St Isaac the Syrian in the Chaldean and Syro-Malabar Churches?

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Is there great devotion to St Isaac the Syrian the Chaldean and Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches?
 
Is there great devotion to St Isaac the Syrian the Chaldean and Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches?
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AnthonyJ,

Yes, he is one of the great spiritual writers of the Assyrian-Chaldean tradition. We generally don’t refer to him as St. Isaac the Syrian though, instead, we call him St. Isaac of Nineveh.

God bless,

Rony
 
ronyodish said:
AnthonyJ,

Yes, he is one of the great spiritual writers of the Assyrian-Chaldean tradition. We generally don’t refer to him as St. Isaac the Syrian though, instead, we call him St. Isaac of Nineveh.

God bless,

Rony
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May I add that many (if not most) in the West Syrian tradition also designate him as “of Nineveh”.
 
shlomo3amrooh said:
May I add that many (if not most) in the West Syrian tradition also designate him as “of Nineveh”.
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Indeed. I think Syrian is a Greek designation - I always thought it would be strange if we called, for instance, Mor Ephrem Suryoyo in Suryoyo :p.
 
shlomo3amrooh said:
May I add that many (if not most) in the West Syrian tradition also designate him as “of Nineveh”.
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Two questions: would you say that he is as big in the West Syrian churches as in the East Syrian churches?

Also, is there a good, brief, resource about him? (I’m pretty ignorant of him.)
 
Peter_J said:
Two questions: would you say that he is as big in the West Syrian churches as in the East Syrian churches?

Also, is there a good, brief, resource about him? (I’m pretty ignorant of him.)
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I’m very much a big believer that Syriac tradition epitomizes lex orandi, lex credendi - if you have any spare time, Peter, try to read his work on asceticism or any of his homilies. I, unfortunately, don’t have an off-hand source to give you that is from a completely biased Byzantine perspective. The barebones of his hagiography is that he was a monk who sought internal silence and reflection to be with God, was unwillingly elected a bishop and ran away a few days after his enthronement to a monastery.
 
From my knowledge, I don’t think we have great devotion to this Saint in the Syro Malabar Church. There are six fervently venerated saint in the Syro Malabar Church, Mar Thoma, Martha Mariam, Mar Astapanos, Mar Geevarghese, Mar Kuriakose, and Martha Alphonsa.
 
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