Ignatius Isaac Azar

Ignatius Isaac Azar was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1709 until his resignation in 1722.

Isaac was born in 1647 in the city of Mosul, son of Maqdisi Azar and Maryam. At the age of twentytwo, he joined the Monastery of Mar Mattai where he was ordained priest by his tutor, the Maphrian Mor Baselios Habeeb II. During this time, Isaac helped to renovate the monastery and in 1675 he became abbot of the monastery.

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