An Iraqi soldier patrols outside Baghdad’s Anglican ChurchThe entire lay leadership of the Anglican church in Iraq is missing and feared dead after being attacked on a dangerous road west of Baghdad. The five Iraqis were last heard from on 13 September when they reported they had already being …
Read More »Iraq Anglican heads feared dead
An Iraqi soldier patrols outside Baghdad’s Anglican ChurchThe entire lay leadership of the Anglican church in Iraq is missing and feared dead after being attacked on a dangerous road west of Baghdad. The five Iraqis were last heard from on 13 September when they reported they had already being …
Read More »Assyriska rises to Sweden’s promised land
? Assyrian Christians wearing traditional garb in Damascus. Syria is home to about 250,000 Assyrian Christians. Many more live in Iraq, Iran and throughout the world.(REUTERS) Khaled al-Hariri(FIFA.com) 06 Jan 2005They have been called modern day churches, provided a sanctuary for the oppressed and an escape for the masses. But …
Read More »Swedes wooed by migrants’ soccer magic
It has been 2,600 years since the world lived in fear of the mighty kings of Assyria. But that does not stop Melek Bisso from proclaiming the empire’s return as he stands by a rain-sodden football pitch south of Stockholm. ‘Go boys, go. Technique is in your blood,’ shouts the …
Read More »ASSYRISKA – S?dert?lje (Sweden)
DIASPORASSennacherib the invasive wingerS?dert?lje, Sweden, 17 April 2005 | Descendants of some 50,000 Middle Eastern Christians who immigrated after World War II are supplying the Part of the Syriac (Aramaic) Peshitta, an early manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, dating to AD 464. (British Museum) talent and support for Assyriska FF of the …
Read More »“Jag tror att Turkiet kommer att erk?nna folkmorden”
INF?R SEYFOSEMINARIETDen armeniske forskaren Ara Sarafian ?r inbjuden att f?rel?sa under seyfo-seminariet den 24 september. F?r majoriteten av oss ?r han ?nnu en ok?nd figur som kommer p? bes?k. Herr Sarafian har ett imponerande akademiskt f?rflutet med m?nga ?rs studier bakom sig. Han ?r ?ven en flitigt anlitad f?rel?sare i …
Read More »Seminar on Turkish Genocide of Assyrians to Be Held in Stockholm
A seminar on the World War One Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks will be held in Stockholm on September 24. The following is a press release of the Assyrian Youth Federation of Sweden, which is sponsoring the seminar. The Armenian researcher Ara Sarafian is invited to give a …
Read More »Convention 2005: Pictures
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Read More »TILL MINNE AV NAUM FAIK
?V?ra br?ders st?nande och lidande g?r att vi gl?mmer vilan? AV: Chamoun Danho I slutet av 1800-t och i b?rjan av 1900-t framtr?dde flera assyriska stora m?n och deras g?rningar har berikat spr?ket, musiken och andra omr?den. Den mest framtr?dande av dem var Naum Faik (1868-1930) och hans fr?msta uppgift …
Read More »Assyrian College Student Murdered In Mosul
Mosul- ZNDA? She was running errands after leaving the local internet office when Anita Tyadors, 21, an Assyrian college student, was murdered by roaming thugs in the Zohoor region of Mosul, Iraq on August 5, 2005. Ms. Tyadors was targeted by Muslim extremists because she studied and spoke English and …
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