Holy Synod

His Holiness MarDinkha IV Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Easter message 2012.

His Beatitude Mar Aprem, Metropolitan of Malabar and India and the United Arab Emirates, His Grace Mar Awa Royel, Bishop of California and Secretary of the Holy Synod, and Rev. William Toma of the Diocese of Eastern USA participated in the International Congress on the Anaphora of Addai and Mari, held in Rome on 25 and 26 October 2011.

His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, has been honored with worldwide celebrations commemorating the 35th anniversary of his consecration as the head of the Church.

His Grace Mar Awa Royel, Bishop of California and Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East, has delivered the keynote address at the annual Christianity in Iraq Seminar Day held in London.

His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, has confirmed his intention to visit the Archdiocese of Australia in September 2011.

On Monday, May 2, 2011 His Grace Mar Awa Royel, Bishop of California and Secretary of the Holy Synod was received in audience by His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch.

Continuing Christian hope is essential in the current unstable climate of the Middle East, His Beatitude Mar Gewargis Sliwa has stressed during a World Council of Churches (WCC) meeting on violence against Christians.

Leaders of various denominations and nationalists in Iraq have come together to celebrate the occasion of the birth of Christ and pray for a good start to the new year.

The Feast of the Epiphany of Christ has been celebrated in unison by faithful of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East across various countries, with the offering of the Holy Eucharist.

The Holy Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has been celebrated across the world by dioceses and parishes of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.

The Secretariat of the Holy Synod responds to the recent distortion of facts by Chaldean Catholic Clergy regarding the deposed bishop Ashur Soro