Shimun XVII Abraham
Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (also Simon XVII Abraham or Auraham) was Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from c. 1820 to 1861.[2]
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| Church | Assyrian Church of the East |
| Diocese | Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis |
| See | Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Installed | 1820 |
| Term ended | 1861 |
| Predecessor | Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan |
| Successor | Shimun XVIII Rubil |
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| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
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| Born | 1800–1[1] Qodshanis, Hakkari |
| Died | 1861 Qodshanis, Hakkari |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
| Denomination | Christian, Assyrian Church of the East |
| Residence | Qodshanis, Hakkari |
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He led the church from Qodshanis, (modern Konak, Hakkari) in southeastern Turkey, and tried to maintain good relations with local Ottoman authorities. In 1843, he was faced with renewed hostilities from Kurdish warlords, who attacked many Christian villages and killed 10,000 men, taking away women and children as captives, and forcing Patriarch to take refuge in Mosul.[3] He is buried in the Church of Mar Shalita in Turkey.
References
- Badger, George Percy. The Nestorians and their Rituals. 1. London: Joseph Masters. p. 242.
[1843] I cannot better describe the person of Mar Shimoon than by quoting the language of Dr. Grant: "The patriarch is thirty-eighty ears [sic] of age, [he was four years older when I first saw him,] ...
- Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 127, 175.
- Wilmshurst 2000, p. 33, 212.
Sources
- Baum, Wilhelm; Winkler, Dietmar W. (2003). The Church of the East: A Concise History. London-New York: Routledge-Curzon. ISBN 9781134430192.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Baumer, Christoph (2006). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London-New York: Tauris.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Coakley, James F. (1992). The Church of the East and the Church of England: A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198267447.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Grant, Asahel (2004). Murre-Van Den Berg, H.L. (ed.). The Nestorians, or, The Lost Tribe. Gorgias Press. p. i. ISBN 1-59333-154-1.
- Guest, John S. (1987). The Yezidis: a study in survival. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 0-7103-0115-4.
- Murre-Van Den Berg, H.L. (1997). "Geldelijk of Geestelijk Gewin? Assyrische Bisschoppen Op De Loonlijst Van Een Amerikaanse Zendingspost". Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis. 77 (2): 241–257. doi:10.1163/002820397X00270.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Louvain: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789042908765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Wilmshurst, David (2011). The martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East. London: East & West Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781907318047.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Preceded by Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan |
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East 1820–1861 |
Succeeded by Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil |
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