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Sylvester of Antioch : Life and Achievements of an 18th-Century Christian Orthodox Patriarch

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Early Arabic Printing in the East Series ; v.3Publisher: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024Copyright date: ©2025Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (444 pages)ISBN:
  • 9783110988420
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783110998894 | Erscheint auch als: 9783110998894 | Erscheint auch als: 3110998890 DDC classification:
  • 281.9092 23
  • 281.956910092
LOC classification:
  • BX395.S858
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Before 1724 -- 2 Letters and Codices as Sources on Patriarch Sylvester's Life and Works -- 3 In Search of Sylvester's Origins -- 4 Sylvester as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East -- 5 A New Decade and New Travels, 1730-1740 -- 6 From 1740 to 1748, in Moldavia, Constantinople, and Wallachia -- 7 Back to Constantinople and "Arabia" -- 8 Patriarch Sylvester in Damascus after 1760 -- 9 Sylvester of Antioch's Network of Collaborators -- 10 The Patriarchate of Antioch in Sylvester's Times: "Greeks" and "Latins" -- 11 Sylvester's Schools -- 12 Sylvester's Books -- 13 Travels in Europe and Asia -- 14 Sylvester and Russia -- 15 Sylvester of Antioch's Printing Works -- 16 Books Printed by Patriarch Sylvester in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Beirut -- 17 Other Printed Items -- 18 Glimpses of Sylvester of Antioch's Patriarchal Activities -- 19 Sylvester of Antioch as an Icon Painter -- Addendum 1: Catalogue of Icons Painted by Sylvester of Antioch or Attributed to Him -- Addendum 2: Inventory of Documents and Correspondence -- Addendum 3: Greek Sources on Sylvester's Life and Works -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Index of Names and Places
Summary: In 1724, Sylvester, a native of the island of Cyprus, was elected Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East. For more than four decades, he endeavored to preserve the legacy of one of the earliest Christian Churches in the Levant. He faced major challenges because of the ever changing balance of power between the Latin Church and its missionaries, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the French and English interests in the Levant, and the central and local Ottoman authorities. In his efforts to provide church books for the Arab Orthodox Christians, Sylvester was helped by rulers of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia. He printed a number of books in Jassy and Bucharest and opened an Arabic press in Beirut. Alongside his patriarchal duties, Sylvester was also an accomplished icon painter. His works, in the Post-Byzantine Greek style of the 18th century, are preserved in Syrian and Lebanese churches, as well as elsewhere. Their study reveals just another aspect of his complex activity. The book presents for the first time in English the biography and achievements of Sylvester of Antioch, based on a wide range of contemporary Greek, Arabic and Romanian historical sourcesSummary: "This is the first monograph on Sylvester, patriarch of the Church of Antioch from 1724 to 1766, based on extensive Greek, Arabic, and Romanian sources, many previously unknown. Sylvester faced various challenges stemming from the every-changing balance of power between the Latin Church, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Western European interests and Ottoman rule. His activities as an iconographer and his role in the translation and printing of Arabic books in Iaşi and Bucharest (Romanian Principalities), and then in Beirut, are the main focus of this book. A catalogue of his icons, a list of his letter exchanges, and rich illustrations offer a new perspective on the life of this outstanding patriarch." --PPN: PPN: 1922669520Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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