Posted by Holy Apostolic Catholic
Assyrian Church of the East on Monday, 2 November 2015
Likewise, in the
Assyrian Church of the East regarding the sanctification of the oil of anointing as found in the Ktaba d-takse kumrave, Brock translated this prayer, apparently addressed to God the Father: "...
In 1995, Yaqob founded Marth Maryam Sisters--Missionaries of the Virgin Mary the first order of women religious in the
Assyrian Church of the East in 700 years.
The ensuing large, highly valuable chapter 5, "The Christian East," reaches its climax with the authors marveling at the "mind-boggling" implications "on several levels" of the Vatican's 2001 recognition of the ancient anaphora of Addai and Mari, lacking explicit words of institution, as "a valid prayer of eucharistic consecration," assuring Chaldean Catholics assisting at liturgies of the
Assyrian Church of the East that "they are indeed receiving the body and blood of Christ" (170).
Summary: Of all the Christian communities in Syria, the Assyrians, that is, those Christians who identify as such by virtue of belonging to the
Assyrian Church of the East, arguably have the most complex relationship with the Assad regime.
In its annual report, USCIRF observed: "In 2003, there were thought to be 800,000 to 1.4 million Chaldean Catholics, Assyrian Orthodox,
Assyrian Church of the East members, syrian Orthodox, Armenians (Catholic and Orthodox), Protestants, and Evangelicals in Iraq.
It threatens to reduce further what Arch-Deacon Emanuel Youkhana of the
Assyrian Church of the East called "a community whose roots were in Iraq even before Christ".
According to The Guardian, it threatens to reduce further what Archdeacon Emanuel Youkhana of the
Assyrian Church of the East called "a community whose roots were in Iraq even before Christ."
DUHUK / Aswat al-Iraq: The head of the
Assyrian Church of the East, Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV, accused a group of outlaws of being behind the recent wave of violence and the displacement of Christians in Iraq.
(Editor's note: The Catholic equivalent of the Holy Catholic Apostolic
Assyrian Church of the East, a Nestorian Church, is the Chaldean Church.
Part 1 deals with issues affecting the whole region, while part 2 provides profiles of all the different church families--Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical (Protestant), and
Assyrian Church of the East. Part 3 outlines the situation in each country of the region, describing the composition of Christian communities, the historical background, contemporary circumstances, and interfaith activities.
The
Assyrian Church of the East traces its origins to St Thomas, is called by others "Nestorian", and was once the largest Christian community in the world; the church extended from Cyprus to Mongolia.
The closer relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the
Assyrian Church of the East, for example, led to the Coptic church feeling irritated about the way Rome could still consider itself based on the Vienna christological formula (12) when it reached an agreement with the putative "Nestorians" (13) on the question of Christology at the same time.
The scholarship is to enable an interchange of students between the Oriental Orthodox churches, the
Assyrian Church of the East and the Anglican Church of Canada.
From 1884-19I4, the Church of England maintained a mission created to assist the
Assyrian Church of the East (widely but mistakenly designated Nestorian) then located primarily in the area surrounding Urmia in eastern Turkey and north-western Persia, between Lake Urmia and Lake Van.
