Faithful

Do not permit the evils of this world to overcome you, for the Father provides all things necessary to those who are faithful to overcome the evil itself and the Father will not permit you to undergo any trial that is too much for you to bear in your soul.

If you die and are found faithful observing God's Word, when the enemy destroys your body, you will walk with Mshikha who will be seated at the right hand of the Father. For you have already perceived this:

I am the Way and the Truth and the Light. If any man does not walk in the Way and in the Truth, he shall not see the Light.

Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundations of the

The Patriarchal Lineage of the Assembly of Jerusalem

• 33 Mar Keifa, Mar Ya'aqub, and Mar Thoma
• 33 Bar Tulmay
• 33 - 45 Mar Addai
• 45 - 81 Agai
• 48 - 81 Mari
• 90 - 107 Abris, relative of the Virgin Marta Miriam
• 130 - 152 Oraham I (Believers were expelled from Jerusalem in 135 C.E.)
• 172 - 190 Yacob I, relative of Yosip the Carpenter
• 191 - 203 Ebid M'shikha
• 203 - 227 Yusef I (Dual Patriarchate)
• 223 - 225 Yusef II (Holy See of Jerusalem in Exile officially re-established in Burma in 223 C.E.)
• 225 - 268 Thoma Yusef
• 268 - 281 Yosip Petros (Yosip I)
• 281 - 312 Yosip II
• 312 - 352 Yosip III
• 353 - 354 Yosip IV
• 354 - 371 Yosip V
• 371 - 380 Awraham d'Urushalim
• 380 - 397 Bar Thom
• 397 - 411 Barthom II
• 411 - 446 Barthom III
• 446 - 465 Emmanuel I
• 465 - 469 Emmanuel II
• 469 - 509 Ishaya
• 509 - 509 Marcus
• 509 - 517 Marcus II
• 517 - 539 Timotheus
• 539 - 541 Timotheus II
• 541 - 570 Timotheus III
• 570 - 579 Timotheus IV
• 579 - 580 Timotheus V
• 580 - 598 Timotheus VI
• 598 - 612 Timotheus VII
• 612 - 619 Timotheus VIII
• 619 - 635 Timotheus IX
• 635 - 649 Timotheus X
• 649 - 677 Timotheus XI
• 677 - 696 Timotheus XII
• 696 - 701 Timotheus XIII (martyred)
• 701 - 763 Yusef bar Paulos
• 763 - 801 Marcus
• 801 - 812 Mag d'Edta
• 812 - 817 Ishai I
• 817 - 834 Ishai II
• 834 - 853 Thoma bar Shimun I
• 853 - 884 Thoma bar Shimun II
• 884 - 890 Thoma bar Shimun III
• 890 to 1505 C.E. the Assembly is governed by the Beit Knushta
• 1505 - 1513 Ishayu • 1513 - 1522 Kushana d'Urushalim (also known as "Kushana I")
• 1522 - 1537 Kushana II (martyred - murdered by Muslims)
• 1538 - 1581 (The Assembly is governed by a council of Bishops known as the Beit Knushta in exile due to mass murders by Muslims)
• 1582 - 1616 Marcus Alfar Yaza
• 1616 - 1638 Yaakub Yaza (also known as "Yaza I"; each patriarch took the name "Yaza" after this episcopal consecration however none were father and son relationship - only uncles and nephews; re-established the Israelite bloodline of the Patriarchs by marring into the Shemishqo/Desposyni family)
• 1638 - 1651 Yaza II
• 1651 - 1675 Yaza III
• 1675 - 1716 Timotheus Yaza (also known as "Yaza IV")
• 1716 - 1719 (The Assembly is governed by the Beit Knushta)
• 1719 - 1757 Thoma Yaza V
• 1757 - 1785 Shimun Yaza VI (the Patriarch was moved from village to village during his episcopal duties due to political uprisings and was martyred by political thugs)
• 1785 - 1802 (The Assembly is governed by a council of Bishops)
• 1802 - 1811 Shimun Yaza VII
• 1811 - 1838 Yaza VIII
• 1838 - 1878 Ishraya Yaza IX
• 1878 - 1900 Thoma Yaza X
• 1900 - 1901 Yusef Yazdin Yaza XI
• 1901 - 1919 Dalin I (Portuguese Indian descent, married into the Shemishqo/Desposyni family)
• 1919 - 1926 Dalin II (Patriarchal offices established in Kerala State, India)
• 1926 - 1991 Thoma Yokhanan Dalin III (Patriarchate transferred to Portugal)
• 1991 - 2008 +Mar Michai
• Current Patriarch: H.H. +Mar David

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