Religious - Christian - The Caucasus Mountains Region and Surrounding Areas

Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources

The Armenian Apostolic Church in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)

Religions - Christian - The Caucasus Mountains Region and Adjacent Middle East Areas

CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS, FAITHS, GROUPS, ETC. : Sites for individual Christian church groups (and Pre-Christian) arranged by geographical area or country and then by important churches originating or headquartered in the region.

INDEX BY COUNTRY OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Abhkazia	Chechnya - Ichkeria	Kabardino-Balkaria
Adygeia	Circassia	Karachai-Cherkessia
Armenia	Dagestan	Kurdistan
Artsakh	Georgia	Nagorno Karabakh
Assyria [Northern Iraq]	Ingushetia	North Ossetia
Azerbaijan	Iran	South Ossetia
Caucasus Region in General	Iraq

INDEX BY CHURCH

The Holy Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East	The Chaldean Church of Babylon
The Assyrian Chaldean Church	Molokans
The Chaldean Church of the East	-

Christian Religious Sites for the Caucasus Region in General

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Circassians and Circassia in General [Christianity formerly existed among the Circassians]

Caucasus embraces Islam. [Explains conversion of the area from Christianity to Islam].
Prayer Profile - The Circassian of Syria. [None are presently Christian]. Another site.
Prayer Profile The East Circassian of Turkey. [None are presently Christian].
Original Joshua Project - Unreached People Profile Circassian (Cherkess) [In Jordan].

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Adygeia, Adygea, Adigha, and Adygeians or Other Residents of Adygeia

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Karachai-Cherkessia and Karachay, Balkhar, or Cherkess Peoples or Other Residents of Karachai-Cherkessia

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Kabardino-Balkaria and Kabardins and Balkars or Other Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for North Ossetia and Ossetians or Other Residents of North Ossetia

In troubled region, monks build site for peace. Father Anthony and a group of Russian Orthodox months are rebuilding a monastery in North Ossetia destroyed by Bolsheviks over 80 years ago.

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Ingushetia and Ingush Peoples or Other Residents of Ingushetia

Religion in Ingushetia.

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Chechnya, Chechenia, Ichkeria and Chechen Peoples or Other Residents of Chechnya

Paganism and Christianity in Chechnya. From Chechnya free.ru.
Chechnya. [Three articles on Christians in Chechnya from Christianity Today].

Back to Index

Christian Religious Sites for Dagestan and its Inhabitants

Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate

Bakinsko-Prikaspiiskaia Eparkhiia - Moskovskaia patriarkhat - Russkaia Provoslavnaia Tserkov. Their Khramy [houses of worship] page. [Includes picture of a Russian Orthodox Church in Tarumovka.

Other Christian Churches

Dagestanskaia khristianskaia tserkov "Osanna". Makhatchala, Dagestan.
Hosannah Church In The Capital Of Dagestan.

Back to Index

Religions of Abkhazia (Area of Georgia) and its Inhabitants

Republic of Abkhazia Review of Events for the Year 1996. [Discusses religious composition of the Abkhazians of Abkhazia].
Russia Continues Intervene in Tskhum-Abkhazia Diocese. Article about the Abkhazian Orthodox Church. From Georgian Patrarchate.
Armenian Pastor Appointed in Abkhazia.
Abkhazia - Anti-Armenian Leaflets.

Back to Index

Religions of South Ossetia (Area of Georgia) and its Inhabitants

Back to Index

Religions of Georgia and Georgians and Other Christian Residents of Georgia

Christianity in Georgia and Among Georgians in General

GEORGIA: Religious freedom survey, August 2004. From Forum 18.
The Development of Christianity in Georgia.
On religion in Georgia.
CESNUR Center for Studies on New Religion's Release on Status of Religious Freedom in the Republic of Georgia in 1999. An article on Reflections on the Current State of the Georgian Church and Nation.
GEORGIA: Will non-Orthodox faiths ever get legal status? From Forum 18 - Oslo, Norway.
GEORGIA: Religious minorities concerned by "voluntary" 'Religion and Culture' classes. From Forum 18 - Oslo, Norway.
Gelati [Monastery].
Kintsvisi monastery.

