sophronius in A Sentence

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    where Sophronius invited him to pray inside the church,

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    Ultimately, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Sophronius, agreed to surrender Jerusalem to Caliph Umar in person.

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    When the time for prayer came, Sophronius invited Umar to pray inside the Church, but Umar refused.

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    Having accepted the surrender, Caliph Umar then entered Jerusalem with Sophronius"and courteously discoursed with the patriarch concerning its religious antiquities.

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    It has been recorded in the annals of Muslim chronicles, that at the time of the Zuhr prayers, Sophronius invited Umar to pray in the rebuilt Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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    Although numerous Muslim armies under the command of Khalid ibn al-Walid and Amr ibn al-‘As began to surround the city, Sophronius refused to surrender the city unless Umar came to accept the surrender himself.

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    He then visited the Church of the Resurrection(today better known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre) where Sophronius invited him to pray inside the church, but Omar declined so as not to set a precedent and thereby endanger the church's status as a Christian site.

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