Yohannan

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Yohannan
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameSyriac
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Related namesYuhanna (Arabic), Youhannon (Malayalam), Yohanan (Hebrew), John

Yohannan (Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ) is a Syriac name, from the Hebrew name Yohanan, equivalent to English John.

It may refer to:

  • Yohannan the Leper, a.k.a. Yohannan Garba ("the Leper"), originally metropolitan of Nisibis, was anti-patriarch of the Church of the East between 691 and 693
  • Yohannan I, a.k.a. Yohannan I bar Marta, patriarch of the Church of the East between 680 and 683
  • Yohannan II, a.k.a. Yohannan II bar Narsai, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 884 to 891
  • Yohannan III, the nephew of the patriarch Theodosius (853–858), was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 893 to 899
  • Yohannan IV, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 900 to 905
  • Yohannan V, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1000 to 1011
  • Yohannan VI, a.k.a. Yohannan VI bar Nazuk, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1012 to 1016
  • Yohannan VII, a.k.a. Yohannan VII bar Targhal, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1049 to 1057
  • Yohannan VIII Hormizd, a.k.a. John Hormez or Hanna Hormizd, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (d. 1830)
  • Yohannan, Metropolitan of India (c. 1490–1504)
  • K. P. Yohannan (born 1950), founder and president of Gospel for Asia; the Metropolitan of Believers Church
  • T. C. Yohannan (born 1947), Indian long jumper
  • Tim Yohannan (1945–1998), founder of Maximum Rocknroll, a radio show and fanzine documenting punk subculture

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