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The Holy Apostolic and Catholic Assyrian Church of the East under His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle.
It sometimes calls itself the Assyrian Orthodox Church, but should not be confused with the distinct Syriac Orthodox Church, which is an Oriental Orthodox body. In India, it is known as the Chaldean Syrian Church. In the West it is often known, inaccurately, as the Nestorian Church. The Assyrian Church of the East is known by historians and scholars, also proclaimed by the Pope John Paul II as “The martyrs’ church”. Because, no church has suffered as much martyrdom for Christianity as the Assyrian Church of the East has.
The Assyrian Church is the original Christian church in what was once Parthia; western Iraq and Iran. Geographically it stretched in the medieval period to China and India: a monument found in Xi'an (Hsi-an), the Tang-period capital of China (originally Chang'an), in Chinese and Syriac described the activities of the church in the 7th and 8th century, while half a millennium later a Chinese monk went from Beijing to Paris and Rome to call for a crusade with the Mongols against the Mamelukes. Prior to the Portuguese arrival in India in 1498, it provided "East Syrian" bishops to the Saint Thomas Christians. Patriarch Timothy I (727-823) wrote of the large Christian community in Tibet.
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Assyrian Church of the East - A history, and a description of the modern church; from Wikipedia.
Assyrian Church of the East News - The official news service of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
Bar Sauma's Pilgrimage - An account (translated) of the attempt by a member of the Church of the East to make a pilgrimage from northern China to Jerusalem in the thirteenth century.
Church Of the East - India - Also known as the Chaldean Syrian Church. Church history, statistics, and a church directory.
Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East - Discusses the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, and establishes a committee to develop dialogue to overcome obstacles to full communion.
East Asian History Sourcebook: Ch'ing-Tsing: Nestorian Tablet - A description and translation of a tablet Eulogizing the Propagation of the Illustrious Religion in China. Composed by a priest of the Syriac Church in 781 AD.
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East Diocese of Australia and New Zealand - Official site. Includes church ministries, projects, and news.
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Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East: The E-messenger - Published by the commission on inter-church relations and education development.
Nestorian.org - An unofficial history of the Assyrian Church of the East, and the development of churches often described as Nestorian.
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Selections from the Assyrian Liturgy - The main parts of the liturgy translated from classical Aramiac.
St. Mary's Parish - Tarzana, California. Information about the church ministries and articles about the faith.
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Syriac Christianity in Central Asia - A paper on the history and development of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in Central Asia; also includes other historical resources and links.
The Assyrian Church of the East - An account of the history and current organization of the Chaldean Syrian Church of the East (as the Assyrian Church of the East is known in India).
The Church of the East - Article on the history of the Church of the East (commonly known as the Nestorian church), its missionary activities, expansion and decline.
The Da Qin Project: Early Christianity in China - A paper presented to the Asia Society on the Church of the East in China; includes a brief history, description of some of the archaeological remains, and an appreciation of the church's impact.
The Martyr Mar Binyamin Shamaon - An account of the Patriarchate of the Church, with particular focus on the life and assassination of Patriarch Mar Binyamin in 1918, and the effects on the Assyrian community of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Question of Communion - A short paper by Bishop Bawai Soro, of the Assyrian Church of the East, exploring the development of discussions on communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
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