Baselios Yeldo
Saint Baselios Yeldo was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684. He is venerated as a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church and his feast day is 3 October.
Saint Baselios Yeldo | |
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Tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldo. (No picture or icon of the saint presently available) | |
| Maphrian of the East | |
| Born | 1593 Bakhdida, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1685 Kothamangalam |
| Venerated in | Syriac Orthodox Church and Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
| Canonized | 2 November 1947 by Baselios Geevarghese II 20 October 1987 by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas |
| Major shrine | St. Thomas Church, Kothamangalam |
| Feast | 3 October |
Yeldo was proclaimed a saint by Geevarghese II, Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan, on 2 November 1947, and later also by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, on 20 October 1987.
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