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Sonia Odisho hit a homerun in this father-daughter “I love you, dad” (????? ???) song, performed in the Assyrian language and recorded with her own father, Mr. Odisho Moshe. This is a song that speaks to every Continue reading
When Sabri asked an Assyrian survivor to speak about seeing his mother raped and his younger brother slaughtered during the homogenize stage of Turkey’s Ottoman genocide that wiped out two-thirds of the Assyrian nation, he said, “For you, it was 100 years ago; for me, it was yesterday night’s dream.” Continue reading
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SENATOR KRISTINA KENEALLY
DEPUTY LABOR LEADER IN THE SENATE
SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES
CHRIS BOWEN MP Continue reading
Sydney – 18 March 2022 The Assyrian National Council of Australia and the Assyrian Australian National Federation (will host this years’ Assyrian New Year Festival on Sunday, 27th March 2022, at Fairfield Showground. The festival will start at 10:00 am and conclude at 10:00 pm. Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas:We must own our possessions without letting them own us. Those who are able to show this boldness and courage, and those who successfully carry this out in their lives achieve the highest rank possible. Accordingly, the more love and goodwill there is, the more life becomes meaningful and fulfilling. Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas:Over there… just over there… far away… there’s a village atop happiness hormone-secreting Turabdin. Though we might never visit it, that village belongs to us… Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas:In Syriac culture, the spiritual rituals performed with music-especially in churches-have a deep, multifaceted philosophy. The main purpose of these rituals of didactic character and educational meaning is to counter and affiliate the pathological problems of the mind with the warmth of the stable and therapeutic thoughts of the Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas :When viewed through a sociological approach, there are many benefits to visiting one’s homeland from abroad. Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas: No entity in nature, whether organic or inorganic, exists solely for its own self. Due to the natural system, everything is interdependent. Just as the sun does not rise for itself, neither does a tree bear fruit for itself. The same goes for us humans. By virtue of mutual need, we must complete and better one another with love and without Continue reading
By Fionn Shiner THE UK office of a leading Catholic charity has sent out a raft of aid programmes in the build-up to Christmas, helping suffering Christians around the globe, from Vietnam to Uganda to Russia. Continue reading
Sydney – 30 November 2021
On Tuesday 30 November 2021, The Assyrian National Council of Australia (ANC) welcomed in their office at Wetherill Park , The Honorable Natalie Ward, MLC, Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans , The Minister was greeted on her Continue reading
A delegation from the General Secretariat of the Middle East Council of Churches visited His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, the new Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenian Catholics at the Patriarchate headquarters in Beirut. The delegation congratulated Minassian on his election as Patriarch and head of the Continue reading
Iraq 07/03/2021
Speech of His Beatitude Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan (Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs) in the great Al-Tahira Syrian-Catholic Church (Church of the Immaculate Conception) during Pope’s visit to Qaraqosh (Baghdeda).
By Fionn Shiner AMID a spiraling economic crisis and an upsurge in violence, a Middle Eastern Patriarch says that if the West fails to help the Christians in Lebanon the community could soon be extinct. Continue reading
Under the patronage and presence of the President of the National Evangelical Union in Lebanon and President of the Council for the Evangelical Family HE Reverend Dr. Habib Badr, the Middle East Council of Churches inaugurated the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 for the first time in the Middle East. An Ecumenical Prayer service Continue reading
Rehman Chishti posing with ACN t-shirt ahead of announcement he will run the London marathon for the charity
By Fionn Shiner A PARLIAMENTARIAN recognised for his commitment to religious freedom is to walk the equivalent of the London Marathon in aid of a Catholic charity– in spite of an injury that at first left him barely able to stand. Continue reading
We , Iraqi Australian doctors, have been privileged to look after your health for many years. Our main goal is to work with and for you. You have for many years entrusted us with your health and listened to our clinical judgment. Now we are asking you again, to trust our judgment about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine to combat this deadly virus. Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas
The historical traces of Syriac culture and its unique structure in the realm of art, crafts, architecture, folklore, economy can be seen in different regions of Turkey such as Antakya, ?skenderun, Adana, Malatya, Urfa, Elaz??, Ad?yaman, Diyarbak?r, Mardin, Van, Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
(Revelation 3:20) Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas :Our lives belong to us as much as they belong to others; our lives belong to this life as much as they belong to another. Helping and supporting one another with unconditional love and for the benefit of the fellow man is imperative for Continue reading
Yusuf Begtas :Beyond known meanings, masks that hide the true nature of one’s self/personality are deceptive intentions/speech/actions and manipulative behavior/roles that conceal sincere emotions and true appearance. In this negative fashion, one experiences a terrifying alienation both towards themselves and those they are in Continue reading