History of the Za‘faran Monastery

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Frontmatter......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Sources......Page 9 1. The Location of the Zafaran Monastery......Page 11 2. The Origin of the Zafaran Monastery......Page 15 3. Monasticism in Mardin and its Outskirts......Page 19 4. The Different Names of the Zafaran Monastery......Page 25 5. The Biography of Metropolitan Yuhanna of Mardin......Page 33 6. Yuhannas Narrative about the Zafaran Monastery......Page 37 7. The Rebuilding of the Zafaran Monastery......Page 43 8. Biographies of the Known Superiors of the Zafaran Monastery......Page 47 9. The Monastic Order of the Zafaran Monastery in its Early Ages......Page 53 10. The Zafaran Monastery as Center of the Patriarchal See of Antioch......Page 55 11. The Councils Convened at the Zafaran Monastery to Elect Patriarchs......Page 57 12. The Names of Patriarchs and Maphryone Ascribed to the Zafaran Monastery......Page 61 13. The Metropolitans Who Graduated from the Zafaran Monastery......Page 65 14. The Fathers Buried in the Zafaran Monastery......Page 69 15. The Councils Convened at the Zafaran Monastery and Their Canons......Page 71 16. Learning and Learned Men at the Zafaran Monastery......Page 73 17. The Library of the Za’faran Monastery......Page 79 18. The Properties of the Za’faran Monastery......Page 81 19. The Monasteries Neighboring the Zafaran Monastery......Page 83 20. Mardin Its Diocese and Bishops......Page 87 About the Translator......Page 93