Basil Lazarus III was the
Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1709 until his death in 1713.
Biography
Iyawannis Lazarus was ordained bishop of
Mansuriyya by Patriarch Ignatius Abdulmasih I in 1684, in which year he later also attended the consecration of the Holy
Chrism at the Church of the Forty Martyrs at
Mardin
Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...
. In 1709, Lazarus was ordained as Maphrian of the East by Patriarch
Ignatius Isaac II
Ignatius Isaac II ( syr, ܐܝܣܚܩ ܥܐܙܐܪ, ar, اسحق بطريارك انطاكية) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1709 until his resignation in 1723.
Biography
Isaac ʿAzar was born at Mosul ...
, upon which he assumed the name Basil. Lazarus served as Maphrian of the East until his death in mid-1713.
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Maphrians
1713 deaths
17th-century Oriental Orthodox bishops
18th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops
Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Oriental Orthodox bishops in the Ottoman Empire
18th-century people from the Ottoman Empire