Rabban Hormizd
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"Saint Hormizd" redirects here. For the 5th-century Persian martyr, see Hormizd the Martyr. For the 6th-century pope, see Pope Hormisdas.
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".[2] 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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Mar Hormizd | |
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Rabban | |
Born | 6th or early 7th century Beth Lapat, Persia |
Died | mid 7th century Rabban Hormizd Monastery, modern day Iraq |
Venerated in | Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church[1] |
Feast | 2nd Sunday after Easter |
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In the Church of the East and its descendant branches, Rabban Hormizd is commemorated on the second Sunday after Easter.[3]