XVADĀHOY, East Syrian monk (7th century CE). According to Dādišoʿ Qaṭrāya, Rabban Xvadāhoy was an “illustrious chief” for monasticism (Draguet,…

EAST SYRIAN MONASTERIES IN SASANIAN IRAN. Traces of monasteries in Sasanian Iran can be found in the sources as early as…

DĀDIŠOʿ, East Syrian monk, second abbot of the Great monastery on Mount Izla (6th-7th century CE). Thomas, bishop of Marga…

RABBAN ŠĀPUR, East Syrian monk (7th century CE). The main source concerning Rabban Šāpur is the Chronicle of Seert (LIV,…

ABRAHAM OF KAŠKAR, Christian monk of the 6th century CE, regarded as father of the monks in the Orient. Syriac…

MĀRMĀRI, the Christian apostle, considered as the first missionary in the Arsacid Empire. The Acts of this saint were written…

MICHAEL THE SYRIAN, Jacobite patriarch of Antioch (1166-99), who wrote a universal chronicle in Syriac, covering events from the Creation…