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==Commemoration==St. John of Mardin is commemorated by the Syriac Orthodox Church on July 12. ==External Linklink==
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St. '''John of Mardin''', more commonly known as St. Yuhanon of Mardin, was a [[metropolitan]] of the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] in its upper Mesopotamian heartlands in what today is southeastern Turkey during the twelfth century. St. John of Mardin is commemorated by the Syriac Orthodox Church on [[July 12]].
==Life==
St. John was born Yusuf (Joseph) in the city of Edessa (modern day Urfa). He eventually became a [[monk]] near Edessa and in 1125 was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Mardin, being given the name Yuhanon (John) at his consecration. The [[Saint]] served his [[diocese]] with diligence, renovating Dayro d'Mor Hananyo (the [[see|seat]] of the Syriac Orthodox patriarchate) together with 24 other monasteries and churches. During his episcopacy the monasteries were filled with monks and a council was held under Maphrian Ignatius II of the East to enact additional [[canon]]s for their guidance.
When Edessa was conquered and put to the sword in 1144, St. John wrote a treatise refuting claims that the city's destruction was a divine punishment. He argued instead that the city was destroyed for the obvious reason that it had no army to protect it. The Saint also wrote a treatise on the mystery of the holy [[chrism]] and its making.
Metropolitan Mor Yuhanon died on [[July 12]], 1165 and was [[glorification|glorified]] as a saint by [[Patriarch]] Michael of Antioch.
*[http://www.soc-wus.org/ourchurch/Mor%20Yuhanon%20of%20Mardin.htm Metropolitan Mor Yuhanon of Mardin] (Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Vicariate of the Western United States)
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[[Category:12th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Oriental Orthodox]]
[[Category:Non-Chalcedonian Saints]]
[[Category:Syrian Saints]]
