Eliya V

Eliya V (died 1504) was the patriarch of the Church of the East from 1502 until his death.[1]

In April 1503 at the monastery of Mar Yohannan the Egyptian near Gazarta, Eliya consecrated three monks from the monastery of Mar Awgin for service in India: the metropolitan bishop Yahballaha and two suffragan bishops, Denha and Yaʿqob. The patriarch sent with them Bishop Thomas, who had previously gone to India in 1499. The bishops sent a detailed letter on the situation of the Church of the East in India, but it did not reach Eliya before his death.[2]

Eliya was buried in the church of Mart Meskinta in Mosul.[2]

Notes
  1. Burleson & Van Rompay 2011.
  2. Wilmshurst 2011, p. 295.

Bibliography
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