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Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydın (; born Edip Aydın (); on June 10, 1971 near Nusaybin (Nisibis), Turkey), is the Metropolitan and Patriarchal Vicar for the Archdiocese of the Netherlands of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Metropolitan Seat is located at St. Ephrem the Syrian Monastery in Glane/Losser, the Netherlands. ==Early life and studies== Edip Aydın, firstborn son of Shem'un and Nisani Aydın, was born in the village of Gündükşükrü (), in the vicinity of Nusaybin (Nisibis), the town of St. Ephrem the Syrian, in the region of Tur 'Abdin, southeastern Anatolia, Turkey on June 10, 1971. In 1982, after completing his elementary education in the village, Aydın entered the Seminary of Mor Gabriel Monastery, located near Midyat, Turkey, where he received training in both Syriac language and literature as well as in traditional Syriac theology and liturgy. Following his secondary education in Turkey, Aydın earned a degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1995 at Heythrop College, University of London, United Kingdom. Next, he spent a year at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom as a Visiting Student, following a Master of Syriac Studies (M.St.) under the supervision of Dr. Sebastian Brock. In May 2000 he was awarded the degree of Master of Divinity at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York, United States. The title of his thesis is: ''The History of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch in North America: Challenges and Opportunities''. On May 21, 2011 Aydın was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, in the field of Early Church History and Ecumenics under the supervision of Professor Kathleen McVey. The title of his dissertation is: ''Comparing the Syriac Order of Monastic Profession'' () ''with the Order of Baptism'' () ''both in External Structure and in Theological Themes''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polycarpus Augin Aydin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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