The Georgian Orthodox Church

The Holy Orthodox Church in Georgia [Also Known as the True Orthodox Church of Georgia]

GEORGIA: Religious freedom survey, August 2004. From Forum 18. ["Find" true orthodox church].
The Holy Orthodox Church in Georgia. [This church is temporarily "under the omophorion of Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston, first Hierarch of The Holy Orthodox Church in North America".]
An attack has been made on Archimandrite George (Khabeishvili), superior of the Zarzma Monastery of the True Orthodox Church of Georgia.
Out of Thine Own Mouth Will I Judge Thee (Luke 19:22). [Views of the Holy Orthodox Church in Georgia concerning Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia of the Georgian Orthodox Church].
GEORGIA: Veto For Patriarchate Over All Church-Building and Religious Literature.
Directory of the True Orthodox Church of Greece - Parishes in Georgia.
Georgia: Constitutional Court Rejects Challenge to Concordat. From EURASIANET.org.

Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church. [Find "Archbishop Seraphim of Sukhumi and Abkhazia"].

The Roman Catholic Church in Georgia

Georgia: the Catholic church has lost its legal status. From Caucaz - Europenews.

The Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church

Brief History of the Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church.
Georgian [Greek Catholic] Church. [According to this page, no Georgian Greek Catholic parishes exist in Georgia, though one has in the past in Istanbul, Turkey. Georgian Greek Catholics are Armenian Catholics.]

The Armenian Apostolic Church

Two Countries, One Faith: Georgian Armenians celebrate Christianity.
Georgia - A Brief History. By George Bournoutian. Includes picture and comment on the Norashen Armenian church, in central Tbilisi.
New Church Consecrated in Armenian Village in Georgia.

The Armenian Catholic Church

L'Église Arménienne Catholique. [Also click on Diocéses, then the Armenian link at the top for information on the Diocese of Armenia and Georgia and Eastern Europe of the Armenian Catholic Church]. From OpusLibani.

Protestant Churches

Baptist Meeting Raided. Central Baptist Church, Tbilisi, Georgia.
GEORGIA: Religious freedom survey, August 2004. From Forum 18. ["Find" protestant, baptist, etc.].

Doukhobors

Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia.
Terrorizing Religious Minorities [On Jehovah's Witnesses-Orthodox Relations in Georgia]. From Southwest Institute for Orthodox Studies.
Georgia: Police Break Up Worship Service in Baptist Church.

Assyrian Churches in Georgia (The Church of the East)

Assyrian Churches In Russia - page 2. Includes three Assyrian Churches in Georgia.

Back to Index

Religions of Armenia, Including Former Turkish Armenia and Armenians in Armenia, Abroad, and in the Diaspora [See also Section under Turkey on Religions of the Armenians, Greeks, Syrians, and Assyrians and of Other Christians of Turkey, including Genocide-Surviving Descendants Outside Turkey]. Christian Religions of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) is here. And the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and related links are here.

Christianity in Armenia and Among Armenians in General

Armenian Church Faces Up to Post-Communist Challenges - Catholicos Karekin II defends country's religion law, which limits evangelism. From Christianity Today.
1,700 Years of Faith Armenian Christians Celebrate Their Heritage and Look to Their Future. From Christianity Today.
ARMENIAN Church Directory. From Cilicia.com.
ChurchArmenia.
Armianskie tserkvi. From Armenica.
Armenians in the Holy Land.

The Armenian Apostolic Church

General Sites of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenian Orthodox Christianity.
The Supreme Patriarchs and Catholicoi of Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church. From Armenian Highlands.
The 1700th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Christianity as Armenia's State Religion. From www.etchmiadzin.com. [Site not working 4-25-2003].
Armenian Church Timeline.
The Primates of the Armenian Church in America.
The Armenian Apostolic Church. From NetArménie.com.
Armenian Apostolic Church Library Online.
Armianskie tserkvi v fotografiiakh. From Armenica.

Sites for Churches Under the Jurisdiction of Holy Echmiadzin, Armenia

Official Web Site of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Hayadaniatz Arakelagan Oughapar Yegeghetsi) (Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, Armenia). [Site not working 4-25-2003].
Gandzasar Theological Center. Yerevan, Armenia.
Liturgical Calendar.
Araratian Patriarchal Diocese - Armenian Apostolic Church. Their Churches and Chapels.
An Interview With Tehran's Armenian Arch Patriarch.
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Another Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Page.
Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul. [Site Under Construction].
The Armenian Church. Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
Armenian Church Western Diocese.
Armenian Church Youth Organization of America. From acyoa.org.
St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. New Rochelle, N. Y.
St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral. New York City, New York.
Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America.
The Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada.
Hope for the Family. From Armenian Christian Children Ministries Inc.
Iglesia Apostólica Armenia [Argentina].
The Matter of the Future of the Armenian Church of Singapore Resolved. From ChurchArmenia.
Catholicos Karekin II to Consecrate Armenian Church in Siberia. From ChurchArmenia.
Garegin II Blesses Assumption Cathedral In [Lviv, Ukraine]. From ChurchArmenia.
Armenian Church [- Lviv, Ukraine]. From Lvivbest.com.
Monastery Surb-Hach - Staryi Krym [Old Crimea], Crimea. From Staryi Krym - Old Crimea.

Sites for Churches Under the Jurisdiction of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia

Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia. [Antelias, Lebanon]. Catholicoi of the Great House of Cilicia.
The Armenian Prelacy of Greece. [Armenian Apostolic Church].
Armenian Apostolic Church of America Eastern United States and Canada [Prelacy].
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America.

The Armenian Catholic Church

HIS BEATITUDE NERSES BEDROS XIX Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians.
Nerses Bedros XIX Catholicos-Patriarch of the See of Cilicia.
My Articles on the Armenian Orthodox Catholic Church.
Address of John Paul II to the Mechitarist Order on the Third Centenary of Their Founding.
The Mekhitarist Congregation - Armenian Manuscripts.
L'Église Arménienne Catholique. [Also click on Diocéses, then the Armenian link at the top for information on the Diocese of Armenia and Georgia and Eastern Europe of the Armenian Catholic Church]. From OpusLibani.
The Armenian Catholic Church.
La Présence de L'Église Arménienne Catholique.
The Armenian Catholic Church - History. [Lebanon].
The Armenian Catholic Church. From Religious Information Service of Ukraine.
Armenian Catholic Church - Armenople (Gherla), Transylvania, Romania. Mainly in Romanian and Hungarian.
l'Eglise Arménienne Catholique St Grégoire l'Illuminateur d'Arménople (Gherla). In French. Same church as above.
San Nicolo da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani - St Nicholas of Tolentino in the Gardens of Sallust. The Armenian [Catholic] national church in Rome.
Exarchat Apostolique Arménien Pour Les États-Unis d'Amerique et le Canada.
Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church. Belmont, Massachusetts.
St. Mark's Armenian Catholic Church. Wynnewood,Pennsylvania.
Armenian Sisters Academy. Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Armenian Catholic Church - Melbourne, Australia.

The Armenian Evangelical Church

Armenian Evangelical Church in Greece.
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America.
Armenian Evangelical Links & Literature from the Calvary Armenian Congregational Church, San Francisco, California.
The History of the Armenian Evangelical Church. [In Armenian].
Evangelism in the Early Armenian Evangelical Church. By Rev. Barkev Darakjian.
Eglise Evangélique Arménienne. From NetArménie.com.

Molokans, Doukhobors, and Subbotniks in the Armenian Homelands [See also Molokans in Russia] [See also Molokans in Turkey]

Molokans - A Quiet Community in Armenia. From Eurasianet.org.
V kontse ostalos Slovo. [Russian Molokans in Armenia].
Kars Area Molokans. [Kars Oblast, Russian Empire 1878-1921; Now part of Turkey]. From Molokans Around the World.
Moia istoricheskaia rodina.
The Dukhobortsy. By Vasily V. Vereshchagin.
Doukhobor Genealogy Website.
Jews in Armenia - The Hidden Diaspora. By Vartan Akchyan. [Zoks (Christians of Jewish ancestry), Subbotniks (Jews of Christain ancestry), and others].
Jews in Armenia - The Hidden Diaspora. A film. Includes a section about a group of Subbotniks living on the shores of Lake Sevan.

Other Christians and Churches in the Armenian Homelands

Societal Responses To Religious Diversity And Pluralism In Nagorno-Karabakh - Karen Ohanjanyan. From The 2001 International Conference - The Spiritual Supermarket - Religious Pluralism and Globalisation in the 21st Century: the Expanding European Union and Beyond - London School of Economics 19 April 2001 - 23 April 2001 -Preliminary Programme. ["Find" ohanjanyan]. From CESNUR Center for Studies on New Religions.
"Svideteli Iegova", kto oni? ["The Jehovah's Witnesses - Who Are They?].
Ethnic and Religious Minorities [in Armenia]. From Armenian Helsinki Committee.
Udz. From Home of Tour Armenia. [Udz or Udin are Christian Azeri, aparently descendants of the Caucasian Albanians. See section on The Resurrected "Caucasian Albanian" Orthodox Church in the Republic of Azerbaijan immediately below].

Back to Index

Christian Religions of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) [Christian Religions of Armenia here] [Christian Religions of Azerbaijan and Azeris here].

Christianity in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) in General

Religious Discourse on the Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. By Hratch Tchilingirian.

The Armenian Apostolic Church in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)

The Resurrected "Caucasian Albanian" Orthodox Church in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)

Udz. From Home of Tour Armenia. [Udz or Udin are Christian Azeri, aparently descendants of the Caucasian Albanians. See section on The Resurrected "Caucasian Albanian" Orthodox Church in the Republic of Azerbaijan immediately below].
History of the [Armenian-Azerbaijan] Conflict. ["Find" Albanian Christian Patriarchate]. From Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Vienna, Austria.

Protestant Churches in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)

Nagorno-Karabakh: Uncertainty faces Baptist conscientious objector. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.

Back to Index

Christian Religions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and of Azeri

Christianity in the Republic of Azerbaijan in General

The Resurrected "Caucasian Albanian" Orthodox Church in the Republic of Azerbaijan

'Restoring' Azerbaijan's Christian History--Without the Armenians. By Felix Corley.
Udins Today - Ancestors [Descendants?] of the Caucasian Albanians. By Zurab Konanchev. [Udins are a Christian minority group living mainly in Azerbaijan who claim descent from Caucasian Christian Albanians of the middle ages. See section on reviving the Middle Ages Church in the 1990's]. From Azerbaijan International.
The Kish Church - Digging Up History Norwegians Help Restore Ancient Church - An interview with J. Bjornar Storfjell. From Azerbaijan International.
Church in Kish settlement - First Apostolic Church in Trans-Caucasus. From Caucasian Albania.
Udins - Early Christians of Azerbaijan Greet the Pope. From Azerbaijan International.
The Refugee Problem. ["Find" Udins].
Aspects of the Contemporary Ethnic Situation in Azerbaijan. ["Find" udi].
Albanian Church. From Ganja - The Memories of Stones. [Photoarchive from the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan].

The Armenian Apostolic Church in the Republic of Azerbaijan

'Restoring' Azerbaijan's Christian History--Without the Armenians. By Felix Corley.
'Restoring' Azerbaijan's Christian History - Without the Armenians. By Felix Corley. Another site with an interesting sidebar.
St. Kristapor Church of Agulis - 1447? AD - Goghtn Region, Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan). [Armenian Apostolic Church].
Architectural Monuments of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic - Gandzasar Monastery.
Brief Historical Review of Nizh Village. Ancient village of Uti inhabitants (Lezhgins) who at various times embraced, from the Armenian perspective, the Armenian Apostolic Church. From the Azeri perspective, they embraced the Albanian Orthodox Church. From Research on Armenian Architecture.
St. Sargis Monastery of Gag Fortress the Next Victim of the Wide-Spread Annihilation of "Albanian" Monuments. From Research on Armenian Architecture.

The Georgian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Azerbaijan

[Ingiloys] - RCNM Newsletter: Minorities in Azerbaijan # 5. ["Find" ingiloy].

The Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Bakinsko-Prikaspiiskaia Eparkhiia - Moskovskaia patriarkhat - Russkaia Provoslavnaia Tserkov. Their Khramy [houses of worship] page.

Republic of Azerbaijan Evangelical Christian Churches

German Lutheran Church Services Halted in Baku. By Barbara G. Baker.
Central Asia: Religious laws curtail evangelical Christianity. Religious Laws being passed Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyztan will severely curtail the freedom of evangelical Christians

Molokans in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Other Christian Churches in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Adventist Community in Azerbaijan Has Celebrated the 110th Anniversary. From The State Committee of Azerbaijan Republic for the Work with Religious Associations.

Back to Index

Christian Religions of Kurdistan and the Kurds

Christianity [Among the Kurds]. From from Kurdish Worldwide Resources.
Christianity in Kurdistan. From The Encyclopaedia of Kurdistan.
A New Song Ministries. With Emigre Kurdish Protestant Links. Their Midi Hymns.
Kurdish [Sorani] New Testament.
Religions in Kurdistan.

Back to Index

Christian Religions of Iran including Iranian Azerbaijan but not Iranian Kurdistan

Christianity in Iran in General

History of the Christians in Iran. By Zarin Behravesh Pakizegi.
Christians in Iran (Islamic Republic of). By Jonathan Fox.
Iran - Christians. From Cyberiran.
The Mazandarani of Iran. [Includes some Christians].
Iranian Christians celebrate Christmas in the middle of Ramadan.
In Connection to Religious Minorities in Iran.
Interview with Dr Simonian on Iran's Armenian Minority.

The Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East in Iran

Armenian and Assyrian Christians of Iran. From About.com.

See also The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ["Nestorian"] [Bagdad, Iraq and Chicago, Illinois] site.

The Armenian Apostolic Church in Iran

Armenian and Assyrian Christians of Iran. From About.com.
[Armenian Apostolic] Churches of Iran - Cover Page. From PersianWeb.
St. Thaddaeus [Armenian Apostolic] Church & Tabriz & Jolfa, Esfahan, Iran.
Iranian Christians celebrate Christmas in the middle of Ramadan.
Armenian Monasteries in Iran and their Maintenance. By Armen Haghnazarian.

The Syriac Orthodox Church in Iran

The Chaldean Catholic Church in Iran

L'Église Chaldéenne Catholique de l'Orient. [Also click on Diocéses, then the Chaldean link at the top for information on the Diocese of Tehran and the Diocese of Urmia of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iran]. From OpusLibani.

See also The Eastern Catholic Rite Chaldean Church of the East (The Assyrian Chaldean Church; The Chaldean Church of Babylon) [Easter Rite Catholic] [Bagdad, Iraq] site.

The Armenian Catholic Church in Iran

[The Armenian Catholic Church -Armenian Dioceses and Parishes in Cairo, Egypt]. The Main Page. [Link not working 1-30-2002].
[The Armenian Catholic Church Armenian Dioceses and Parishes]. Sections for Lebanon, the Middle East, including Armenia, Iran, and Overseas] Web Page. [Link not working 1-30-2002].

The Syriac Catholic Church in Iran

The Roman Catholic Church in Iran

Local [Roman] Catholic Church History & Genealogy - Iran.

Iranian Evangelical Christian Churches

The Middle East Council of Churches - Evangelical Member Churches. See entry for The Synod of the Evangelical Church of Iran.
Iranian Christians International Inc. [Evangelical Christian orientation].
"Iranian Christians" Who Are They? From Iranian Christians International.
Worldwide Directory of [Evangelical Christian] Iranian/Persian Christian Churches [No Armenian-Iranian Armenian Apostolic Churches included].
Azerbaijani (Azeri) Christian Resources. "Reaching the People of South Azerbaijan [Iranian Azerbaijan] with the Gospel of Christ".
Farsi Christian Hymns & Poetry.

