Ignatius Abraham bar Garib

Ignatius Abraham bar Garib, also known as Ibrahim ibn Gharib, was the Patriarch of Mardin from 1381 until his death in 1412.^[1]

Biography

Abraham was the son of Cyriacus, who was the son of Gharib of Amid, and had a brother called Joseph. Abraham was born in the fourteenth century and, with his brother Joseph, became a monk at the Monastery of Mor Hananyo, and Abraham became a priest before 1355. Joseph went onto become Bishop of Amid, and upon his death was succeeded by Abraham in 1375, who assumed the name Cyril.^[1]

Whilst bishop of Amid, Abraham wrote a husoyo for the morning service of the Saturday of Lazarus, and compiled a liturgy containing anaphoras of the Church Fathers, including a 13-page anaphora written by Joseph. Abraham was consecrated Patriarch of Mardin in 1381.^[1] In 1400, Abraham declared the faith of the Shamsiyya (Shamsis), a Christian sect, to be of the same as the Syriac Orthodox Church and forbade condemnation and prejudice against them.^[2] He served as patriarch until his death in 1412.^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Barsoum, Ignatius Aphrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. Gorgias Press. 
• Barsoum, Ignatius Aphrem (2009). History of the Syrian Dioceses, trans. Matti Moosa ed. Gorgias Press.