History of the Za’faraan Monastery / / Ignatius Aphram I Barsoum.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I,
• MitwirkendeR: Moosa, Matti,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Publications of the Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (95 p.)

The History of the Za’faran Monastery is for the first time offered in English translation to the readers. It was written in 1917 by Patriarch Ignatius Aphram Barsoum (d. 1957) when he was still a monk at the monastery. The book details the history of the monastery from its inception until modern ti...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Sources
• 1. The Location of the Za’faran Monastery
• 2. The Origin of the Za’faran Monastery
• 3. Monasticism in Mardin and its Outskirts
• 4. The Different Names of the Za’faran Monastery
• 5. The Biography of Metropolitan Yuhanna of Mardin
• 6. Yuhanna’s Narrative about the Za’faran Monastery
• 7. The Rebuilding of the Za’faran Monastery
• 8. Biographies of the Known Superiors of the Za’faran Monastery
• 9. The Monastic Order of the Za’faran Monastery in its Early Ages
• 10. The Za’faran Monastery as Center of the Patriarchal See of Antioch
• 11. The Councils Convened at the Za’faran Monastery to Elect Patriarchs
• 12. The Names of Patriarchs and Maphryone Ascribed to the Za’faran Monastery
• 13. The Metropolitans Who Graduated from the Za’faran Monastery
• 14. The Fathers Buried in the Za’faran Monastery
• 15. The Councils Convened at the Za’faran Monastery and Their Canons
• 16. Learning and Learned Men at the Za’faran Monastery
• 17. The Library of the Za’faran Monastery
• 18. The Properties of the Za’faran Monastery
• 19. The Monasteries Neighboring the Za’faran Monastery
• 20. Mardin: Its Diocese and Bishops
• About the Translator