Church of the East
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ClaudetteChurch of the East and Old Church of Syria Reportedly to Meet in Chicago, Illinois, on Unity
The cause of unity among the Eastern Churches returned to public attention in April 2022, according to a report published on April 20, 2022, by the Arabic-language SyriacPress....
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako Retires as War Spreads in Region
Louis Sako, the Chaldean Catholic patriarch, retired on Tuesday, setting the stage for new leadership of one of the most important Christian churches in the Middle East. The...
Syro-Malabar priests and religious begin mission serving Chaldean Christians in Iraq
Priests and religious of the Syro-Malabar Church from India have arrived in Iraq and have already begun serving dioceses and communities of the Chaldean Church, according to the...
Barzani Meets Church of the East Patriarch Mar Awa III in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, on Situation of Christians
Sa’id Barzani met with Patriarch Mar Awa III, the Patriarch of the Church of the East, in Arbil on May 13, 2025, according to a report from Kordistan...
Chaldean Catholics in Val d’Oise, France, Gain Priest for Traditional Rite After Ordination
On July 2, 2016, Abbé Daniel Sabur was ordained at Saint Nicholas of the Chardonnet in Paris by Bishop de Galarreta. The source, a French traditionalist Catholic publication,...
Church of the East official calls for release of all detainees from Khabour region
Mar Meles Zia, identified in the statement as Patriarchal Under-Secretary General of the Church of the East under Mar Dunkha IV and as Archbishop of the Church’s communities...
Pope Francis and Assyrian Church of the East Patriarch Mar Gewargis III Pledge Joint Commitment to Persecuted Christians in Middle East
Pope Francis received Patriarch Mar Cuerkis III of the Church of the East at the Holy See this morning. According to the Vatican News report, the Pope first...
Chaldean Catholic Church in Lebanon Marks 150 Years of Presence Amid Displacement and Identity Challenges
The Chaldean Church has elected a new patriarch at a time when, according to the source, the community faces displacement, immigration and questions of identity. The source describes...
Chaldean Catholic and Assyrian Church of the East: Who Are the Chaldeans?
The Chaldean Church had nearly one million faithful, according to the source, and fewer than half of them lived in Iraq, where Pope Francis visited in March 2021....
