Ahudemmeh

Ahudemmeh , or Ahudemmeh , or Ahudemeh ( sir. :) - Metropolitan of Tikrit Syro-Yakovite Orthodox Church . (? —575 years)

Ahudummeh was born in the city of Balad in the Sassanian Empire , the city was located near the border with the Byzantine Empire . Ahudemmeha's parents spoke Syriac ; they were neither Monophysites nor pagans . The Life says that “he was the son of unbelievers.” For the Monophysites, the non-believers were Dyophysites : both Orthodox and Nestorians . Below in the Life it is said that Ahudummeh refused to recognize the “two natures after union”. From this it is impossible to draw an unequivocal conclusion about the original religion of Ahudemmeha. The dogma about the presence of two natures of Jesus Christ was adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Antichalkidonites, among them Ahudummekh, accused Byzantine emperors of restoring Nestorianism. Later, after Ahudummekh confessed a single nature after the incarnation of Jesus Christ, as Bar Ebray reports, Ahudummeh received priestly ordination from Burdeana himself. He was then ordained , as reported by Abu-Faraj bin Harun , by Krztapor (Christopher) by an Armenian as bishop , in 559; Baradei, Jacob put Ahudemmeha in the metropolitans of the city ​​of Tikrit . Ahuduemmekh is actively engaged in missionary activities - the conversion to Christianity of Arab tribes who wandered in Mesopotamia . Ahuduemmekh has great difficulty in preaching, he suffers heat and cold, overcomes the language barrier between the Syrian and Arabic languages, constantly moves along the Mesopotamia. Moving from one camp (camp) of the Arab nomads to another, Ahudemmeh preaches, baptizes Arabs, puts priests and deacons for them, arranges churches. For the greater interest of nomadic Arabs to Christianity, Ahudemmeh calls the name of each church the name of the sheikh of their family. Because of this, he was able to interest the top of the sheikhs of the tribal organization of the Arabs; Later, the sheikhs helped the arrangement of churches created by Ahudemmeh. In addition, Ahuduemmeh bought for his money, everything necessary for these churches. Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire Khosrov I Anushirvan is interested in Ahuduemmekh and invites him to the palace for Christian interfaith debates. According to John of Ephesus , one of these disputes between the Nestorians and the Monophysites, in which Ahuduemmekh took an active part, ended with the victory of the Monophysites. Shahanshah allows Jacobites to build their churches and monasteries. Near Tagrit Akhudemmeh two monasteries were built: Ainken and Gaatani (Gatana); near Balad, the Church of St. Sergius was built by Ahuduemmekh. Ahuduemmekh angered the Shahanshah, thanks to the fact that he baptized his son with the name Gevorgis (George). For this act, Metropolitan Ahudummeh and several of his students were captured, they were driven to the capital, and put in prison. Ahuduemmekh suffered for two years in prison, at one time the shahanshah was given permission to allow Christians to go to prison in Ahuduemmekh without hindrance. The Life says that the Arabs, baptized with Ahudummeh, decided to buy it from the Shahanshah. Arab sheikhs promised to give gold in an amount three times the own weight of Ahudummekha; besides, the baptized Arabs were ready, if they demanded the shahanshah, to kill twenty men of them instead of Ahudummeha. But Ahuduemmeh firmly refused such opportunities, believing that the suffering that fell to him should be transferred to him, and that they, the Arabs, would also find support. Ahuduemmeh remained in prison until his death - on August 2, 575. According to one version, his head was cut off; according to another version given in the Life, Ahudemmeh died of starvation and disease in prison. The relics of Ahudemmekha, according to Michael Syrian, were laid in the church of Makhoz.