Monasteries – Mor Ignatius Aphram Barsoum – Mor Ignatius Aphram Barsoum – Translated : By Dr. Matti Moosa
Monasteries The Monastery of St. Abai دير مار آباي , the Persian martyr, is north of Qellith. It was a large monastery, established in the sixth century. In 1250 it had about sixty monks. Later, it became an episcopal see, and from it came one Patriarch and eleven bishops. It was abandoned in 1700 and its ruins can still be seen. St. Abhai Monastery, or the Monastery of the Ladders دير مار أبحاي أو دير السلالم , is on the right bank of the Euphrates, a half-hour’s journey from the village of Urbish, near Karkar. It was established sometime after the...
Read MoreThe Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch At A Glance Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 1983 Translated by: Emmanuel H. Bismarji
The Syrian Orthodox Church is the Church of Antioch, whose foundation goes back to the very dawn of Christianity, when Antioch was the capital of Syria1 and one of the three capital cities in the Roman Empire.2 The gospel was first preached in Antioch by some of Christ’s own disciples who fled Jerusalem after the Jewish persecution. Following the martyrdom St. Stephen the deacon ca. 34 AD., Antioch was visited by Barnabas, one of the seventy preachers, as well as St. Paul the Apostle. Both stayed in Antioch for an entire year preaching the gospel after St. Peter who preached the gospel...
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تأسيس كنيسة أنطاكية الكنيسة السريانية الأرثوذكسية هي كنيسة أنطاكية، تأسست في فجر المسيحية، يوم كانت أنطاكية عاصمة سورية وإحدى العواصم الثلاث في الدولة الرومانية. دخلت المسيحية مدينة أنطاكية على يد بعض تلاميذ السيد المسيح الذين تشتّتوا هاربين من أورشليم بسبب الاضطهاد الذي أثاره اليهود ضدهم بعيد استشهاد اسطيفانس رئيس...
Read MoreTHE NESTORIAN CHURCH The Ancient Christians Church of Mesopotamia
THE NESTORIAN CHURCH The Ancient Christians Church of Mesopotamia The Early Nestorians Among those who had been present at the Ecumenical Council at Ephesus in support of Nestorius was Ibas, presbyter (priest) and head of the theological school of Edessa. In 435 he became bishop of Edessa and under his influence the Nestorian teaching made considerable progress. On the accusation of the so called orthodox he was deposed by the “Robber Synod” of Ephesus, but at Chalcedon in 451 was pardoned on condition of anathematizing both Nestorius and Eutyches and accepting the Tome of Leo,...
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إنّها قصّة جميلة كتبت باللغة الآراميَّة قبل القرن الخامس قبل الميلاد في البلاد الآشوريَّة . وقد جاءت إشارة إلى هذه القصّة في ما كتبه ” اقليميس الإسكندري ” و ” سترابون ” ، واستخدمت في الترجمة اليونانيَّة لـ ” سفر طوبيا ” كما استعملها ” ديمقريطس ” و ” ميناندر أما عن أصلها الآرامي فيقول “رينان” :...
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