United States and Canada, recorded the Beth Gazo according to the School of Mardin. This recording serves as the authoritative reference to the musical tradition of the School of Mardin. Patriarch Yaʿqub is remembered for his spiritually uplifting celebration of the liturgy. He encouraged many to accept the simple way of life. After he consecrated sacred myron in the Mor Gabriel monastery in 1964, myron flowed from the glass container the following day and people were healed by it. Death Patriarch Yaʿqub died on June 26, 1980, and was buried in Saint George's Patriarchal Cathedral, Damascus, Syria. See also Syriac Orthodox Church List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch - list from 1783 Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Ignatius Zakka I Iwas Ignatius Afram I Barsoum Ignatius Elias III References External links Biography from Margonitho: Syriac Orthodox Resources Syriac Orthodox Church 1913 births 1980 deaths Syrian Oriental Orthodox Christians Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch Syriac writers Syrian archbishops 20th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire Iraqi Assyrian people