Athanasius IV Salhoyo ( syr, ܐܬܢܐܣܝܘܣ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ, ar, اثناسيوس الرابع)
was the
Patriarch of Antioch and head of the
Syriac Orthodox Church
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from 986/987 until his death in 1002/1003.
Biography
Lazarus studied and became a monk at the monastery of Saint Aaron, in the vicinity of
Callisura, a town near
Melitene. Lazarus' sobriquet "Salhoyo" is interpreted by
Aphrem Barsoum to reflect his origins in the town of Ṣalāḥiyya, east of
Yarpuz, as opposed to the village of
Ṣalaḥ in
Tur Abdin. He was chosen to succeed
John VII Sarigta as patriarch of Antioch and was consecrated on 21 October 986/987 (
AG 1298) by Lazarus, archbishop of
Anazarbus
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, at the village of Qattina in the province of
Homs
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, upon which he assumed the name Athanasius.
The monastery of Barid, the residence of Athanasius' predecessor John and located near Melitene, was renovated by Athanasius and became the latter's residence also. According to the histories of
Michael the Syrian
Michael the Syrian ( ar, ميخائيل السرياني, Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),( syc, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died 1199 AD, also known as Michael the Great ( syr, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, ...
and
Bar Hebraeus, Athanasius was praised for his piety by
Agapius II, the
Chalcedonian
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(later termed Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Antioch, in spite of their religious differences, who subsequently put an end to the persecution of
non-Chalcedonians. The monk Gabriel is attested as ''
syncellus'' (secretary) to Athanasius from 994 to 999. He served as patriarch of Antioch until his death in 1002/1003 (
AG 1314) at the monastery of Saint Barsoum, where he was buried on the north side of the
sanctuary. As patriarch, Athanasius ordained thirty-nine bishops, as per Michael the Syrian's ''Chronicle'', whereas Bar Hebraeus in his ''Ecclesiastical History'' credits Athanasius with the ordination of thirty-eight bishops.
Works
In 1000, Athanasius compiled
lectionaries from both the
Old
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and
New Testaments that were then recorded by his pupil the monk Romanus (Brit. Mus. MS. 258).
Episcopal succession
As patriarch, Athanasius ordained the following bishops:
#Paul, archbishop of
Tarsus
#Andreas, archbishop of
Cyrrhus
#John, bishop of
Arsamosata
#Isaac, bishop of
Callisura
#Peter, bishop of
Sarug
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#Iwannis, bishop of
Mardin
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,
Reshʿayna, and
Kfar Tutho
#Philoxenus, archbishop of
Dara
#Christodulus, bishop of
Baalbek
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#Cyril, bishop of Armenia
#Moses, bishop of
Samosata
#Basil, archbishop of
Balesh
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#Timothy, archbishop of
Mabbogh
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#Iwannis, archbishop of
Herat
#Gregory, bishop of Birtha
#Moses, archbishop of
Raqqa
#Philoxenus, bishop of Tella Qastra
#Ignatius,
archbishop of Tikrit
#Basil, bishop of 'Arqa
#John, bishop of
Zeugma
#Ignatius,
archbishop of Edessa
#Dioscorus, archbishop of
Emesa
#Joseph, bishop of
Tur Abdin
#Thomas, archbishop of
Anazarbus
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#Dionysius, bishop of
Claudia
#Timothy, bishop of Aphrah
#John, bishop of
Tur Abdin
#Gabriel, bishop of
Aleppo
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#Theodosius, archbishop of
Maipherqat
#Iwannis, bishop of
Arsamosata
#Philoxenus, archbishop of
Mabbogh
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and Gisra
#Jacob, bishop of
Baalbek
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#Daniel, bishop of Armenia
#Thomas, archbishop of
Tiberias
#Peter, bishop of
Arabissus
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#Abraham, bishop of
Zeugma
#John, bishop of
Doliche
#Elias, bishop of
Simandu
#Ignatius, bishop of
Arzen
#Iwannis, archbishop of
Melitene
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Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch from 512 to 1783
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