November 28, 2021

Jacob (Yacoub), was born as the son of a Priest, at Serugh (Serug, Suruc) in the village Kurtam a village on the Euphrates to the west of Harran which is very close to the Mesopotomian village Edessa (Urhoy), modern Urfa in South East Turkey, also known as Kurtak. He was Read more

Dionysius Barsleebi (Dionysius Bar Salibi, baptised Jacob, was a 12th century bishop of the Orthodox Syriac Church. He assumed the name ‘Dionysius’ when consecrated to the bishopric. He is a well-known, able and most voluminous, prolific writer and spokesman of the Syriac language of the 12th century. He was like Bar-Hebraeus, Read more