مأساة السـريان الارثوذكس خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى ١٩١٤- ١٩١٨ المؤسسة الامريكية للدراسات السريانية
مأساة السـريان الارثوذكس خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى ١٩١٤- ١٩١٨ المؤسسة الامريكية للدراسات السريانية
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Yusuf al-Gurji Metropolitan of Jerusalem (d. 1537) Metropolitan Yusuf al-Gurji was born at Aleppo and was raised by the Patriarch Yuhanna (John) XIV after the death of his parents. He studied under the Patriarch Jacob I, became a monk at the Zafaran Monastery where he was ordained a priest in 1495.607 He became proficient in grammar, literature and calligraphy. We found precious manuscripts transcribed by him at the Church of Hisn Kipha and at the Oxford and Zafaran libraries. About 1510 or 1512 he was ordained a metropolitan for Jerusalem under the name Gregorius. For a time Hims, Damascus,...
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مدخل كنيسة القيامة عام ١٩٠٠ يطلق اسم القيامة على مجموع الكنائس التي شُيدت فوق القبر والجلجلة ومغارة الصليب . وقد رأينا تسهيلاً للقارئ ان نقسم تاريخها الى خمسة أدوار: الدور الأول يبدأ من حادثة صلب المسيح ودفنه سنة 33 م كما وردت في الأنجيل وينتهي بإعتناق قسطنطين الكبير المسيحية وهدم المعبد الوثني المشيّد على القبر...
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Jacob I, Patriarch of Antioch (d. 1517) Jacob is son of the monk Abd Allah, known as Ibn al-Muzawwiq. He was born at al-Ahmadiyya village in al-Sawr and became a monk at the Monastery of Mar Musa (Moses) in al-Nabk. He studied under the Master and Metropolitan Musa Ubayd of Sadad.601 He became efficient in calligraphy. He was ordained a priest and went to the Monastery of Mar Hananya and then in 1480 to the Monastery of Mar Abhai. In 1496 he was ordained a metropolitan of Amid under the name Philoxenus.602 He was installed as patriarch in 1512 under the name Ignatius Jacob.603 He died in...
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