His
Holiness Mar Dinkha IV Visits Iraq
His Holiness Mar Dinkha
IV, the Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian
Church of the East, accompanied by His Beatitude Mar Narsai
Debaz, His Beatitude Mar Gewargis Slewa, His Grace
Mar Emanuel and His Grace Mar Aprim Nathniel, arrived on
Sunday 17 September, 2006 at Ankawa, on an official
visit to Kurdistan region to open new churches and other
religious projects.
His Holiness was received
at Mar Eliya Church by Mr Sadad Barzani , brother of the
President of Kurdistan Region Mr Masoud Barzani;
Mr Sargis Aghagan, Deputy Prime Minister and other ministers,
Arbil Governor and Mar Raban, the Chaldean Archbishop of
Ankawa.
Warm welcoming speeches
were presented by His Grace Mar Iskhaq Yousep, Bishop of
Arbil, Dohuk and Russia, and the Kurdistan Minister for
Religious Affairs.
In addressing the gathering,
His Holiness stressed the importance of developing and
maintaining friendly relationship between all Christians
and their neighbours.
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a video of the Iraq visit.
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the photo gallery of the visit.
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