Elias I of Antioch

Elias I of Antioch (Syriac: Mor Elijah) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 709 until his death in 723.[1]

Elias I
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeAntioch
Installed709
Term ended723
PredecessorJulian III
SuccessorAthanasius III
Personal details
Born641
Died3 October 723

Biography

Elias was born in 641 into a Greek Orthodox family, but later converted to miaphysitism, the doctrine of the Syriac Orthodox Church, after reading the works of Severus of Antioch. He became a monk at the Monastery of Gubba Barraya, near Edessa, and was ordained as Bishop of Apamea in 691.[2] Elias was consecrated as patriarch in 709 following the death of Julian III, and presented himself to Caliph Al-Walid I in the same year.[3] The patriarch financed and consecrated a new church in the city of Antioch in 721,[4] and another church in Sarmada in 722. Elias led the Syriac Orthodox Church as patriarch prior to his death in 723.[2]

References
  1. Arnold (2006), p. 67
  2. Barsoum (2003)
  3. Ginkel et al. (2005), p.15
  4. Johnson (2016), p.144

Bibliography
  • Arnold, Thomas Walker (2006). The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith. Kessinger Publishing.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Barsoum, Ignatius Aphrem I (2003). Matti Moosa, ed. The Scattered Pearls: The History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
  • Ginkel, Jan J.; Murre-van den Berg, Hendrika Lena; van Lint, Theo Maarten (2005). Redefining Christian Identity: Cultural Interaction in the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam. Peeters Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Johnson, Dale Albert (2016). Return to Antioch.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
Julian III		 Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
709–723		 Succeeded by
Athanasius III



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