Ignatius Elias II

Ignatius Elias II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeAntioch
Installed1838
Term ended1847
PredecessorIgnatius George V
SuccessorIgnatius Jacob II
Personal details
Born
Elias

1778 (1778)
Mosul, Ottoman Empire
Died1847 (aged 68–69)
Mor Hananyo
ResidenceMor Hananyo

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

Biography

Elias was born at Mosul about 1778 and was the son of Hindi Karmeh. When he reached his youth, he joined Mor Mattai Monastery near Mosul. He was ordained monk by Metropolitan Eustathios Moosa in 1791 and in 1798 he was appointed the abbot of Mar Behnam Monastery that used to belong to the Syriac Orthodox Church at that time. In 1811 he was ordained as ecumenical metropolitan by Ignatius Matthew and was given the name Gregorius. Then in 1817, he was appointed as Metropolitan of Mosul and Maphrian of the East by Ignatius Yunan and assumed the name Basil Elias III. In 1819, as a Maphrian of the East, he put his hand on the patriarch Ignatius George V at his consecration as the new Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church.[1]

Patriarchal consecration

In 1836, after the death of Ignatius George V, Gregorius Elias was elected a Patriarch and was given the name Ignatius Elias II. However, the Holy Synod didn't agree to consecrate him until he gets the necessary approvals from the Ottoman government so he had to travel to Istanbul where he spent about 14 months until he got all the approval inaddition to approvals to take back some churches and buildings from the Syriac Catholic Church. He came back to Mor Hananyo and was consecrated in October, 1838.[2]

Episcopal succession

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

  1. Eustathios AbdulNour of Al-Ruha (1840-1877). Metropolitan of Jerusalem
  2. Cyril George (1842-1847). Bishop of Azekh[4]
  3. Cyril Yuyakkim (1845)

References

  1. ^ Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram (1917). Nizhat Al-Athhan Fi Tarikh Dier Alzafaran (The History of Deir Al-Za'afaran Monastery). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ Shamoun, Gregorius Saliba (1984). تاريخ ابرشية الموصل السريانية. Mosul, Iraq: مطبعة شفيق: بغداد. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. ^ Barsoum, Athanasius Aphram (2006). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 19th &20th centuries (2 ed.). Retrieved 26 December 2024.,
  4. ^ Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram; Moosa, Matti (Tr.) (2003). The scattered pearls: a history of Syriac literature and sciences (Second rev. ed.). Piscataway (N. J.): Gorgias press. ISBN 1-931956-04-9. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
Preceded by Syriac Orthodox Maphrians of the East
1817-1838 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
1838-1847 		Succeeded by