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Assyrian Organizations Must Support Assyrian Artists. (AINA) -- The Assyrian Arts Institute (AAI) is an organization founded by Nora Betyousef Lacey in 2017 and claims to support Assyrian arts. AAI has sponsored a few events since its founding, including an Assyrian women's choir.
History Students Create Assyrian Exhibit for Cultural Heritage …
1 day ago · Two University of Dayton students created a digital exhibit about notable 20th century Assyrian women this summer for the Syriac Heritage Museum in Iraq. The exhibit by Charlotte Capuano and Erin Pinto led one of the featured women's families to share previously unseen photos and documents with the museum for digitization.
Assyrian Archbishop Voices Hope for Peace Under Trump
2 days ago · Posted 2024-11-12 01:50 GMT. Trump Iraq Syria Genocide Relief Act President Donald J. Trump is joined by legislators and Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil-Kurdistan, Iraq, left, as he signs H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018 on Dec. 11, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House. ( Shealah Craighead)
Elections Don't Change Everything
4 days ago · Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, on Nov. 9, 2024. (Vatican Media) Elections, such as the recent contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the United States, often promote a strongly absolutist psychology about the consequences of selecting one leader over another: In one direction, to hear commentators and partisans tell it, lies ...
Honouring Persecuted Middle East Christians, Pope Adds Assyrian …
5 days ago · Posted 2024-11-09 16:38 GMT. The Holy Father announced on Saturday that St. Isaac of Nineveh, a seventh-century Assyrian bishop venerated across Christian traditions, will be added to the Roman Martyrology. The pope made the announcement on the occasion of a Vatican meeting with Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
Pope and Assyrian Patriarch Mark 30th Anniversary of Common …
6 days ago · It was 11 November 1994, when Pope St. John Paul II and the then-Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, signed the Common Christological Declaration, which marked, as the text states, "a basic step on the way towards the full communion" between the Catholic Church and the Church of the East. The ...
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of …
3 days ago · The Sui Dynasty's rule came to an end with the revolt against the emperor Yangdi (604-617) because of his unpopular and unsuccessful wars against Korea. General Li Yuan, who led the revolt, took the throne and ruled by the name of Emperor Gaozu (618-626). With his rule, the Tang Era began. During the reigns of his successors, Taizong (626-649 ...
Cylinder Seals: Symbols of Ancient Power
Oct 6, 2024 · This is the first article in a three-part series which will examine cylinder seals from each of the empires to investigate the borrowing, imitation, and consumption of iconography during a period of cultural exchange and conquest. This analysis of cylinder seal iconography will focus on three specific symbols: winged disks, fish, and crescents.
Turkey's AK Party Strengthens Ties With Assyrian Community in …
Oct 4, 2024 · Turkish and Swedish officials give speeches during the roundtable session at St. Aphrem Church in Södertälje, Sweden, Oct. 3, 2024. (AA) Türkiye's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is closely addressing all issues concerning Syriacs in the country, the vice president of the World Syriac Union said Wednesday.Süleyman Akgüç, along with AK Party Foreign Affairs Vice ...
About AINA - Assyrian International News Agency
About AINA. AINA was founded in 1995 by Firas Jatou and Peter BetBasoo. Initially it was a consulting agency specialzing in political analysis and commentatory on the affairs of the Middle East, as well as providing translation services for Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Assyrian. AINA advertised in 1995 and 1996 in the Yearbook of ...