Flavianus Michael Malke

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Eastern Catholic Church
Title as SaintBlessed
Beatified29 August 2015
Harissa, Lebanon
by Cardinal Angelo Amato
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Patronage

Flavianos Michael Malke (

Assyrian/Syriac Genocide after he refused to convert to Islam
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On 8 August 2015, Pope Francis approved his beatification after he determined that Malke was killed in hatred of the faith.[1] He was beatified on 29 August 2015, the centenary of his martyrdom.[3]

Biography

Malke was born in Kalat’ül Mara, a village to the east of

Saffron Monastery where he studied Aramaic, Arabic and Turkish beside theology. He was consecrated a deacon in 1878 and a secretary of the library and a teacher in the monastery's school.[4]

He leaned towards Eastern Catholicism and subsequently joined the

Hamidian massacres in Diyarbekir Vilayet, during which Father Flavianus' mother and many other members of his parish were murdered.[5]

Over the following years he served as a visiting priest in several sacked and burned villages in Tur Abdin, where he helped with rebuilding efforts. Due to his works, Malke was ordained

Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Gabriel Tappuni in Beirut.[5]

In the summer of 1915, during the height of the

Assyrian/Syriac Genocide and refused to flee despite being advised so by local Turkish and Kurdish Muslim leaders. He was arrested by Ottoman authorities on 28 August 1915, alongside the Chaldean bishop of the city, Philippe-Jacques Abraham. According to Muslim eyewitnesses they were given choice between death or conversion to Islam. Upon their refusal, Bishop Jacques Abraham was immediately shot dead and Bishop Michael Malke was beaten senseless and then beheaded.[5]

Beatification

In 2010, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch launched a request for the beatification of Malke. He was declared Servant of God by the Holy See, which is the first step towards sainthood.[6] [7]

On Sunday, 30 September 2012, a report was submitted to

Syriac Catholic Patriarch for Mar Michael Malke's beatification.[8]

On 8 August 2015, his beatification was approved after Pope Francis determined that Melki was killed In odium fidei ("Out of Hatred of the Catholic Faith").[1] Cardinal Angelo Amato - on behalf of the pope - presided over the beatification in Lebanon on 29 August 2015.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pope approves decree of martyrdom". Vatican Radio. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Bishop Flavien-Michel Malké". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ^ AsiaNews.it. "For pope, the blessed martyr Flavianus Michael Malke can bring "consolation" to persecuted Mideast Christians". asianews.it. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Bakhdida.net" تعيين سيادة المطران مار يوليوس ميخائيل الجميل مدافعا في الفاتيكان في قضية تطويب خادم الله المطران فلابيانوس ميخائيل ملكي (in Arabic). Bakhdida.net. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c كرسي أبرشية ماردين (in Arabic). Archbishopric of Syrian Catholic Church in Aleppo. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  6. ^ "افتتاح التحقيق في دعوى تطويب المطران الشهيد ميخائيل ملكي". Syriac Catholic Patriarchy. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  7. ^ "1915". Hagiography Circle. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  8. ^ "الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية تختتم التحقيق الأبرشي في دعوى تطويب المطران الشهيد مار فلابيانوس ميخائيل ملكي". Syriac Catholic Patriarchy. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

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