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Assyrian Church of the East


Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE)
ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ
(Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East)
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Emblem of the Assyrian Church of the East
Founder Traces origins to Thomas the Apostle, Bartholomew the Apostle, Thaddeus of Edessa and Saint Mari.
Independence Apostolic Age
Recognition Council of Ephesus
Primate Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Gewargis III
Headquarters Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq
Territory Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, India, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Georgia, Armenia, Oceania.
Possessions  —
Language Syriac,Aramaic
Members 170,000–500,000
Website Holy Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East Official News Website

The Assyrian Church of the East (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐʻĒdtā d-Madenḥā d-Ātorāyē), officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܫܠܝܚܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ‎, ʻEdtā Qaddīštā wa-Šlīḥāitā Qātolīqī d-Madenḥā d-Ātorāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centred in Assyria, northern Mesopotamia, an area which is today encompassed by northern Iraq, north eastern Syria, south eastern Turkey and north western Iran, and its followers, like its later offshoots the Chaldean Catholic Church and Ancient Church of the East are ethnic Assyrians.

It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon – the Church of the East, and the only one which still adheres to the church of the Easts Christology and Nestorian Doctrine. Unlike most other churches that trace their origins to antiquity, the modern Assyrian Church of the East is not in communion with any other churches, either Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic or Protestant. However, The Chaldean Catholic Church, an offshoot of the Assyrian Church of the East, broke off from them between the 1660s and 1830 to join the Catholic Church, and the Ancient Church of the East split from them in the 1960s. Both of these churches' members are ethnic Assyrians.


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