دستور كنيسة أنطاكية السريانية الأرثوذكسية
دستور كنيسة أنطاكية السريانية الأرثوذكسية مقدمــة كنيسة أنطاكية السريانية الأرثوذكسية هي التسمية الرسمية لكنيستنا المقدسة، وتُنسب إلى أنطاكية لأن القديس مار بطرس هامة الرسل أسّس فيها كرسيه الرسولي عام 37م. وفي أنطاكية دُعي التلاميذ مسيحيين أولاً (أع 11: 26) وكنيستنا هي التي ثبّتت الإيمان الرسولي القويم ونشرته في مختلف أنحاء...
Read MoreJulian Saba, ‘Father of the Monks’ of Syria / Sidney Griffith
Julian Saba (d. 367) is the earliest person in the Syriac-speaking community whose name we know, who dedicated himself to the eremitical life. His story has been preserved for us in Theodoret’s History of the Monks of Syria, in a collection of Syriac poems attributed to Ephraem (306-373), and in a Syriac memra attributed to Jacob of Serug (ca. 450-ca. 520). Based on these sources, the present article gives an account of Julian’s fame in Syria, and explores the significance of his accomplishments for the history of monasticism in the Syriac-speaking regions of the Early...
Read MoreTransformations of the Edessa Portrait of Christ / Professor Sebastian Brock, Oxford University
August 15th 944 was a day of great jubilation and excitement for the citizens of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, for on it one of the most precious relics, the famous mandylion bearing the imprint of the face of Christ, came to the end of its long journey from Edessa, to be escorted in solemn procession into Constantinople; the following day the relic was taken in procession to the great church of the Holy Wisdom, and then finally found its resting place in a chapel of the imperial palace. An annual commemoration of the image, on 16th August, was inserted into the liturgical calendar.1...
Read MoreII Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography The Judges. From Joshua to Samuel Translated from Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge
Oxford University Press London 1932 II Here beginneth the Second Series, from the Patriarchs to the Judges. ISHO’ (JOSHUA) AFTER MOSES the prophet, ISHO’ (JOSHUA) the son of NON, his disciple, ruled the people, according to EUSEBIUS and ANDRONICUS, twenty-seven years, and according to ANIANUS twenty-five years. And when JOSHUA was eighty-three years old he received the rod of rule from MOSES the Great, and he brought the people into the land of promise; and he destroyed seven peoples of the CANAANITES. And in his tenth year, that is to say of his rule, he divided the inheritance...
Read MoremBar Hebraeus’ Chronography The Patriarchs. From Ada to Moses Translated from Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge
Oxford University Press London 1932 I The First Series of generations, which beginneth with the Patriarchs. ADAM, the first man, the king of those who are on the earth, according to the opinion of the Divine Book, was created on Friday, the sixth day of the month of NISAN, the first month of year one of the existence of the world, which began on the first day of the week (Sunday), the first day of the month of NISAN. Now ‘ANYANOS (ANIANUS) the monk, adducing testimonies from the Book of ENOCH, saith, that seventy years after the expulsion from PARADISE, ADAM knew EVE, and she brought...
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