between the Antiochene and the Alexandrian
churches, in which he mentioned that the devout
monk Ya’Kub’l Barade’i was panic-stricken at the
vacancy of several episcopal churches due to the
death of their occupants and the absence of Abba
Theodosius who is empowered to consecrate them.
He appealed to the Empress Theodora who
interceded on behalf of the Orthodox. As a result,
Justinian permitted the elect monks to come to
Constantinople, where he allowed Abba
Theodosius to consecrate them. One of those
consecrated was Paul II, an Egyptian by birth who
was ordained Patriarch of Antioch. It should be
noted, too, that there were four Antiochenes who
became Patriarchs of Alexandria at different times,
having been raised in the Egyptian schools and
monasteries.
- Severus of Ashmunein, II, pp. 468-9.
- One of thirty monasteries which were in the
vicinity of Alexandria, and were destroyed by the
Persians at the beginning of the 7th century.
- Amelineau, p. 28.
- Documents discovered by French archeologists in
Medinet Habu, one of the ancient Egyptian towns
on the west bank of the Nile facing Luxor.
- Drescher. “A Widow’s Petition” in Le Bulletin
d’Archeologie Copte, Tome X (1941) pp. 91-6.
