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John Of Antioch
John of Antioch may refer to: People from Antioch * John Chrysostom (c. 347–407), born in Antioch, archbishop of Constantinople * John Scholasticus (died 577), born in Antioch, patriarch of Constantinople from 565 to 577 * John Malalas (died 578), chronicler * John of Antioch (historian), a 7th-century monk and chronicler * John of Antioch, marshal of Cyprus in 1247 * John of Antioch (translator), fl. 1282 * Jean II de Giblet (died 1315), Cypriot nobleman Bishops and patriarchs of Antioch * John I of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch from 429 to 441 * John Maron (died 707), Maronite patriarch of Antioch * John III of the Sedre, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from 631 to 648 * John IV of Antioch, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from 846 to 873 * John VIII bar Abdoun, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from 1004 to 1033 * John X bar Shushan, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from 1063 to 1073 * John the Oxite, Greek Orthodox patriarch from 1089 to 1100 * John XI bar M ...
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John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his homilies, preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, his ''Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom'', and his ascetic sensibilities. The epithet (''Chrysostomos'', anglicized as Chrysostom) means "golden-mouthed" in Greek and denotes his celebrated eloquence. Chrysostom was among the most prolific authors in the early Christian Church, although both Origen, Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo exceeded Chrysostom. He is honoured as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, as well as in some others. The Eastern Orthodox, together with the Byzantine Rite, Byzantine Eastern Catholic Churches, Cat ...
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John VIII Bar Abdoun
John VIII bar Abdoun was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1004 until his death in 1033.Cigaar & Metcalf (2006), p. 9 Biography Bar Abdoun was born in 944 in the city of Melitene and studied at the nearby Monastery of St Barsoum. He was consecrated Patriarch of Antioch on 6 July 1004. During the reign of the Roman Emperor Basil II, Bar Abdoun allegedly cured the '' doux'' (governor) of Antioch of leprosy, and enjoyed good relations with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. John is known to have met with the Greek Orthodox patriarch, corresponded with him, and exchanged gifts on a feast-day. Following the reconquest, and subsequent expulsion of the Muslim population of Melitene in the early 10th century AD, the Romans invited Syriac Orthodox adherents to repopulate of the city of Melitene and its hinterland, however, the doctrinal differences between the Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox created conflict. The conduct of Bar Abdoun led Joh ...
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John Of Lusignan
John of Lusignan ( French: ''Jean de Lusignan''; c. 1329 or 1329/1330 – 1375) was a regent of the Kingdom of Cyprus and titular Prince of Antioch. He was son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and his second wife Alix of Ibelin. He was a member of the House of Lusignan. Life While being a regent of Cyprus, he launched an attack on Mamluk ports. He attacked Sidon on 5 June 1369, but after a day of skirmishes, his fleet was diverted by a storm, he later avoided fortified Beirut, but managed to pillage both Botron and Tartus, then he went further north to Latakia, Ayas and Antalya, before attacking Alexandria on 9–10 July, where the Cypriots tried in vain to seize a large Moroccan merchantman, they later returned to Sidon on 19 July, where they managed to land and defeat the garrison, but forced to evacuate due to a storm, they eventually cast anchor at Famagusta on 22 July. He was murdered as a result of his involvement in the murder of his elder brother, King Peter I of Cyprus. The his ...
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John X Of Antioch
Patriarch John X ( ar, البطريرك يوحنا العاشر ; born Hānī Yāzijī ; January 1, 1955) is primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East. Life Hani Yazigi, a native ethnic Arab was born in Latakia, Syria. His Syrian father, Mounah Yazigi, an Arabic language teacher, was originally from the village of Marmarita in Wadi al-Nasara and his Lebanese mother, Rosa Moussi is from Tripoli, Lebanon. He graduated from Tishreen University with a degree in civil engineering, then he earned a degree in theology in 1978 from the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand. In 1983, he graduated from the theological faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a focus in liturgics. He also has a degree in Byzantine music from the Conservatory of Byzantine Music of Thessaloniki. Ordination and episcopacy He was ordained to the diaconate in 1979 and the priesthood in 1983. On January 24, 1995, he was consec ...
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Ignatius John XIV
Ignatius John XIV bar Shay Allah was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1483 until his death in 1493.Barsoum (2003) Biography Early life John was the son of Shay Allah, who was the son of Sad al-Din, also known as Ibn al-Asfar, and his family was originally from Bartulli. He was born in the city of Mardin in 1442, and became a monk at the Monastery of Mor Hananyo.Palmer (2007), p. 190 Whilst at the monastery, John received a special education equal to that of Aziz, the nephew of Ignatius Chaleph of Maʿdan, Patriarch of Antioch, and was educated in Syriac literature by the priests Simon of Amid and John of Mardin, as well as the monks Joshua of Basibrina and David bar Qashafo of Qalat al-Imra'a. Simon of Amid was a priest at the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Mardin, but died during his education of John and was succeeded by John of Mardin who educated him until he was eighteen.Palmer (2007), p. 195 David bar Qashafo taught John astronomy an ...
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John XIII Bar Ma'dani
John XIII Aaron bar Ma'dani was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1252 until his death in 1263. Biography Aaron was born in Ma'dan in the 13th century. In 1230, Aaron was ordained as metropolitan of Mardin, upon which he assumed the name John and two years later he was elevated to maphrian by Ignatius III David. As maphrian, John studied and became fluent in Arabic, with which he wrote sermons and letters. After the death of Ignatius III David, John was elected as patriarch and was consecrated on 4 December 1252. John was patriarch for eleven years before his death in 1263 at the Baqismat Monastery in Sis, Cilician Armenia. Works Whilst acting as maphrian, John is known to have composed fifty-two short stories, one of which was translated into Arabic. As well as this John wrote an ode to Aaron the Ascetic and a forty-seven page anthology, containing his most famous poem, ''The Bird''. John also wrote four homilies in Syriac on Palm Sunday, ...
