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| Ignatius Jacob II | |
|---|---|
| Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East | |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | 1847 |
| Term ended | 1871 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Elias II |
| Successor | Ignatius Peter IV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacob (Yacuob) 1800 Qa’at Mara, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1871 (aged 1799–1800) Diyarbakır |
| Residence | Mor Hananyo |
Ignatius Jacob II (Template:Lang-syr, {{lang-ar|البطريرك يعقوب الثاني was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1847 until his death in 1871.
Biography
George was born at the village of Qal'at Mara east of Mor Hananyo in 1800. He was the son of Yousif Kapso and when he reached adulthood, he left his village to Tur Abdin and started to study under Ignatius Yunan at the Monastery of MOR Elias near a village called Hbob. He became a monk in 1818 and in 1819 he was elevated to the rank of Monk-Priest. In 1831, Patriarch Ignatius George V ordained his as ecumenical metropolitan as Cyril and appointed him as metropolitan of Mor Hananyo and Mardin. In 1844, he was appointed Patriarchal Vicar in the city of Istanbul where he bought a house and converted it to a church after obtaining the necessary permits and called this church St. Mary. He also bought a small printing press with Syriac fonts and published two books. The first was a prayer book in Garshuni and the second was the book of Psalms in Syriac. After he finished printing the two books, he headed back to Mardin and Mor Hananyo to distribute these two books and visit his family and to collect funds to pay the debts that Patriarch Ignatius Elias II incurred during his legal pursues to claim back the Syriac Orthodox churches in Mosul .
- Barsoum, Athanasius Aphram (2006). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 19th &20th centuries (2 ed.). Retrieved 24 December 2024.