At the age of two, Jacob Baradaeus was left in the care of Eustathius, Abbot of the Monastery of Fsilta, and studied Greek, Syriac, and religious and theological texts.
13 Facts About Jacob Baradaeus
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Later, Jacob Baradaeus was ordained a deacon and priest at the monastery.
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Jacob Baradaeus is reputed to have ended the Siege of Edessa as Khosrow I was afflicted with a vision and abandoned the siege.
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Empress Theodora, a non-Chalcedonian, learned of Jacob Baradaeus and invited him to meet with her at Constantinople he was reluctant to do so.
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Jacob Baradaeus then set about consecrating non-Chalcedonian clergymen throughout Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
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Jacob Baradaeus ordained Sergius bar Karya as Bishop of Harran and Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of Antioch in 544.
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However, the council was unconvincing to Syrian non-Chalcedonians, and Jacob Baradaeus began to form a separate, non-Chalcedonian church, that would later become the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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Jacob Baradaeus ordained John of Ephesus as Bishop of Ephesus in 558.
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In 559, Jacob Baradaeus consecrated Ahudemmeh as Metropolitan of the East.
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In 566, Jacob Baradaeus attended discussions held by Emperor Justin II at Constantinople between Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians with the goal of a compromise between the two factions.
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Jacob Baradaeus consequentially forbade Paul from receiving communion and Paul took refuge in the Kingdom of the Ghassanids.
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Three years later, Paul was brought before a non-Chalcedonian synod and Jacob Baradaeus restored him to communion for his penance.
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King Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith, Al-Harith's successor, and Paul attempted to discuss the conflict with Jacob Baradaeus he refused to seek another compromise.