Monthly Archives: August 2010

Sydney – August 9, 2010. The Assyrian Universal Alliance (A.U.A.) – Australian Chapter has determined that it must continue to do all that it can to make the Assyrian voice be heard by all democratic governments and international organizations. Since 2003, the A.U.A. has…

By: Weekly Staff FAIRFIELD, Australia—A monument commemorating the genocide of 750,000 Assyrians in World War I was unveiled on Saturday, August 7, reported the Assyrian International News Agency. Ankara reacted immediately, accusing Australia of distorting history.…

The Chaldean archbishop asks Muslims that this sacred month be a time of prayer and reconciliation. He calls on Christians to observe the Muslim fast, not to eat in public and to dress modestly. In recent years in Mosul and Baghdad bombings…

As these Iraqi Catholics and their businesses grow in number, the community in and around El Cajon is feeling compelled to counter persistent misconceptions about the culture.…

By Steve Schmidt, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Earnie Grafton / Union-Tribune The Rev. Michael Bazzi, head of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral, talks with new immigrants during a class in the church’s rectory.…

FAIRFIELD, Australia—A monument commemorating the genocide of 750,000 Assyrians in World War One was unveiled on Saturday, August 7, reported the Assyrian International News Agency.…

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 20:59 Felicity Arbuthnot The cover of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra’s book, Princesses’ Street Source: The New Internationalist…

Everyone has a name given to him by God and given to him by his parents…

 This week with deep regret, we announced the passing away of HE Bishop Andreas Abouna, Bishop of the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans. May he rest in peace. Bishop Andreas Abouna was 67 and had suffered from a kidney problem.…

MEHMET HALÄ°S Ä°Åž MARDÄ°N – Radikal A total of 87 Syriac families who returned from living in Europe spent 600,000 Turkish Liras to repair, restore and upgrade two historical churches in Mardin. DHA…

ORAL ÇALIÅžLAR ISTANBUL – Radikal A Syriac Christian in southeast Turkey has run into bureaucratic obstacles in his efforts to start a wine factory that he believes have been put in his way because alcohol is forbidden by Islam.…

BY STACEY VANOSKA THE Assyrian Universal Alliance has asked for respect from the Turkish community in the lead-up to the unveiling of the Assyrian Genocide monument at Edensor Park.…

by Alastair Beach  Teaching Aramaic was discontinued recently in Maloula, but new efforts are being exerted to revive the program In a dimly-lit grotto carved out of a cliff face in the foothills of Syria’s Anti-Lebanon…

President Barack Obama reiterated recently that most U.S. troops will soon be departing Iraq, leaving about 50,000 Americans to help maintain the peace and support the Iraqi army and police force. This is good news for our American servicemen, their families and the nation.…

Noting that “Iraqi Christians continue to be the targets of systematic violence, especially in Mosul and Nineveh,” and that Iraqi Christian communities “face potential extinction,” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is calling upon the US to develop a policy akin to the Marshall Plan to assist Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons.…

Dear All, The Assyrian Universal Alliance-Australian Chapter is pleased to announce that the full coverage of the unveiling of the Assyrian genocide monument on 7th August at 11:00 am, Australia time and the Seminar after ward at 1:30 pm , will be…

 August 7th has been designated as the Memorial Day for Assyrian Martyrs. Throughout history, when an Assyrian man, woman, or child stood up against their oppressors and refused to give up their language, national existence, or religion, our nation as a whole was pulled back one step from the abyss of extinction.…