Michael Petros III Kasbarian (in
Armenian
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Միքայէլ Պետրոս Գ. Գասպարեան ) was a member of the Order of St. Antoine, from
Aleppo
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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During his time at
Bzommar
Bzoummar ( ar, بزمار; also spelled ''Bzommar'' or ''Bzemmar'') is a village in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is northeast of Beirut, and has an elevation ranging between above sea level. Bzoummar's i ...
there was not a church. All the big events took place at the
Monastery of the Holy Savior, Kreim, Ghosta, Lebanon. He limited all outside activities, focusing on the seat and its responsibilities. He began construction on the monk's church at Bzommar in 1761 completing it in 1771. He worked diligently on expanding the convent at Bzommar, becoming the largest construction area on the mountain.
Michael Petros III found the need for missionaries to carry the message to neighboring countries. Missionaries that served the patriarch were not typically members of the St. Antoine Order as the Order desired to raise up those who would become patriarchs rather than teach missionaries.
Sources
[Michael Petros III Kasparian. (2008, September 12). In The Armenian Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 14:30, September 12, 2008, from http://www.armeniancatholic.org/inside.php?lang=en&page_id=2313]
See also
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List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia
This is a list of the Armenian Catholic catholicos patriarchs of Cilicia, officially the Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics. The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia was established in 1740 following a schism within the Ar ...
References
External links
Biography on official site of the Armenian Catholic Church
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Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia
People from Aleppo
Syrian people of Armenian descent
18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops
18th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops