Ignatius Elias II

Ignatius Elias II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1838 until his death in 1847.

Ignatius Elias II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Antioch
Installed	1838
Term ended	1847
Predecessor	Ignatius George V
Successor	Ignatius Jacob II
Personal details
Born	Elias 1778 Mosul, Ottoman Empire
Died	1847 (aged 68–69) Mor Hananyo
Residence	Mor Hananyo

Biography

Elias was born at Mosul about 1778 and was the son of Hindi Karmeh. When he reached his youth, he joined Mor Mattai Monastery near Mosul. He was ordained monk by Metropolitan Eustathios Moosa in 1791 and in 1798 he was appointed the abbot of Mar Behnam Monastery that used to belong to the Syriac Orthodox Church at that time. In 1811 he was ordained as ecumenical metropolitan by Ignatius Matthew and was given the name Gregorius. Then in 1817, he was appointed as Metropolitan of Mosul and Maphrian of the East by Ignatius Yunan and assumed the name Basil Elias III. In 1819, as a Maphrian of the East, he put his hand on the patriarch Ignatius George V at his consecration as the new Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church.^[1]

Patriarchal consecration

In 1838, after the death of Ignatius George V, Gregorius Elias was elected a Patriarch and was given the name Ignatius Elias II

Episcopal succession

During Ignatius Elias II time as Patriarch and Metropolitan, he had the duty to ordain and consecrate many Metropolitans in the Syria Orthodox church in addition to tens of priests, monks, and deacons.^[2]

1. Eustathios AbdulNour of Al-Ruha (1840-1877). Metropolitan of Jerusalem
2. Cyril George (1842-1847). Bishop of Azekh^[3]
3. Cyril Yuyakkim (1845)

References

1. Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram (1917). Nizhat Al-Athhan Fi Tarikh Dier Alzafaran (The History of Deir Al-Za'afaran Monastary). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. Barsoum, Athanasius Aphram (2006). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 19th &20th centuries (2 ed.). Retrieved 26 December 2024.,
3. Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram; Moosa, Matti (Tr.) (2003). The scattered pearls: a history of Syriac literature and sciences (Second rev. ed.). Piscataway (N. J.): Gorgias press. ISBN 1-931956-04-9. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

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Preceded by Basil Elias III Karmeh	Syriac Orthodox Maphrians of the East 1817-1838	Succeeded by Basil Behnam IV
Preceded by Ignatius George V	Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch 1838-1847	Succeeded by Ignatius Jacob II