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MOR DIOSCOROS LUKA SHA`YA, the former Archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Archbishopric of Mor Mattai Dayro in Iraq (Bartellah, Ninawa), entered into eternal rest on the evening of 22 September 2006 at the Aleppo archdiocesan headquarters in Syria. His body was later brought to his native place at Bartleh in Iraq and the burial services was held at the church of St. Shmouney there. On 25th September the mortal remains of the late Metropolitan was entombed at Mor Mattai Dayro near Mosul, where he served as the Archbishop for a quarter of a century.
Mor Dioscoros was born in Bartleh, Iraq on 10 February 1929 as the son of Zora Sha`ya. His early studies were at the schools in Bartleh and Mosul. On 15 September 1948, he became a Monk along with Moussa Salama (late Archbishop Mor Chrisostomos Moussa Salama) during his studies at the Syrian Orthodox Seminary. Three years later he received his diploma in Philosophy, Theology and Nomocanon from the seminary. On 29th June 1955 he was ordained a Priest. In 1961 he was appointed as a teacher of the St. Ephraim Seminary in Zahle, Lebanon.
The Metropolitan ordination of Mor Dioscoros Luka
Sha`ya was on December 1, 1963. The
Patriarch Moran
Mor Ignatius Ya`qub III
who consecrated His Excellency later appointed him as the Patriarchal Vicar in
Damascus. During this period he served the Beirut Archdiocese also for a while.
In 1966 he was appointed as the
Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Holy land.
In 1980 the Holy synod
appointed His Excellency as the head of the
Archdiocese of
Mor Mattai
Dayro (St.
Matthew Monastery)
in Iraq. After serving the
archdiocese for about 25 years, in July 2005, H.E.
relinquished the administrative charges and was having a retired
life since then.
The brochure compiled
by V. Rev. Fr. Boutros Touma Issa in honour of his cousin, the Blessed H.E. Mor
Dioscoros Luka Sha'aia,
who departed this earthly life on Friday 22nd of September 2006
http://syrianchurch.org/pdf/Brochure_HE_LUKA.pdf
Photos of the funeral of the late Metropolitan (25-Sep-2006)
http://www.soku.org/images/MorDioscorosLuka06/MorDioscorosLuka/index.html
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(Source: Photo Gallery by Stefan Aydin for http://Soku.org & Aleppo Archdiocese)
