Basil Lazarus III was the Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1709 until his death in 1713.

Biography

Iyawannis Lazarus was ordained bishop of Mansuriyya by Patriarch Ignatius Abdulmasih I in 1684, in which year he later also attended the consecration of the Holy

Chrism Chrism, also called myrrh, ''myron'', holy anointing oil, and consecrated oil, is a consecrated oil used in the Anglican, Assyrian, Catholic, Nordic Lutheran, Old Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Latter Day Saint churches in th ...

at the Church of the Forty Martyrs at Mardin. In 1709, Lazarus was ordained as Maphrian of the East by Patriarch

Ignatius Isaac II Ignatius Isaac II ( syr, ܐܝܣܚܩ ܥܐܙܐܪ, ar, اسحق بطريارك انطاكية) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1709 until his resignation in 1723. Biography Isaac ʿAzar was born at Mosul ...

, upon which he assumed the name Basil. Lazarus served as Maphrian of the East until his death in mid-1713.

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