Addai II Giwargis
His Holiness Mar Addai II | |
|---|---|
| Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of The East | |
| Native name | ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ ܬܪܝܢܐ |
| Church | Ancient Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ |
| Archdiocese | Patriarchal Archdiocese of Baghdad and Basra |
| See | Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Installed | 20 February 1972 |
| Predecessor | Mar Thoma Darmo (1968-1969) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 February 1972 at (Baghdad, Iraq) |
| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Shlemun Giwargis |
| Born | August 1, 1946 Iraq |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
| Denomination | Ancient Church of the East |
| Residence | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Occupation | Clergy |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Iraq (September 1968) |
Mar Addai II (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ ܬܪܝܢܐ; born Shlemun Giwargis (Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ) on 1 August 1946[a] in Iraq) is the incumbent Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East. He resides in the Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Baghdad, Iraq.[1]
Tenure as Catholicos-Patriarch[]
In December 1969, as Acting Patriarch, Mar Addai II elevated Mar Narsai Toma to Metropolitan of Kirkuk and Mar Toma Eramia as Metropolitan of Mosul and Northern Iraq. He was officially elected to the position of Catholicos-Patriarch in February 1970, several months after the death of Mar Thoma Darmo. Two years later, on 20 February 1972, he was consecrated as Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East by Mar Narsai and Mar Toma. The ordination took place at St. Zaia Cathedral in Iraq.[2]
Advocacy for the rights of Christians in Iraq[]
On Sunday, 24 September 2006, St. Mary's Cathedral, the home of Mar Addai II, was bombed. The cathedral, located in the Riyadh district of Baghdad, experienced dual bombings: A small improvised explosive device preceded a car detonation setting off a large number of explosives. The bombings occurred within minutes of each other. The bombing was carefully timed to occur just as parishioners exited the church following Sunday morning services. Two civilians were killed in the attacks, in addition to the twenty that sustained injuries.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Some sources cite 1948.
References[]
- ^ "St. Mary's Cathedral, the home of His Holiness Mar Addai II, Patriarch of The Ancient Church of the East, was bombed Sunday morning". Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ History of Eastern Christianity (Malayalam) by Dr. Mar Aphrem Metropolitan. The Theological Literature Council, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
- ^ Church Bombings in Iraq
Sources[]
- Baum, Wilhelm; Winkler, Dietmar W. (2003). The Church of the East: A Concise History. London-New York: Routledge-Curzon.
- Baumer, Christoph (2006). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London-New York: Tauris.
- Mooken, Aprem (1974). Mar Thoma Darmo: A Biography. Trichur: Mar Narsai Press.
- Mooken, Aprem (2003). The History of the Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century. Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute.
- Mooken, Aprem (2004). Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV: The Man and His Message. Trichur: Mar Narsai Press.
- Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.
- Coakley, James F. (1996). "The Church of the East since 1914" (PDF). Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 78 (3): 179–198.
- Patriarchs of the East
- 1940s births
- Living people
- People from Baghdad
- Iraqi archbishops
- Ancient Church of the East