Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (also Simon XVII Abraham or Auraham, 1800/01– 1861) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from c. 1820 to 1861.

He led the church from Qodshanis, (modern Konak, Hakkari) in southeastern Turkey, and tried to maintain good relations with local Ottoman authorities. In 1843, he was faced with renewed hostilities from Kurdish warlords, who attacked many Christian villages and killed 10,000 men, taking away women and children as captives, and forcing Patriarch to take refuge in Mosul. He is buried in the Church of Mar Shalita in Turkey.

Shimun XVII Abraham

See also

List of Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East

References

Sources

External links

Official site of the Assyrian Church of the East

1861 deaths

Catholicos Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire

19th-century bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East

Year of birth uncertain

Shimun XVII Abraham