Ignatius Matthew

Last updated
Ignatius Matthew
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church Syriac Orthodox Church
See Antioch
Installed1782
Term ended1817
Predecessor Ignatius George IV
Successor Ignatius Yunan
Personal details
Born
Matthew

Mardin, Ottoman Empire
Died1817
Mor Hananyo
Residence Mor Hananyo

Ignatius Matthew (Matta) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1782 until his death in 1817. [1]

Contents

Biography

Matthew's father was Deacon Yeshu from Mardin. He joined Mor Hananyo and was ordaned a priest and became the abbot of the monsatery. [1] After Ignatius George IV was consecrated as a patriarch, he ordained Matthew as a Metropolitan of Mosul and was called Cyril [1] and due to the conflict with the Syriac Catholic group in Mosul, he was exiled from Mosul for some time. [2] When the Patriarch Ignatius George IV died, he was requested to be the new patriarch, but when he arrived in Mardin, he found that Michael Jarwah, the metropolitan of Aleppo was already there and managed to get himself elected as the Syriac Orthodox Church patriarch even though he was part of the Syriac Catholic church. [2] When that happened, Matthew went and stayed in a village called Qeleth in Tur Abdin. There, all the metropolitan in Tur-Abdin met and elected Ignatius Matthew a legitimate patriarch for the Syriac Orthodox Church. When the firman from the Ottoman government arrived approving his election, he was consecrated as a patriarch. [1] One of the Metropolitan that he ordained in 1806 was called Behnam and he was from the Mosul area. [1] Ignatius Matthew consecrated him as a patriarch when he was still alive against the church tradition but after he knew he doesn’t have a true Orthodox faith, he was interrogated by the Church fathers and therefore Behnam was excommunicated from the church and ordered to leave Mor Hananyo. [1] Shortly before his death in 1817, Ignatius Matthew called Basil Yunan, the Maphrian of the East and consecrated him as patriarch Ignatius Yunan in the attendance of 4 metropolitan. [1]

Episcopal succession

During Ignatius Matthew time as Patriarch, he had the duty to ordain many Metropolitans in the Syria Orthodox church in addition to tens of priests, monks, and deacons [2] [3]

  1. Basil Yunan (1803-1817). Maphrian of the East. Later in 1817, he was elected Ignatius Yunan, the 112 Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church (1817-1818).
  2. Gregorios George (1803). Metropolitan of Damascus and added Aleppo in 1817. Later in 1819, he was elected Ignatius George V, the 113 Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church (1819-1836).
  3. Severus John Al-Bustani (1783-1825). Bishop
  4. Disyuqarius Sa'eed (1783). Metropolitan of Al-Jazirah
  5. Cyril Isreal (1785). Metropolitan for the Monastery of the Cross in Tur-Abdin
  6. Ostatius Moosa (1789). Metropolitan of Manastery of St. Matthew
  7. Basil Bishara (1789-1803). Maphrian of the East
  8. Cyril Abdulahad (1791). Metropolitan of St. Mark
  9. Cyril Elias (1803). Ecumenical Metropolitan
  10. Athanasius Ne’ma (1803). Metropolitan of Monastery for Mother of God in Hattakh area
  11. Dionysius Shamoun (1803). Ecumenical Metropolitan
  12. Julius Abdulahad (1803). Metropolitan for Monastery of MOR Abhai and Gargar
  13. Behnam (1806). Ecumenical Metropolitan

Death

Ignatius Matthew died in July 1817, 20 days after he consecrated Ignatius Yunan as a patriarch and he was buried in Mor Hananyo. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mor Mattai Monastery</span> Syriac Orthodox Monastery in Iraq

Dayro d-Mor Mattai is a Syriac Orthodox Church monastery on Mount Alfaf in northern Iraq, 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Mosul. It is recognized as one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence and the oldest Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ignatius Aphrem I</span> 120th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1933-1957)

Mor Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum was the 120th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1933 until his death in 1957. He was consecrated as a Metropolitan and as a Patriarch at a very hard time for the Syriac Orthodox church and its people and parishes and he worked very hard to re-establish the church initiations to where his people moved. He researched, wrote, translated, scriped, and published many scholarly works that included books on the saints, tradition, liturgy, music, and history of Syriac Orthodox Church.

Ignatius Isaac II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1709 until his resignation in 1723.

Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1445 until his death in 1454.

Ignatius John XIV bar Shay Allah was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1483 until his death in 1493.

Ignatius Noah of Lebanon, also known as Nūḥ Pūnīqoyo or Nūḥ al-Bqūfānī, was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1493/1494 until his death in 1509.

Athanasius IV Salhoyo was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 986/987 until his death in 1002/1003.

Ignatius George II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1687 until his death in 1708.

Ignatius Saba I, also known as Ignatius Sobo of Salah or Ignatius Sobo Ṣalḥoyo, was the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin from 1364 until his death in 1389.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yulios Elias Qoro</span> Turkish Syriac Orthodox bishop (1881–1962)

Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (born Elias Mar Julius; 1 August 1881 – February 19, 1962) was a Syriac Orthodox Church bishop and the Patriarchal Delegate of India, Born as Elias Malke Qoro at Mardin on August 1, 1881, educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. He joined Dayro d-Kurkmo in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to Ignatius Abded Aloho II Patriarch of Antioch in 1906, and was ordained Qashisho in 1908. He became abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press. He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs by Ignatius Elias III Patriarch of Antioch, appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara on the tomb of Elias III Patriarch of Antioch at Omallur, Kerala. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at Omallur, Kerala, India and was buried at Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara.

Ignatius Ismail was the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin from 1333 until his death in 1365 or 1366.

Ignatius Shukrallah II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1722 until his death in 1745.

Dioscorus Behnam Shatti, also known as Dioscorus Behnam Arboyo, was the Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1415 until his death in 1417.

Ignatius Jacob II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1847 until his death in 1871.

Ignatius Elias II (1778–1847) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1838 until his death in 1847.

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

Ignatius Yunan was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1817 until 1818 when he resigned from the Holy See and went to live in the Monastery of Mor Elias until his death in 1823. His time as a patriarch was the shortest among all Syriac Orthodox patriarchs. Patriarch Ignatius Matthew selected him to the office of Maphrian of the East in 1803 but at the beginning of 1817, he invited him to be his successor in contradiction to the tradition of the church and that is why he is considered by some as illegitimate patriarch until Ignatius Matthew died and then he was duly elected as a patriarch. He was known of his piety and continues fasting but that didn’t help him in managing the affairs of the Patriarchate and alienated some faithful in the city of Mardin. When he saw that, he decided to abdicate the See of Antioch and went to live in the Monastery of MOR Elias in Tur-Abdin until he died in 1823.

Ignatius George IV was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1768 until his death in 1781.

Ignatius George III was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1745 until his death in 1768.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Barsoum, Athanasius Aphram (2006). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 19th &20th centuries (2 ed.). Retrieved 26 December 2024.,
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dolabani, Philoxenos Yuhanon (2012). History of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs.
  3. ↑ Bcheiry, Iskandar (2004). "A list of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs between 16th and 18th Century". Parole de l'Orient. 29: 211.
Preceded by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
1782-1817		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.