By Panagiotis Diamadis
The Armenian, Assyrian and Hellenic communities once again joined their voices to demand Federal parliamentary recognition of the genocides of their ancestors on Sunday, 21 April 2024. The March for Justice from Martin Place to St Andrew's Square (beside Sydney Town Hall) attracted many hundreds of Australians of diverse backgrounds in passionate support of this just cause.
Opening the Snapchat app in this third-floor museum gallery summons a moment of unexpected magic. Soldiers, carved on replicas of panels that once decorated the walls of ancient Assyrian palaces, come to life and send a volley of arrows to rain on their enemies. Royal attendants lead horses by richly colored bridles.
Sydney (Reuters) -- Social media platform X said on Saturday it would challenge in court an order from an Australian regulator demanding the company remove some posts related to the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney. Police charged a boy, 16, with a terrorism offence on Thursday for the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a church in the New South Wales capital on Monday.
Spend a few minutes talking to Oakland senior Mena Hannakachl and you'll likely walk away impressed with what she's been able to accomplish during her time at OU and what she hopes to accomplish in the future. Hannakachl was recently awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Meritorious Achievement Award and will speak at commencement.
By Zoe Romanowsky
When the altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chaldean Catholic Church was consecrated earlier this month in Mosul, Iraq, a former parishioner now living in the United States said she was moved to tears.
By Abigail Frymann Rouch
A new church complex has been built near the ancient city of Ur, in Iraq, in an effort to draw attention to the long history of the country's beleaguered Christian community. The building of the church has been spearheaded by a Chaldean Catholic engineer who was inspired by the words of Pope Francis in an address to faith leaders at Ur, the site believed to be the birthplace of Abraham.
By Renju Jose
SYDNEY (Reuters) -- A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police said on Friday, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack.
Sydney (Reuters) -- An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his church said on Thursday he was recovering quickly, and that he had forgiven his attacker as police ramped up investigation into the riots triggered after the bishop's stabbing.
By Tony Ibrahim, Sean Tarek Goodwin, and Maryanne Taouk
For many in Sydney's Assyrian community, the images of violence at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Monday evening brought flashbacks of war. Jacqueline Georges arrived in Australia in 1984, fleeing Iraq. Monday night's attack has shaken her. "We felt devastated, shocked and violated," she said. "We left our countries because of these things.
By Simon Atkinson
(BBC) -- Australian police have declared Monday's stabbing at a church in Sydney a "terrorist act". A 15-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop and several churchgoers were stabbed during the sermon. The incident happened in the evening at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley. At least four people were stabbed but police say none of their injuries were life-threatening.
Fairfield (AINA) -- Assyrian Bishop Mari Emmanuel of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney was stabbed while live-streaming his sermon. Video shows the yet attacker stabbing the bishop multiple times before he is subdued by parishioners. Screams are heard from the parishioners as the attack unfolds. Another video posted on X shows the Bishop on a stretcher being wheeled to an ambulance.
The plight of Mosul's Christian community has largely gone unnoticed for two decades. Since the city fell under the control of ISIS (also referred to as ISIL) in 2014, it has been a staging ground for bombings of churches. Armed groups have killed, blackmailed, and abducted numerous Christians there -- both clergy and laypeople -- since 2003.