Monthly Archives: July 2010

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation” ((Isaiah 52:7).…

An Iraqi Christian businessman was abducted outside his office in Kirkuk on July 29, in the latest of a series of targeted attacks on the country’s religious minority.…

A 50-year-old man was taken last night from his office. Crime is up in the city because of the power vacuum in the country. For the past four months, politicians have failed to form a government. For Christians, it is a time of martyrdom.…

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç was seen he came together with religious leaders of minority groups in a breakfast in March. As the nation prepares to vote for a constitutional amendment package in a…

BAGHDAD, Iraq, JULY 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad died today in Erbil. He was 67 and suffering from kidney failure. Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, archbishop of Baghdad, presided today at the funeral in Ankawa.…

Erbil, Iraq, Jul 27, 2010 / 01:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Auxiliary Bishop Andraos Abouna of Baghdad died Tuesday morning in a hospital in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish northern Iraq. The bishop was 67 years old and had suffered from kidney problems.…

Ankawa.com – Exclusive The Patriarch deputy for pastoral affairs, the bishop Andrawes Abona, passed away to heaven today, the 27th of July 2010, in Ankawa while he was in hospital for treatment.…

With deep regret, we announce the passing away of Bishop Andreas Abouna, Bishop of the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans. May he rest in peace.…

By: John Pontifex Tributes have been paid to Bishop Andreas Abouna of Iraq who died today (Tuesday, 27 July) after a lifetime of a ministry to a Church beset by war, oppression and increasing hardship. Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Abouna of Baghdad died in hospital this…

By John Pontifex TRIBUTES have been paid to Bishop Andreas Abouna of Iraq who died on Tuesday 27th of July after a lifetime of a ministry to a Church beset by war, oppression and increasing hardship.…

BY GEORGEA KOVANIS FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Professional matchmaker Theresa Sitto is outgoing, encouraging, earnest and honest. Which means she isn’t afraid to tell her clients to cut or — as she did in the case of a blond woman whose brown roots were showing — color their hair.…

 When Iraq’s new ambassador to the Holy See presented his credentials to the Holy See recently, Pope Benedict XVI stated unequivocally that the Church there was engaged in a struggle for its very survival. At the meeting in July 2010 with Habeeb…

KATE SEELYE (correspondent): In a church in the Iraqi village of Qaraqosh, a priest prepares for a communal baptism. With a splash of water, he welcomes these infants into the Christian faith.…

The Rev Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, gave the following address in the NSW Parliament. “I am very pleased to announce that the third phase of the Assyrian Universal…

Chicago ~ Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Chicago welcomed Sabri Atman from the Seyfo Center for Assyrian Genocide in a lecture and dinner gala hosted by the Assyrian National Council of Illinois.…

 According to Mr. Hermiz Shahen, the Regional Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance in Australia and New Zealand, the date of the unveiling will be on the seventh of August 2010 at 11:00 am at Bonnyrigg Park where the statue is erected. This…

Ankawa.com – Syria – Exclusive The Assyrian Democratic Organization condemned the behavior of the patrolling Syrian security services for the cessation ceremony organized by the Organization on the occasion of its founding anniversary.…

On July 15, 1957, the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) was established in the city of Qamishly, Syria. For years, the Assyrian Democratic Organization has been holding an event on the fifteenth of July of every year to celebrate its anniversary.…

Dear Mr Shahen I am writing in relation to our recent correspondence and conversations regarding the plight of Assyrian refugees who have fled the turmoil of Iraq.…

Mehmet Ali Bulun MARDÄ°N – RADÄ°KAL Police have started an investigation after a suspected group of people defaced the façade of the 1,700-year-old Mor Jacob Syriac Orthodox Church in Nusaybin, in the southeastern province of Mardin, with pro-Islamic slogans.…