Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo


Baselios Shukrallah II of Aleppo was the Maphriyano (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748 to 1760.[1][2]. Before he was appointed the Maphrian of Malabar in 1648, he was the Metropolitan of Aleppo (1746-1748).[3] Maphriyano Shukrallah journy from Aleppo to India was long and he arrived in India in 1751 and was buried at Marth Mariam Cathedral Kandanad (Kizhakkinde Yerushulem) in 1764 AD.[4]

He was declared a Saint by the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in 2008.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Burgess, Michael (2005). The Eastern Orthodox Churches: Concise Histories with Chronological Checklists of Their Primates. McFarland. ISBN 9780786421459.
  2. ^ Daniel, David (1972). The Orthodox Church of India: History and Faith. Rachel David.
  3. ^ Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I; Moosa, Matti (2009). History of the Syriac dioceses (1st ed.). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press : Beth Antioch Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-218-1.
  4. ^ Syriac Christianity website, Mor Shakralla[usurped]
  5. ^ Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in Europe website, Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo