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The Ancient Church of the East separated from the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
, after Mar Shimun XXIII, the patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
made reforms which were not supported. These reforms were in direct opposition with the sanctity of being one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, changes such as those of using the new Roman calendar rather than the old calendar. For this reason the followers of the Ancient Church of the East resisted the changes made to the church and in 1968 Mar Thoma Darmo, a native of Mesopotamia, who was Metropolitan of the Assyrian Church of the East in India from 1952 to 1968, based at Trichur separated from the Assyrian Church of the East, and became head of the Ancient Church of the East in October 1968 and relocated to Baghdad.

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The Ancient Church of the East separated from the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
, after Mar Shimun XXIII, the patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
made reforms which were not supported. These reforms were in direct opposition with the sanctity of being one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, changes such as those of using the new Roman calendar rather than the old calendar. For this reason the followers of the Ancient Church of the East resisted the changes made to the church and in 1968 Mar Thoma Darmo, a native of Mesopotamia, who was Metropolitan of the Assyrian Church of the East in India from 1952 to 1968, based at Trichur separated from the Assyrian Church of the East, and became head of the Ancient Church of the East in October 1968 and relocated to Baghdad. He died the following year. Following his death, Mar Addai II

Mar Addai II

Mar Addai II is the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in Baghdad, Iraq.He was elected to the position in February 1970, several months after the death of Mar Thoma Darmo, and consecrated 20 February 1972....
was elected to replace Mar Thoma Darmo

Mar Thoma Darmo

Mar Thoma Darmo, a native of Mesopotamia, was Metropolitan bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East in Bagdad from 1952 to 1968, based at Trichur....
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Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church or the Chaldean Church of Babylon is an Eastern Catholic Churches Particular_church#Autonomous_particular_Churches_or_Rites of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church....
Assyrian people
Assyrian people

The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent, their Assyrian/Syriac homeland today being divided between Northern Iraq, Syria, Western Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia....
Church of the East & Abroad
Mar Addai II
Mar Addai II

Mar Addai II is the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in Baghdad, Iraq.He was elected to the position in February 1970, several months after the death of Mar Thoma Darmo, and consecrated 20 February 1972....
Mar Thoma Darmo
Mar Thoma Darmo

Mar Thoma Darmo, a native of Mesopotamia, was Metropolitan bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East in Bagdad from 1952 to 1968, based at Trichur....

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