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Sophronius (Greek: Σωφρόνιος; Arabic: صفرونيوس; c. 560 – March 11, 638), called Sophronius the Sophist, [1] was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 until his death. [2] He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Before rising to the primacy of the see of Jerusalem, he was a monk and theologian ...
Jul 12, 2012 · Description. A short biographical sketch of St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem in 634. Larger Work. Crisis Magazine Online. Publisher & Date. Sophia Institute, July 12, 2012
Mar 11, 2017 · Sometime before 594 we find Moschus and Sophronius back in Palestine, where Sophronius is finally tonsured at St. Theodosius Monastery which, to the end of their lives, he and Moschus will regard as their spiritual home, “the monastery of their repentance.”2 vi Continuing their search for edifying examples of spiritual life, they travel freely through the region and Sophronius is mentioned ...
Mar 11, 2024 · After the death of Patriarch Modestus in December of 634, Sophronius was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem. Although no longer in the hands of the Persians, the Holy Land was now besieged by the armies of the newly-appeared religion of Mohammed, which had already taken Bethlehem; in the Saint's sermon for the Nativity of our Lord in 634, he laments that he could not celebrate the feast in Bethlehem.
St. Sophronius. A courageous leader of the Jerusalem Church during the Islamic conquests of the seventh century, Patriarch Saint Sophronius I has his liturgical memorial on March 11. Though he is ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Born in Damascus, Syria, around the year 560, Sophronius came from an esteemed family and received a deep philosophical education. His early devotion to God grew into an inclination toward monastic life, and while still young he entered a monastery in Palestine. He became a friend and student of John Moschus, his fellow monk who would become an ...
Hence the execution of the 10 martyrs of Gaza at Jerusalem on either 6 November or 11 November 639 provides a firm terminus postquam for the death of Abu Ubayda, while the fact that Amr b. al-As dared to execute Sophronius without recourse to his supreme commander reinforces the present dating of the deaths of these martyrs in so far as it suggests that this post was actually vacant at the time.
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