Basil Lazarus III
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| name = Basil Lazarus III
| title = Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East
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| church = Syriac Orthodox Church
| enthroned =1709
| ended=1713
| predecessor = Basil Isaac
| successor = Basil Matthew II
| birth_name= Iyawannis Lazarus
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1713
| death_place =
| previous_post = Bishop of Mansuriyya
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Basil Lazarus III was the Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1709 until his death in 1713.
Biography
Iyawannis Lazarus was ordained bishop of Mansuriyya by Patriarch Ignatius Abdulmasih I in 1684, in which year he later also attended the consecration of the Holy Chrism at the Church of the Forty Martyrs at Mardin.{{sfnp|Barsoum|2009|p=17}} In 1709, Lazarus was ordained as Maphrian of the East by Patriarch Ignatius Isaac II, upon which he assumed the name Basil.{{sfnp|Barsoum|2009|p=17}} Lazarus served as Maphrian of the East until his death in mid-1713.{{sfnp|Barsoum|2009|p=17}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first=Aphrem|date=2009|title=History of the Syriac Dioceses|volume=1|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I|url=https://archive.org/details/history-of-syriac-dioceses.-aphrem-barsoum|access-date=26 June 2021}}
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before=Basil Isaac|
title=Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East|
years=1709–1713|
after=Basil Matthew II}}
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