Dear Friends, As many of you know, Seyfo Center has been working diligently and tirelessly towards the international recognition of the Genocide and ethnic cleansing committed against the Assyrians (also known as the Syriacs and Chaldeans), which is still going on. In our attempt to raise awareness for the Assyrian genocide, we have been actively working in several fields: We have a large pool of sources and provides research assistance to scholars, writers, journalists, filmmakers and government agencies. We document …
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The SEYFO Center together with the Assyrian American Association of Southern California will encourage the State of California to become the 3rd state to recognize the Assyrian Genocide in the United State. Indiana Becomes 48th U.S. State to Recognize the Armenian Genocide …
By Sabri Atman When after a long illness, the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I died on March 21, 2014, the Holy Synod elected Mor Ignatius Aphrem II as Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. This was during an uncertain and unstable period in our people’s lives for several reasons. The civil war in Syria was costing the lives of hundreds of thousands and at the same time Iraqi Assyrians and other Christians were facing genocide, and once …
By Ann-Margret “Maggie” Yonan Turlock, Ca. 8/7/2017 On Monday, August 7th, 2017 Assyrians of Stanislaus County with the help of the coordinator, Carmen Mourad held an Assyrian Genocide Remembrance Day at CSU Stanislaus in the Mainstage Theater to commemorate the Assyrian genocide from 1914-1918. The evening started at 6 pm with a reception of Assyrian appetizers in the main lobby, including an art exhibit at the gallery featuring Nahrin Malki, Jelbert Karami, Fadi Khiyo, and Ninos Chammo. The president of the university, …
By Uzay Bulut / On June 23, the Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos reported, Inquiries by the Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation revealed that dozens of churches and monasteries have been transferred to the Treasury first and then allocated to the Presidency for Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet, in Turkish. And the cemeteries have been transferred to the Metropolitan Municipality of Mardin. Kuryakos Ergün, the president of the Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation, told The Philos Project that the decision of allocating the churches and monasteries to the Diyanet …
The Republic of Turkey has recently confiscated Assyrian properties in Tur Abdin. This attempt to confiscate Assyrian properties, including churches, monasteries, and cemeteries, is considered by Assyrians around the world as the last bullets of the Assyrian genocide of 1915. The Turkish state has seized among others below Syriac Orthodox Church and Monasteries in; Hapisnas : Mor Lazar MonasteryMarbobo : Mor Dodo Church Harabale (Arkah) : Mor Malke Monastery Harab-mishke : Mor Aho Church Badibe : Mor Yahkup Monastery Assyrian people are the indigenous people …
I would like to thank the Assyrian Aid Society for inviting me here tonight and for attending. Ladies and gentleman, Three years ago, Assyrians and other Christians living in Mosul, Iraq, were sent a message by the brutal organization, ISIS. The message was; either converts to Islam and pay high taxes or leave. This brutal order was not only limited to Mosul, but also to the Christians living in Syria. As results, thousands of people including men, women, and children …