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Mar Thomas Church in New Britain, Connecticut, has a new parish priest, following the elevation of Shamasha Paulos Shimun by the hands of His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.

Immigration issues were at the top of the agenda in a meeting between His Beatitude Mar Meelis Zaia AM and Mr Haval Aziz Syan, the representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq along with Mr Samir Yousif, the Mayor of Fairfield City.

The Feast of the Resurrection Service will be streamed live from two diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East, thanks to The Assyrian Church of the East-TV which is now accessible on social media website Facebook.

H.H Mar Dinkha IV has sent a letter to the new Patriarch of the Maronite Syriac Church in Lebanon, Mar Bishara Butros al Rai, congratulating him on his consecration.

Year 12 students of Sydney’s Mar Narsai Assyrian College (MNAC) have been privileged to receive a lecture on the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, by His Beatitude Mar Meelis Zaia AM, Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and Lebanon.

The late Assyrian archaeologist Dr Donny George Youkhanna has been commemorated by faithful members of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, gathering for Holy Liturgy at St Hurmizd’s Cathedral, Sydney.

Reverend Paulus Benjamin, parish priest of Mar Gewargis Cathedral, has been elevated to the rank of ChorBishop for the Diocese of Eastern USA, Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.