Ignatius George V

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Ignatius George V
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church Syriac Orthodox Church
See Antioch
Installed1819
Term ended1836
Predecessor Ignatius Yunan
Successor Ignatius Elias II
Personal details
Born
George

Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
Died1836
Mor Hananyo
Residence Mor Hananyo

Ignatius George V was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1818 until his death in 1836. [1]

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Biography

George was born at Aleppo in the 18th century and was the son of Makdasi Yousef Sayar Al-Halabi. We don't have much information about his early life except that he joined Mor Hananyo and was ordained a Metropolitan of Damascus by Ignatius Matthew and was given the name Gregorius. He was in attendance when Ignatius Yunan which was declared illegal since Ignatius Matthew didn't have the right to elect and consecrate his successor [1] After Ignatius Yunan showed weakness in his admiration of the Patriarchate, the people of Mardin asked George to come back to their city and he did when he observed the mismanagement, he traveled to Istanbul and requested that he be appointed as Syriac Orthodox Patriarch. After his request was approved, he travelled to city of Amid and on the way he heard that the Patriarch Ignatius Yunan had left the monastery and went to live in the Monastery of MOR Elias in Tur-Abdin. [2] In March 1819, he travelled to Mor Hananyo and was officially consecrated as a Patriarch for the Syriac Orthodox Church by the metropolitans who gathered at the monastery. [1] In the same year he was imprisoned by the governor of Mardin for 4 days and he was released after paying a hefty bribe. [1] However, after he was released he submitted a complaints to the Ottoman government about what happened to him. The Ottoman government sent a decree to the governor of Marine to pay back the bribe and that what happened. [2] In 1824, he sent Metropolitan Athanasius Abdulassih to visit the Syriac Orthodox Churhc in India along with two monks, Issac and Abdulahad. When they arrived, they visited the churches and helped in strengthing the faithful true believes. [3]

Episcopal succession

As patriarch, George ordained the following bishops [2] [4]

  1. Cyril Jacob (1831). Metropolitan of Mardin and the aboot of Mor Hananyo. Later in 1847, he was elected the Patriarch Ignatius Jacob II the 115 Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
  2. Cyril Garbriel (1820). Metropolitan of Bilitis
  3. Athanasius Abdulmassih (1820). Ecumenical Metropolitan
  4. Jacob Al-Rishani (1825). Metropolitan of St. Behnam in Damascus
  5. Athanasius Joseph (1825). Metropolitan of Mardin
  6. Dionysus Gabriel (1825). Metropolitan of Monastery of MOR Kyriakos in Bisheri
  7. Gregorios (1826). Metropolitan of St. Mark Monastery in Jerusalem
  8. Julius Anthony (1826). Ecumenical Metropolitan
  9. Timothy Ibraheem (1826). Metropolitan of Mardin
  10. Cyril Matthew Rassam (1833). Metropolitan of the Patriarchal Office
  11. George (1836). Metropolitan of St. Mark Monastery in Jerusalem

Death

Ignatius George V died in 1836 and was buried in Beth Qadish (House of Saints) in Mor Hananyo [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Barsoum, Athanasius Aphram (2006). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 19th &20th centuries (2 ed.). Retrieved 26 December 2024.,
  2. 1 2 3 Dolabani, Philoxenos Yuhanon (2012). History of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs.
  3. ↑ Yacoub III, Ignatius (2008). History of the Monastery of Saint Matthew in Mosul: Translated by Matti Moosa. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN   978-1-59333-788-9.
  4. ↑ Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I. (2009). History of the Za’faraan Monastery. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN   978-1-59333-639-4.
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