Isaac the Syrian
Eastern Orthodox saint
b. c. 640 · d. c. 700
Isḥaq of Nineveh, also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian, Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop of the Church of the East, and theologian best remembered for his written works on Christian asceticism. He is regarded as a saint in the Church of the East, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox churches. His feast day falls, together with 4th-century theologian and hymnographer St. Ephrem the Syrian, on January 28. In the Syriac Orthodox Church, his feast day falls on May 14.
Related people
- Giwargis I consecrated by · traditional
Works
Commemorated
Places
- Beth Qatraye birth
- Shushtar death
- Nineveh Governorate ministry
- ancient Syria ministry
- Nineveh ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.