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" Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako   1.    Christians in Iraq (as in the whole world) are getting ready these days to celebrate the glorious Pascal – Resurrection, in spite of their suffering and daily grief, due to racism that they have faced and are still facing because the unfairly made …

His Beatitude the Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael Sako participated at the Fifth Annual Sulaimani Forum entitled “Beyond Daesh: Ending the Cycle of Conflicts Toward Durable Solutions”, organized by the American University of Iraq Sulaimani 8-9 March, 2017. The following is the speech of H.B. Dr. Louis R. Sako at the Panel …

Fr. Simon Esshaki As we enter into the season of Lent, it is important for us to understand why we fast so that when we fast during Lent, it is not just something we do that is a habit we’ve done over the past years, and something that we’re going …

Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako As I announced earlier in 2017 the dedication of this year for peace, I would like to call on all daughters and sons of the Chaldean Church every where to devote their lent prayers of this year (26 February – 16 April, 2017) for Iraq, and …

  By Fr. Simon Esshaki Valentine's Day is something so much deeper than what our culture says it is and in the way our culture treats it. People treat Valentine's Day as a holiday to make an excuse to buy their significant other or something or treat their significant other …

  Baghdadhope.Blogspot.com Il 17 febbraio ad Erbil sarà assegnato a Patriarca della Chiesa Caldea, Mar Louis Raphael I Sako,  il premio intitolato al premio Cardinale Franz König. La motivazione del premio è il riconoscimento degli "straordinari meriti del Patriarca nella protezione dei diritti dei cristiani orientali, fedeli testimoni del Vangelo …

Map of Nineveh Plain   The following information provides some details about the liberated towns in Nineveh Plain: Towns liberated by Iraqi forces: Qaraqosh, Karamleis, Bartella and Tilkeif. Towns liberated by Peshmarga forces: Ba’shiqa, Bahzani, Telluskof, Baqofa and Batnaya. According to the census of 1987, Christians in Iraq were 1,264,000; …

Patriarchate Media The goal is to enable all the displaced people to return to their homes. Since June 2014, ISIS has expelled the Christians of Mosul and Nineveh Plain, where they lived for thousands of years. Today, we thank the Iraqi Army and the Peshmarga forces for liberating the area. …

Baghdad 21/1/2017 H.B. The Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael Sako was invited to the conference of Protecting religious freedom with other religious leaders, intellectuals and activists from different civic movement. In his speech he addressed the "Inciting Discourse as a Form of Terrorism" stating the following: Extremism turns out to be a scary …

  The Role of the Priest in a diocese – (1 Peter 5:1) The priests are clearly described as having the role of a pastor and teacher: “So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder… Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint …