Tag: assyrian

The Church of the East, by David Bentley Hart

Jan 28, 2011 FIRST THINGS  As you may be aware, several Christian churches in Kirkuk, Mosul, Basra, and Baghdad, as well as throughout the rest of Iraq, cancelled their festivities this past…

Iraq to the Holy See: We Need our Christians

Habbeb Mohammed Hadi Ali Al-Sadr, the Ambassador of Iraq to the Holy See has asked Pope Benedict XVI “to encourage Christians to return to their country with a willing spirit for its…

Pope’s concern over attacks on churches in Iraq

The Vatican Information Service reports, 14th July 2009: Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his concern over last weekend’s attacks on eight Christian churches in Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq, which left four people…

Who are Eastern Catholics? – Part One

Catherine Alexander speaks with Father Maximos of Holy Resurrection Romanian Catholic Monastery in Newberry Springs, CA about Eastern Catholic identity.

Christianity in Iraq Seminar Day VI

The Centre of Eastern and Orthodox Christianity at the School Of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will host its sixth seminar on Saturday April 25th 2009 at the Brunei…

The Church of the East, Christoph Baumer

The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity, Christoph Baumer (I B Tauris – Palgrave Macmillan, pp 328, £25) Three scholars well-known in Eastern Church circles recommend this large…

Lady Surma

Fr John Salter writes: In 1926 Lady Surma d`bait Mar Shimun issued an appeal on behalf of the Assyrian People: We Assyrians are the last survivors of the ancient and once all-powerful…