The Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was an ecclesiastical province of the patriarch of the Church of the East. Its metropolitan see was in Seleucia-Ctesiphon, near Al-Mada’in in modern Iraq
Taq Kasra, Sasanian ruins in Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Arch of Ctesiphon
Yahballaha III
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Yahballaha III, known in earlier years as Rabban Marcos was Patriarch of the East from 1281 to 1317. As patriarch, Yahballaha headed the Church of the East during the severe persecutions under the rei
Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
…was present at the consecration of the patriarch Denha I in 1265. The bishop Sliba-zkha of Beth Daron was present at the consecration of the patriarch Yahballaha III in 1281. The bishop Isaac of Beth Daron was present at the consecration of the patriarch Timothy II in 1318…
A 15th-century miniature depicting Riccoldo da Monte di Croce in the audience before Yahballaha III
Nestorians 1
Rubbing of a Nestorian Cross at the Shih tzu ssu 1