century Nestorian history. Gregory's patriarchate The following account of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishoyahb I
Ishoʿyahb I of Arzun was patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 582 to 595. His name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Sources Brief accounts of Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), ʿAmr (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). A lengthier and more circumstantial account is given in the ''Chronicle of Seert'', an anonymous ninth-century Nestorian history. Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate The following account of Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate is given by Bar Hebraeus: The catholicus Ezekiel Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel (; ; ), was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him. The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied ..., who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aba I
Aba I (or, with his Syriac honorific, Mar Aba I) or Mar Abba the Great was the Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552. He introduced to the church the anaphoras of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius beside the more ancient liturgical rite of Addai and Mari. Though his tenure as catholicos saw Christians in the region threatened during the Persian-Roman wars and attempts by both Sassanid Persian and Byzantine rulers to interfere with the governance of the church, his reign is reckoned a period of consolidation, and a synod he held in 544 as (despite excluding the Diocese of Merv) instrumental in unifying and strengthening the church. In 544, the Synod of Mar Aba I adopted the ordinances of the Council of Chalcedon. He is thought to have written and translated a number of religious works. After his death in February 552, the faithful carried his casket from his simple home across the Tigris to the monastery of Mar Pithyon. Aba is a highly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac (patriarch)
Isaac or Mar Isaac was the Persian bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, grand metropolitan and primate of the Church of the East from 399 to 410. He is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Sources Brief accounts of Isaac's reign are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings. The first meaning of the term is related to the original teachings of Christian theologian ... writers Mari (twelfth-century), (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). In all these accounts he is anachronistically called 'catholicus', a term that was only applied to the primates of the Church of the East towards the end of the fifth century. Isaac's reign Isaac's reign was noteworthy for a Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrisho IV
was Patriarch of the Church of the East The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Cath ... from 1222 until his death in 1225. Sources Brief accounts of 's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus () and in the ecclesiastical histories of the fourteenth-century Nestorian writers and Sliba. Modern assessments of his reign can be found in Jean-Maurice Fiey's ''Chrétiens syriaques sous les Abbassides'' and David Wilmshurst's ''The Martyred Church''. Sabrisho's patriarchate The following account of 's patriarchate is given by Bar Hebraeus: Yahballaha II was succeeded by , his nephew by his brother, also as a result of the gold which he conveyed to the governor by the hand of the celebrated Amin al-Dawla Abu'lkarim, son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of The Bee
__NOTOC__ The ''Book of the Bee'' () is a historiographic and theological compilation, containing numerous Biblical stories. It was written around 1222, by Solomon of Akhlat, who was Bishop of Basra, within the Church of the East. It is written in the Syriac language. The book is a collection of theological and historical texts and consists of 55 chapters discussing various topics including the creation, heaven and earth, the angels, darkness, paradise, Old Testament patriarchs, New Testament events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the final day of resurrection. The book was very popular among local Christian communities, and it was transmitted up to the 19th century. The author, Solomon of Akhlat, was a bishop of the Church of the East during the first half of the 13th century. He was a diocesan bishop of Basra, now in Iraq, and was present at the consecration of the Patriarch of the Church of the East, Sabrisho IV, in 1222. He dedicated the book to his friend, bishop Narsai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
