Zoora
Saint Zoora | |
|---|---|
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6th century Amida, modern-day Diyarbakır |
| Denomination | non-Chalcedonian Christianity |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 8 October |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodox Church |
Zoora (Syriac: ܙܥܘܪܐ, Zʿura; Greek Ζωόρας, Zooras), also called Z'ura the Stylite, was a Syrian monk and stylite in the Eastern Roman Empire in the 530s. He was a prominent Miaphysite theologian and a close associate of Severus of Antioch, and is highly venerated within the Syriac Orthodox Church tradition.