Rabban Hormizd
Assyrian saint
Who they were
Rabban Mar Hormizd (Classical Syriac: ܕܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܙܕ) was a monk who lived in the seventh century in modern northern Iraq. Rabban is the Syriac term for monk. "Rabban" is also the Aramaic word for "teacher". He founded the Rabban Hormizd Monastery in Alqosh, named after him, which has served in the past as the patriarchate of the Church of the East.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Hormizd, the Martyr Saint“Thomas accepted it or not, the Synod of Diamper strategically substituted the Rabban Hormizd with the name of Hormizd, the martyr in 1599 in order to assure that the Christians "are saved" from every Nestorian influence.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q4386680 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rabban Hormizd (CC BY-SA)
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