Ignatius Abraham bar Garib

Abraham was born in the 14th century, and was the son of Quryaqos, son of Gharīb of Amid.[4] He had a brother named Joseph.[5] Abraham became a monk at the Monastery of Saint Ananias, near Mardin, and had been ordained a priest by 1355.[5] He succeeded his brother Joseph as Archbishop of Amid on his death in 1375, and assumed the name Cyril.[5] Abraham was appointed as Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin in 1382.[5]

He attempted to ensure the office of patriarch remained under the control of his family by designating his brother as his successor, but he predeceased Abraham.[6] In 1396, Mardin was sacked by Timur, and the door, wall, and cells of the Monastery of Saint Ananias were destroyed.[2] With donations and funds raised from the sale of the monastery's vessels, furniture, and manuscripts, Abraham spent 50,000 coins on the monastery's restoration.[2] He served as patriarch of Mardin until his death in 1412.[5]

Abraham wrote a book of propitiatory prayers (Syriac: ḥusoyo‎) for the morning service of Lazarus Saturday, and compiled a liturgy of anaphoras of Church Fathers, including a 13-page anaphora written by his brother Joseph.[5]

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Citations

• Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press.
• Barsoum, Ephrem (2008). History of the Za‘faran Monastery. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press.
• Burleson, Samuel; Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "List of Patriarchs: II. The Syriac Orthodox Church and its Uniate continuations". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
• Carlson, Thomas A. (2018). Christianity in Fifteenth-Century Iraq. Cambridge University Press.