Saint Zay’ā (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܙܝܐ) was a travelling mystic holy man and healer who made his way from Palestine to the mountains of northern Mesopotamia and Assyria spreading Christianity with his disciple St. Tāwor. The Church of the East honours both St. Zay’ā and St. Tāwor for their missionary efforts in northern Iraq and the region of Upper Dāsen (modern Hakkâri province Turkey) during the late 4th and early 5th centuries.
birth date
--05-26
birth place
Palestine
death date
--01-07
death place
Jilu, Hakkâri, Hakkari
major shrine
Jilu
title
Blessed and Handsome
venerated in
Ancient Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East
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