- Saint Theodoret relates that the bones of Saint Jacob were transferred from Nisibis to Edessa following the city's cession to Iran on 22 August 363.
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- It was under the bishopric of St. Jacob that St. Ephrem the Syrian flourished. St. Jacob died peacefully in Nisibis in 338. The Syriac Orthodox Church...
- Saint Jacob of Nisibis, a monk. First bishop of Nisibis, Mesopotamia (current Nusaybin, Turkey) from 309 until his demise. Profound chief of Saint Ephrem of Syria.
- Table of ContentsThe newly excavated Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis.
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- Ephrem of Syria, recognized as a Doctor of the Church by Roman Catholics, Armenians, Syro-Malabar Catholics, and Anglicans, considered Saint Jacob to be his...
- Saint Jacob of Nisibis' relics are in the church he founded in Nisibis. He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 18th day of Month of Tobi...
- He was appointed to bishop of Nisibis with the decision of Episcopal congress, collected in Virgin Mary Church in Diyarbakır, in 309.
- http://syrorthodoxchurch.com/english-Dateien/st_jacob_of_nisibis.html. ... St.Jacob is from Nisibis. He came from the tribe and family of saint James.
- Head reliquary of St. Jacob of Nisibis. Nusaybin is located at the foot of Mount Izla, which is part of Tur Abdin hills. ... Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis.