Ignatius Elias III

His Holiness *Moran Mor* Saint

Ignatius Elias III

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
His Holiness Moran Mor Saint; Ignatius Elias III; Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
119th Patriarch of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Antioch
Installed	1917
Term ended	1932
Predecessor	Ignatius Abded Aloho II
Successor	Ignatius Afram I Barsoum
Personal details
Born	Nasri; 13 October 1867; Mardin, Diyarbekir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	13 February 1932; Manjanikkara Dayara, Travancore, British India
Residence	The Monastery of St. Ananias
Parents	Chorepiscopo Abraham and Mary
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Amid, Archbishop of Mosul
Sainthood
Feast day	13 February
Title as Saint	Saint Ignatius Elias III
Canonized	1987; by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Shrines	St. Stephen's Cathedral, Manjanikkara, India

Saint Ignatius Elias III (13 October 1867 – 13 February 1932) (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ^[1]) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1917 until his death in 1932.^[2]

^ Fr. Rev Boutros, Touma Issa (2007). "ܙܗܪܝܪܐ ܨܡܝܚܐ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܕܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܢܨܝܚܐ" [A Bright light from the life of the very Glorious Patriarch]. DSS syriac patriarchite (in Aramaic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Kiraz, George A. "Eliya III Shakir". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition.

[1] Fr. Rev Boutros, Touma Issa (2007). "ܙܗܪܝܪܐ ܨܡܝܚܐ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܕܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܢܨܝܚܐ" [A Bright light from the life of the very Glorious Patriarch]. DSS syriac patriarchite (in Aramaic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[:0-2] Kiraz, George A. "Eliya III Shakir". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition.

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