Back to Index

Christian Religions of Iraq, Including Those of Assyrians, Chaldeans, Arameans, Armenians, and Other Christian Residents of Iraq (See also separate listings below for The Holy Catholic Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East and The Eastern Rite Catholic Chaldean Church of the East)

Christianity in General in Iraq

Patriarchs in Baghdad. [Patriarchs of various Christian churches].
List of Patriarchs of Babylon. Orthodox Patriarchs and Nestorian Patriarchs.
Christian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq.
[Catholic] Episcopal Conference of Iran.
Contemporary Chaldeans and Assyrians - One Primordial Nation - One Original Church. By the Rt. Rev. Sarhad Jammo.
The Arameans of Mesopotamia.
The Christian Arameans of Mesopotamia.
A Brief History of Christianity in Iran. By Massoume Price.
Christianity in Sassanian Persia.
The Church in Iraq.
Iraq's Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church.
The Forgotten Church of Iraq - fact sheet.
The Forgotten Christians of Iraq. By Ken Joseph Jr.
Iraqi Christians wary of Islamists.
Christian History Corner: Iraqi Christians' Path of Persecution.
Christians of Iraq.
Iraq. [Numerous articles on Christianity in Iraq from Christianity Today].
Iraqi Christians Fleeing to Syria. From Ninevah.com.
Christians Disappearing From Iraq. By Daniel Pipes.

The Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq

The Arameans of Mesopotamia, the Present-day Syriac Christians.
Assyrian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq.
Rabban Hormizd Monastery.
Budge, E.W. The Histories of Rabban Hormizd and Rabban Bar-Idta (3 volumes).
Assyrian Human Rights Report. [Information on various Assyrian religious groups].
Reports of Persecution of Assyrian Christians in northern Iraq (2000). From www.idpproject.org.
U.S. Congressman Ray Lahood on Assyrians of Iraq.
International Christian Concern - Middle East: Iraq. Review of the Religious Situation in Iraq.
How and when Catholicism was imposed on National Churches of Mesopotamia? Assyrian Church of the East Viewpoint.
Assyrians of Kirkuk.

See also The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ["Nestorian"] [Bagdad, Iraq and Chicago, Illinois] site.

The Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq

Assyrian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq.
Assyrian Human Rights Report. [Information on various Assyrian religious groups].
Reports of Persecution of Assyrian Christians in northern Iraq (2000). From www.idpproject.org.
U.S. Congressman Ray Lahood on Assyrians of Iraq.
International Christian Concern - Middle East: Iraq. Review of the Religious Situation in Iraq.
How and when Catholicism was imposed on National Churches of Mesopotamia? Assyrian Church of the East Viewpoint.
L'Église Chaldéenne Catholique de l'Orient. [Also click on Diocéses, then the Chaldean link at the top for information on the six dioceses of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq]. From OpusLibani.
The Chaldean Church - The Christians in Iraq.

See also The Eastern Catholic Rite Chaldean Church of the East (The Assyrian Chaldean Church; The Chaldean Church of Babylon) [Easter Rite Catholic] [Bagdad, Iraq] site.

The Armenian Apostolic Church in Iraq

The Syriac Orthodox Church in Iraq

The Arameans of Mesopotamia, the Present-day Syriac Christians.
[Syriac Christian] Religion. From Beth Suryoyo Assyrian. [Syrian Jacobite or Oriental Orthodox].
Dayro d-Mor Matay - Mosul, Iraq.
Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church for the Eastern United States.

The Armenian Catholic Church in Iraq

L'Église Arménienne Catholique. [Also click on Diocéses, then the Armenian link at the top for information on the Diocese of Iraq of the Armenian Catholic Church]. From OpusLibani.
Armenian Catholic Church.
Armenian-rite cathedral blessed in Baghdad.(Baghdad, Iraq).

The Roman Catholic Church in Iraq

Local [Roman] Catholic Church History & Genealogy - Iraq.

Other Christians and Churches in Iraq

Evangelical Churches of Iraq.
The Church in Iraq. [On Presbyterians in Iraq].
St. John's Assyrian Presbyterian Church. Turlock, California.

Back to Index

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ["Nestorian"] [Bagdad, Iraq and Chicago, Illinois]
[See also links for churches with historical connections to this church, Including the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East - India and the Syro-Malabar Church/Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch - Malabar Rite].

