Yulios Elias Qoro Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:Mor
Elias Yulios Qoro
Third Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara
Church:Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Alma Mater:Dayro d-Kurkmo (Mor Hananyo Monastery), Beth Gazo D-ne`motho
See:Syriac Orthodox Church
Birth Date:August 1, 1881
Death Date:February 19, 1962
Death Place:Omallur, Kerala
Buried:Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara
Predecessor:Athanasius Stephanos
Successor:Coorilos Yuyakkim
Ordination:23 September 1923
Consecrated By:Ignatius Elias III
Term:39 Years
Birth Place:Mardin, Turkey

Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (Elias Mar Julius) (1881–1962) was a Syriac Orthodox Church Bishop and the Patriarchal Delegate of India, Born as Elias Malke Qoro[1] [2] at Mardin on August 1, 1881,educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.[3] [4] He joined Dayro d-Kurkmo (Mor Hananyo Monastery) in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to Ignatius Abded Aloho II Patriarch of Antioch in 1906, and was ordained Qashisho in 1908. He became abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press. He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs[5] by Ignatius Elias III Patriarch of Antioch, appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara[6] on the tomb of Elias III Patriarch of Antioch[7] [8] at Omallur, Kerala. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at Omallur, Kerala, India and was buried at Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qoro, Elias Malke.
  2. Web site: List of GEDSH Entries. James. Walters. www.bethmardutho.org.
  3. Web site: Forty Martyrs Church in Mardin, Turkey. Lonely. Planet.
  4. Web site: Sunday Service, Syriac Orthodox Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey.. 6 October 2013.
  5. Web site: A Syriac Lectionary from the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Mardin, Tur Abdin, Mesopotamia. www.peeters-leuven.be.
  6. Web site: Manjinikkara Pilgrimage -. kumarakomchurch.com.
  7. Web site: Manjinikara Bava . 27 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170122091548/http://manjinikarachurch.com/ . 22 January 2017 . dead .
  8. Web site: 1914. catholicose.org.
  9. Web site: Metropolitan Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (1881-1962).
  10. Web site: George A. Kiraz - Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute - Academia.edu. bethmardutho.academia.edu.