1885-1969
Poet, grammarian, and literary editor was born in Mardin (Turky) and studied at its schools and at Al-Zaafaran monastery. In 1908 he was ordained monk, and became a teacher of Syriac and a supervisor of the printing and publishing in Al-Zaafaran monastery. In 1918 was ordained a priest. He moved among Adana, Beirut, Damascus and Jerusalem as a teacher and supervisor of publication, but he came back and settled in Al-Zaafaran monastery. In 1946 he was elected bishop of Mardin. Of his works: a series of Syriac reading (3.V) / the basis in the Syriac grammar1915 /the novel of Lawi Bin Amos 1929 / the history of Saint Gabriel / the life of Ya’aqub Al-Suroji. The books which he supervised publication: The pigeon by Ibn Al-Abry / the safe of tunes / Ibn Al-Abry poems and the poetries of …Lebanese Patriarch Noah 1956 and the wisdom of Ahiqar
