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Metropolitan '''Jacob Baradaeus''' of Edessa is a father and [[saint ]] of the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] and the [[Church of India|Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]. He is widely recognized for his labors to save the movement in Syria and Mesopotamia opposed to the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] from dying out under the persecution of the East Roman emperors. Jacob Baradaeus is commemorated on [[July 29]] and [[November 28]] by the Syriac and Malankara Orthodox Churches.
==Life==
There came a time during the persecutions that followed Chalcedon in the mid-500s that the Syriac Orthodox Church only had three metropolitans left throughout its territory, the rest having been driven into exile or martyred [[martyr]]ed by the East Romans. Seeing this St. Jacob traveled to Constantinople in 528, being received there by St. [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|Theodora]], wife of the Emperor [[Justinian]] and daughter of a Syriac Orthodox [[priest ]] from Mabug. After sojourning for a number of years at a [[monastery ]] in Constantinople, St. Jacob was consecrated Metropolitan of Edessa in 543 by the deposed Patriarch [[Anthimus I of Constantinople]], the exiled Pope Theodosius of Alexandria, the exiled Metropolitan Constantius of Laodicea, and two other bishops [[bishop]]s imprisoned with Pope Theodosius in the imperial capital.
Following his consecration St. Jacob left Constantinople and began his wide-ranging travels in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Syria. Everywhere he went St. Jacob celebrated the divine services and taught and encouraged the Orthodox faithful who opposed Chalcedon. With the blessing of Pope Theodosius he also helped the remaining free bishops to consecrate new bishops to replace those executed or driven into exile, eventually consecrating some 27 bishops for the Orthodox of the Churches of Alexandria and Antioch. Among these were Patriarch Paul of Antioch, consecrated with Metropolitan Eugene of Seleucia in 550.
St. Jacob continued his missionary labors in 's [[relics]] remained at the East for 35 years until his death in 578 and is remembered to this day for his godliness, asceticism, and piety as well as for the many miracles he worked during his lifetime. His anaphora together with several monastery of his letters and epistles survive to this day, as does his namerepose until 622, after which is often used they were translated to the Phaselita Monastery by Syriac Orthodox Christians to distinguish themselves from other Christian churches, particularly in IndiaMetropolitan Mor Zacchaeus of Tella.
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02282a.htm Jacob Baradaeus] (Catholic Encyclopedia)
*[http://www.syrianchurch.org/bio/styacoubburdono.htm St. Yacoub Burd’ono] (Malankara Syriac Christian Resources)
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