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Born in Damascus, St. Sophronius
was a monk in Egypt who immi-
grated to Jerusalem in 619 where he
resided in the Theodosius Monas-
tery. In 633 Sophronius went to Al-
exandria to combat the religious
doctrine of that city's Patriarch, and
also to Constantinople on a similar
mission. Upon returning to Jerusa-
lem, he was declared Patriarch, a ti-
tle which he held from 634-638.
During this time he published the
most famous of his many writings,
the "Synodical Letter" addressing
the two natures in Christ. His
Christmas sermon of 634 indicates
that Bethlehem was already in the
hands of the Moslems at that time.
Sophronius died one year following
the surrender of Jerusalem to the
caliph 'Omar.