The ancient Rabban Hormizd Monastery, former residence of the Patriarchs of the Church of the East
Eliya VIII (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 18 June 1660) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1617 to 1660, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq. On several occasions (1619, 1629, 1638, 1653) he was approached by representatives of the Catholic Church, but those contacts didn't led to any agreement.[1][2] In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VIII,[3] but later renumbered as Eliya "IX" by some authors.[4][5] After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VIII,[6][7][8] and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
EliyaVIII (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 18 June 1660) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1617 to 1660, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery...
bishop of Tergawar mentioned in 1607, were present at Eliya VII's synod of Amid in 1616. EliyaVIII (1617–60) did not consecrate bishops for the historic...
existence of only one Eliya patriarch during the period from 1558 to 1591, but counts him as Eliya "VII" and his successors as "VIII" to "XIII", without...
abandoned by the next Patriarch EliyaVIII (IX) (1617–1660). David Wilmshurst noted that his successor, Patriarch Eliya IX (X) (1660–1700) also was a "vigorous...
conclusion. In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VII, but later renumbered as Eliya "VIII" by some authors. After the resolution of several chronological...
for the creation of that line in the first place. The next Eliya Patriarch, Eliya VII (VIII) (1591–1617), negotiated on several occasions with the Catholic...
successor Eliya VI died on 26 May 1591, after having been a metropolitan for 15 years and patriarch for 32 years; Eliya VII on 26 May 1617; EliyaVIII on 18...
Eliya IX (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, died 17 May 1700) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1660 to 1700, with his residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery...
branch of the Church of the East was represented at first by the senior Eliya line of patriarchs who resided in the Rabban Hormizd Monastery near Alqosh...
Eliya XII (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 1804) was Patriarch of the Church of the East, from 1778 to 1804, with formal residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery...
India Company, the Levant Company, and the Muscovy Company. May 26 – EliyaVIII becomes the new Patriarch of the Church of the East and leader of the...
1600, something which led to a temporary break in communion with Rome. EliyaVIII of the Assyrian Church of the East during this time attempted to exploit...
VIII Hormizd (often referred to by European missionaries as John Hormez or Hanna Hormizd) (1760–1838) was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line...
India Company, the Levant Company, and the Muscovy Company. May 26 – EliyaVIII becomes the new Patriarch of the Church of the East and leader of the...
elected by those who opposed the hereditary patriarchal succession within the Eliya family, and he took an unprecedented step in the Church of the East: he...
Elijah, Eliya, or Elias of Nisibis (Classical Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, 11 February 975 – 18 July 1046) was an Assyrian cleric of the Church of the East, who served...
and the other remained independent until the 19th century. Although the Eliya line, which emerged as a result of this schism, did eventually enter into...
Eliya XI died in 1778, the metropolitans recognized as his successor Ishoyabb, who accordingly took the Eliya name (Eliya XII). To win support, Eliya...
John VII Sarigta (965–985) Athanasius IV Salhoyo (986/987–1002/1003) John VIII bar Abdoun (1004–1030/1031/1033) Dionysius IV Yahyo (1031–1042) John IX bar...
successor Shemʿon VIII Yahballaha, and a number of manuscripts were copied there by ʿAbdishoʿ himself and by the Catholic metropolitans Eliya Asmar of Amid...
transferred the succession to his other nephew, fifteen-year-old Eliya, the future patriarch Eliya VI (1558–1591). His opponents further accused him of crimes...
1839 to 1847. He succeeded Yohannan VIII Hormizd, the last of the Mosul patriarchs who traced their descent from Eliya VI (1558–1591), and his elevation...
101. Yohannan VIII Hormizd (1830–1838) — had his see in Mosul 102. Nicholas I Zaya (1839–1846) 103. Joseph VI Audo (1847–1878) 104. Eliya XIV Abulyonan...
north of Mosul. It was the official residence of the patriarchs of the Eliya line of the Assyrian Church of The East from 1551 to the 18th century, and...
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