Ignatuis George III | |
|---|---|
| Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East | |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | 1745 |
| Term ended | 1768 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Shukrallah II |
| Successor | Ignatius George IV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George 1688 |
| Died | 1768 (aged 79–80) Diyarbakir,Ottoman Empire |
| Residence | Diyarbakir,Ottoman Empire |
Ignatius George III was thePatriarch of Antioch and head of theSyriac Orthodox Church from 1745 until his death in 1768.[1]
George was born in Edessa around 1688 and his father Shm’oun was the nephew of the patriarchAbdulmassih I who was also from Edessa.[1] George studied under the patriarchIgnatius Isaac II and in 1722, he was ordained as an ecumenical metropolitan and was called Basil.[2] AfterIgnatius Shukrallah II was elected as a new patriarch, he appointed him as Metropolitan of Aleppo and gave him the name Dionysus 00where he stayed there about 18 year.[1]
Three days after patriarchIgnatius Shukrallah II died, two metropolitans met in Amid and along with the clergy and the faithful sent letters to Dionysus George in Aleppo asking him to travel to Amid for consultations.[2] After three days of deliberations, the metropolitans who met there, chose him to be the new patriarch and he was consecrated in October 1745 as Ignatius George III.[2] After he was consecrated, he travelled to the capitol, Istanbul, and received the royal decree and then appointed a permanent representative for the church in the capital.[2]In 1748, he appointed Metropolitan Shukrallah of Aleppo as a Maphrian of Malabar in India to travel to India and resolve some issues between the clergy there. He also paid attention to building and renovating church and monasteries buildings and translate some books.[1]
During Ignatius George III 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[1]
Ignatius George III died in July 1768 and was buried in the tomb of his great uncleIgnatius Abdulmasih I in the Syriac cemetery outside the wall ofDiyarbakir[1]
| Preceded by | Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch 1745-1768 | Succeeded by |