The Nestorian Pages. From Oxus Communications.
nestorian.org..
[Assyrian] Religion. From Assyria Online [AINA - Assyrian International News Agency].
Timeline of the Church of the East. From The Nestorian Pages. From Oxus Communications.
The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. By Moneer Cherie.
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. By Alan Aldawood.
The Unofficial Page of The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. From Moneer's Home Page.
Assyrian Church - Ancient Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of the East. Their Table of Apostolic Succession for the Ancient Assyrian Church of the East. [Note two current church heads].
Prayers of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of the East. From Alan Aldawood's Assyrian Topics. His Main Page.
His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV.
List of All the Patriarchs of the Church of the East. Including from the Year 1552 to date the Line of the Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East and the List of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs. From Chaldeans On Line.
Assyrian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq. [The monasteries were formerly under the care of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and presently under the care of the Syriac Catholic Church.]
Dialogue between the Syrian and Assyrian Churches. By The Holy Synod Of The Coptic Orthodox Church Committee on Church Relations.
Joint Commission for Dialogue between the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and the Assyrian Church of the East - March 2, 1998. [Second dialogue].
JOINT PATRIARCHAL STATEMENT between His Holiness Mar Rophael, I, BiDawid, Catholicos Patriarch [and] His Holiness Mar Dinkha, IV, Catholicos Patriarch ... of the Chaldean and Assyrian Churches of the East.
Historical Locations of the Church of the East. From Atour: The State of Assyria. [Link not working 5-5-2004].
By Foot to China: Mission of The Church of the East, To 1400. By John M.L. Young.
Dialogue with the Assyrian Church of the East And its effect on the Dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church. From Coptic Orthodox Church - Diocese orf Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii.
The Coptic Orthodox View concerning Nestorius - Syriac Dialogue, Vienna, February 1996. From Coptic Orthodox Church - Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii.
St Gerges [Church]. [Mar Gerges]. Qamishly, Syria.
Sviataia Apostolskaia Sobornaia Assiriiskaia Tserkov Vostoka. [Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East]. Moscow?, Russian Federation.
Assyrian Church of the East in India. From nestorian.org.
Assyrian Christianity in Japan.
Welcome to The Ancient Church of The East Mar Shaleeta Parish [San Fernando, California].
St. Sargis Church. Chicago, Illinois.
St Mary's Parish - Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. Los Angeles, California.
BYU Digitizes Ancient Christian Texts from Vatican Library.
Vatican Lets BYU Publish Old Texts.

Back to Index

The Eastern Catholic Rite Chaldean Church of the East (The Assyrian Chaldean Church; The Chaldean Church of Babylon) [Eastern Rite Catholic] [Bagdad, Iraq]

MAR ROUPHAEL I BIDAWID - Patriarch of Babylon for the Catholic Chaldean [Church].
L'Eglise Chaldeenne Catholique de l'Orient - The Chaldean Church of the East.
List of All the Patriarchs of the Church of the East. From the Year 1552 to date the Line of the Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East and the List of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs. From Chaldeans On Line.
History of the Chaldean Church of the East. From the Chaldeans On Line.
Religion of the Chaldeans.
Chaldean Christians. From New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.
One Nation - Two Names: The Chaldean/Assyrian Dilemma. From Chaldeans On Line.
JOINT PATRIARCHAL STATEMENT between His Holiness Mar Rophael, I, BiDawid, Catholicos Patriarch [and] His Holiness Mar Dinkha, IV, Catholicos Patriarch ... of the Chaldean and Assyrian Churches of the East.
HH Mar B'Dawwed - The Patriarch of Catholic Chaldean Church.
"Assyrian Heritage of the Chaldean Church". From Ninevah Online.
"History of the Chaldean Church - A Confusion of Religion With Ethnicity". From Ninevah Online.
Christian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq. [This page was copied in its entirety from http://aina.org/aol/syriac.htm on 8.13.00. Real photos of monasteries were added by "Chaldeans On Line" - See another entry above under The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East]. From Chaldeans On Line.
Diocese of Kerkuk.
The Chaldean Mass Translated into English.
The Chaldean Catholic Church: Diocèses et Paroisses - Chaldéennes - Dioceses & Parishes [Lebanon, the Middle East, and Overseas].
The Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle in the United States - The Chaldean Diocese. [Southfield, Michigan].
St. Mary's Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church. Campbell, California.
St. Thomas Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church. Turlock, California.

Back to Index

Return to Top of Page.

Return to Religious - Christianity Page.

Return to Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources Page.

Last Updated: December 15, 2006

Contact:Lane Rasmussen