Basil Lazarus III was the Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1709 until his death in 1713.

Biography

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. In 1709, Lazarus was ordained as Maphrian of the East by Patriarch Ignatius Isaac II, upon which he assumed the name Basil. Lazarus served as Maphrian of the East until his death in mid-1713.

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