Elias I of Antioch
Elias I | |
|---|---|
| Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East | |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | 709 |
| Term ended | 723 |
| Predecessor | Julian III |
| Successor | Athanasius III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 641 |
| Died | 3 October 723 |
Elias I of Antioch (Syriac:Mor Elijah) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 709 until his death in 723.[1]
Biography
Elias was born in 641 into a Greek Orthodox family, but later converted to miaphysitism, the doctrine of the Syriac Orthodox Church, after reading the works of Severus of Antioch. He became a monk at the Monastery of Gubba Barraya, near Edessa, and was ordained as Bishop of Apamea in 691.[2] Elias was consecrated as patriarch in 709 following the death of Julian III, and presented himself to Caliph Al-Walid I in the same year.[3] The patriarch financed and consecrated a new church in the city of Antioch in 721,[4] and another church in Sarmada in 722. Elias led the Syriac Orthodox Church as patriarch prior to his death in 723.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Arnold, Thomas Walker (2006). The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith. Kessinger Publishing.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Barsoum, Ignatius Aphrem I (2003). Matti Moosa, ed. The Scattered Pearls: The History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
- Ginkel, Jan J.; Murre-van den Berg, Hendrika Lena; van Lint, Theo Maarten (2005). Redefining Christian Identity: Cultural Interaction in the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam. Peeters Publishers.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Johnson, Dale Albert (2016). Return to Antioch.
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