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John XII Of Antioch
John XII Yeshu was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1208 until his death in 1220. Biography Yeshu, son of a priest called John, was born in the 12th century. He became a monk at the Monastery of the Akhsnoye (Stranger Ascetics) on the Sacred Mountain of Edessa where he became known for his asceticism. Yeshu was elevated to priesthood before 1191 and later moved to the Shiro Monastery to study Syriac and calligraphy. During his time at the monastery he transcribed many manuscripts in Estrangelo of which his manuscripts of the Gospels can be found in Paris and the Edessene Library in Aleppo. Yeshu also wrote poems and liturgy leading him to gain the title of ''Yeshu the Scribe'' and he was also known as the ''Short One'' in relation to his height. Yeshu was ordained patriarch on 31 August 1208 and upon which he took the name John and was frequently referred to as ''John the Stranger Scribe'' (Syriac:Yuhanon Akhsnoyo Kothubo), referring to his st ...
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John XI Bar Mawdyono
John XI bar Mawdyono, also known as Yuhanna Modyana, was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1130 until his death in 1137. Biography Prior to his ascension as patriarch, John was abbot of the Monastery of Dovair, near Antioch. Following the death of Patriarch Athanasius VI bar Khamoro in June 1129, Joscelin I seized the ritual objects needed to consecrate a new patriarch from the Monastery of Mor Barsoum and directed bishops within his domain to assemble a synod to elect a new patriarch. A synod largely composed of bishops from territories ruled by the crusaders and Armenians, as opposed to Muslim-controlled territories, headed by Bishop Dionysius of Kesum was held and John was elected patriarch.Moosa (2008)MacEvitt (2010), p. 109 John travelled to Turbessel Turbessel ( syr, Tel Bshir, ar, Tell Bāshir or , hy, Թլպաշար, translit=Tʿlpašar, tr, Tilbeşar or ) is a fortress and Bronze Age tumulus in south-eastern Turkey, near the villag ...
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John The Oxite
John the Oxite or John Oxeites was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (as John IV or V) from c. 1089 until 1100, when he was exiled by Prince Bohemond I of Antioch. He fled to the Byzantine Empire and continued to govern those parts of the patriarchate that were under Byzantine rule. He was a prominent writer of religious texts, and reformer of religious and charitable foundations. Prior to his patriarchate, John was a monk. In 1085 or 1092, he wrote a treatise on the practice of '' charistikion'', whereby the emperor could grant a monastery to a private person for a specified period. He was critical of the practice, which he blamed for a decline in monasticism. John took office as patriarch before September 1089, when the city of Antioch was still under Muslim rule. He did not leave Constantinople for Antioch until 1091. At the time of the Siege of Antioch in 1097 by the Christian armies of the First Crusade, he was imprisoned by the Seljuk governor Yağısıyan, who suspected ...
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John X Bar Shushan
John X bar Shushan ( syr, ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܫܘܫܢ, ar, يوحنا ابن شوشان) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 1063/1064 until his death in 1072/1073. Biography Yeshu was born in the early 11th century at Melitene, where he studied philology, philosophy, and religion, and later became a monk at a nearby monastery. He studied under Patriarch John IX bar ʿAbdun, and served as his '' syncellus'' (secretary). After the death of the patriarch John bar Abdun in 1057, Yeshu was elected and consecrated as patriarch of Antioch at Amid by eastern bishops under the jurisdiction of the maphrian, upon which he assumed the name John. Western bishops, who outnumbered the eastern bishops, disputed John's election, and elected Athanasius V as patriarch instead, and brought the issue to the Muslim rulers. John subsequently abdicated, allowing Athanasius to serve as patriarch until his death in 1063/1064, after which John was restored to the ...
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John IV Of Antioch
John IV ( Syriac: ''Mor Yuhanon'') was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 846 until his death in 873.Barsoum (2003) Biography John became a monk, and later priest, at the Monastery of St Zacchaeus, near the city of Raqqa in Syria. During this time, he also studied at the monastery. In February 846, following the death of Dionysius I Telmaharoyo, Patriarch of Antioch, John was elected and consecrated Patriarch of Antioch at the Monastery of Shila near Serugh. After his consecration, John issued twenty-five canons. John's twenty-second canon forbade the adoption of pagan funeral customs and his twenty-third canon forbade adherents who had married their daughters to pagans, Jews, and Zoroastrians from entering the church.Thomas et al. (2009), pp. 92-93 He corresponded with Pope Joseph I of Alexandria, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a fellow miaphysite church, early in his reign. He later consecrated a certain David, a monk of the Monaste ...
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John Scholasticus
John Scholasticus or Scholastikos (c. 503 – 31 August 577) was the 32nd patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 565 until his death in 577. He is also regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Life He was born at Sirimis, in the region of Cynegia, near Antioch. There was a flourishing college of lawyers at Antioch, where he entered and did himself credit. This was suppressed in 533 by Justinian I. John was ordained and became agent and secretary of his church. This would bring him into touch with the court at Constantinople. When Justinian, towards the close of his life, tried to raise the sect of the Aphthartodocetae to the rank of Orthodoxy and determined to expel Eutychius for his opposition, the able lawyer-ecclesiastic of Antioch, who had already distinguished himself by his great edition of the canons, was chosen to carry out the imperial will. He was also credited for methodical classification of Canon law, the Digest of Canon Law. Following some older work ...
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