Basil Lazarus III
# Basil Lazarus III

Basil Lazarus III was the Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East from 1709 until his death in 1713.

## Biography

Iyawannis Lazarus was ordained bishop of Mansuriyya by Patriarch Ignatius Abdulmasih I in 1684, in which year he later also attended the consecration of the Holy Chrism at the Church of the Forty Martyrs at Mardin. In 1709, Lazarus was ordained as Maphrian of the East by Patriarch Ignatius Isaac II, upon which he assumed the name Basil. Lazarus served as Maphrian of the East until his death in mid-1713.

