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Abraham III (other)
Abraham III may refer to: * Abraham III of Armenia (died 1737), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch), first century Patriarch of the Church of the East See also *Abraham I (other) Abraham I may refer to: *Abraham of Kashkar, a legendary primate of the Church of the East, 159–171 CE *Abraham I of Jerusalem, the first Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, 638–669 CE *Abraham I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem ... * Abraham II (other) {{hndis, Abraham 03 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham III Of Armenia
Catholicos Abraham III (also Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi d. 1737) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737. Born in Heraklion, Crete, to a Greek mother, he was bishop of Rodosto, Thrace and then Armenian prelate of Thrace in 1708–1734. At this time he went on a pilgrimage to eastern Armenia, at that time under Persian rule, which now make up the area of modern-day Armenia and Nakhichevan. Abraham is said to have become Catholicos by chance, because while he was on his pilgrimage to Etchmiadzin Catholicos Abraham II died. Abraham of Crete had impressed many with his religious devotion during his stay there, and so they decided unanimously to elect him the new Catholicos. Abraham III was old at this point and unfamiliar in the workings of Etchmiadzin, so he protested, but despite that in November 1734 he was named the 110th Catholicos of the Armenian Church. Abraham III came to the throne at a volatile time in the region. Nader Shah of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham III (Nestorian Patriarch)
Abraham III Abraza was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937. He was remembered as a patriarch who was well-versed in his ecclesiastical duties but was also hot-tempered and corrupt. Sources Brief accounts of Abraham's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus (''floruit'' 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), Amr (fourteenth-century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century) Abraham's election The following account of Abraham's election is given by Bar Hebraeus: He ohannan IVwas succeeded by Abraham III of Beth Garmaï, the bishop of Marga, who was in Baghdad when the catholicus Yohannan died. At that time there lived the scribe Abdallah, son of Shemon, a man of very great influence at the king's court. This man procured a royal decree for him, after first obtaining from Abraham a written promise that he would show no favour to the petition of Theodore (who later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham I (other)
Abraham I may refer to: *Abraham of Kashkar, a legendary primate of the Church of the East, 159–171 CE *Abraham I of Jerusalem, the first Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, 638–669 CE *Abraham I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1468 See also * Ibrahim I (other) * Abraham II (other) Abraham II may refer to: *Abraham II of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850 *Abraham II of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1730 to 1734 *Abraham II of Jerusalem, Armenian Orthodox Patri ... * Abraham III (other) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |