ZENDA - February 22, 2000

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Volume=20 VI = ; =20 Issue I
Shvadt 22,=20 6749 &nb= sp; &nbs= p; = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 February 22, 2000=20

T H I S W E E K = I=20 N Z I N D A

The=20 Lighthouse	A Sigh of Relief
Good=20 Morning Bet-Nahrain	Mar Bidawid to Visit Vatican in = March
News=20 Digest	An Assyrian National Congress Press = Release=20 Pope's Visit Could Boost Christian Minorities = in the=20 Mid-East
Surfs=20 Up	"obsolete doctrination = deprecated by=20 the present renaissance"
Surfers=20 Corner	Deacon Badal Piro on Census = 2000
Assyrian=20 Surfing Posts	Church of the East Priestly Liturgical Manual = (Internet=20 Edition) The George M. Lamsa Library of = Audio=20 Taped Lectures Assyrian Singer: = George=20 Charbakhshi
Literatus	An Ancient Warning
Bravo	The Z-Crew
Milestones	Germaine Badal=20 Boucher
Pump=20 Up the Volume	Master & Servant
Back=20 to the Future	The Akkadian Immigrants and the Syriac=20 Translators
This=20 Week in History	Assyrian Martyrdom at the Jewish = Mount
Calendar=20 of Events	February = 2000

All blue=20 links throughout this issue are hyperlinks to other sections on this = page or=20 featured websites.=20

THE LIGHTHOUSE=20

A SIGH OF = RELIEF

This week, the sound of victory of the "Reformers" in = Iran's=20 general election was music to the ears of the Assyrian Universal = Alliance=20 members in the United States and Australia. By winning 86 per cent = of the=20 votes counted so far, the reformers have won the majority of the seats = in Iran's=20 Majlis (Parliament). Furthermore, unconfirmed reports from Iran indicate = that=20 the AUA representative in Iran, Mr. Yonatan Bet-Kolia, has won the seat = of the=20 Assyrian Representative to Majlis.=20

Since the May 1997=20 election of the President Khatami, the AUA has been working toward = strengthening=20 its political dominance among the Assyrian constituency of the Islamic = Republic=20 of Iran. In November 1998, AUA Secretary General, John = Nimrod, and=20 several other representatives of other Assyrian political parties = traveled to=20 Tehran to assemble at the annual AUA Congress. To the astonishment = of many=20 political observers, President Khatami accepted John Nimrod's invitation = to join=20 the Congress on its Opening Day as its keynote speaker. Khatami = and Nimrod=20 later discussed such issues as the rights of Christian minorities at = workplace=20 and the conditions of the Assyrian POWs from the Iran-Iraq War.=20

Shortly after Khatami's travels to Italy and France, = the AUA's=20 unique position in helping to diminish Iran's image as a clerical = theocracy and=20 religious dictatorship was threatened as the conservative hard-liners = began to=20 regain power in the government. Last year, the liberalization = policies of=20 President Khatami met the religious hard-liners punch of disapproval and = several=20 "reformers", intellectuals, and dissenting students and writers were=20 arrested.=20

With the majority of the seats in Majlis now in the = hands of=20 the reformers, the AUA can expect a slow but positive transformation = toward a=20 more open society in Iran. For Khatami's government this = translates to=20 improving his country's image in the West and gradually expanding Iran's = ties=20 with the United States. The popular leader of post-Khomeini Iran = requires=20 the support of his friends in the West, namely the leaders of the = political=20 organizations and the churches-- Mar Dinkha and Pope John Paul-- to = initiate=20 dialogue with the U.S. State Department.=20

The participation of the leaders of the = Islamic=20 governments in the Middle East and the former Soviet states (Russia, = Ukraine,=20 Georgia, and Armenia) at the upcoming Congress of the Assyrian Universal = Alliance, to be held in Georgia, will be crucial in assessing Khatami = and other=20 Islamic states' desire to obtain the support of the Assyrian = constituency in=20 their struggle to enter the global free market. =

Zinda

=20

GOOD MORNING = BET-NAHRAIN=20

MAR BIDAWID TO VISIT VATICAN IN = MARCH

(ZNAF: Rome) = His Holiness=20 Mar Raphael I Bidawid, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, will = be=20 carrying out a pilgrimage to Rome in March, according to the Vatican = news agency=20 Fides in an interview issued last week. Mar Bidawid will be = accompanied on=20 his March 18 visit by 1,000 Iraqi faithful, both from within the = sanctions-hit=20 state and from the diaspora.=20

Pope John-Paul II in December = canceled a=20 planned pilgrimage to Iraq after Baghdad warned of security concerns in = the face=20 of almost daily bombing raids by US and British warplanes. Last = week the=20 pontiff announced a special service, to be held Wednesday, so that he = could=20 carry out the pilgrimage to Ur "spiritually." Msgr. Youssif Habbi, = the=20 Chaldean Patriarchal Vicar and Professor at the Pontifical Oriental = Institute in=20 Rome, explained that Catholics in Iraq are very enthusiastic and will = join the=20 Pontiff during this celebration, which will take place in the Vatican, = following=20 in Abraham's "footsteps." Msgr. Habbi made these statements after=20 presiding at a Mass for the closing of the "Ba 'utha Ninawa" feast,- the = Rogation of Nineveh, attended by thousands of faithful who observed = three days=20 of fasting and prayer, which has become the most popular and solemn = festivity of=20 the Aramaic-speaking churches.=20

The feast ended with the = above-mentioned=20 papal surprise. "It could not have happened at a better time. The Lord = does=20 everything well, and this is a further sign of grace and blessing that = will=20 undoubtedly bear fruit. The Holy Father gives constant proof of a = totally=20 paternal love for the people and Church of Iraq," Msgr. Habbi=20 said.=20

The Vicar gave the faithful the = news during=20 the Mass. "I read the joy in everyone's eyes the joy. They almost began = to shout=20 in Church. In spite of the sad situation and the consequences of the = embargo,=20 fortunately, we still have room for joy. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was = right=20 when she said that if the gift of ourselves doesn't make us suffer, it = means=20 that we are not living love as it must be lived. It has been a happy = coincidence=20 that the news came when the feast was being held to celebrate the Lord's = love=20 for his people, which our people organize with magnificent songs = composed by St.=20 Ephraim and other Fathers of the Church."=20

"The Chaldean Church has chosen = this year,=20 precisely on the feast of Rogation, to call the faithful to the = conversion,=20 renewal and prayer to which the Jubilee invites us, and many of my = parishioners=20 -- 20,000 in total -- broke the fast they kept over these days at the = end of=20 today's celebration. You can imagine, then, the effect of my = announcement,"=20 Msgr. Habbi explained. The Vicar said that "Patriarch Bidawid will = undoubtedly=20 celebrate a solemn Mass and this afternoon (February 16) and there will = be a=20 discussion on the possibility of extending the celebrations to all the = dioceses=20 of the country, given that in the near future, on March 18, the Jubilee = of the=20 Chaldeans will be held, which is included in the Holy Year's official = calendar."=20 Msgr. Habbi indicated that this "spiritual" pilgrimage does not rule out = a=20 "physical" pilgrimage some time later in the year. "I wouldn't go so = far. I=20 remind everyone with whom I speak that the year 2000 is only beginning. = We must=20 hope against all hope, as St. Paul says. Moreover, one of the Jubilee's=20 objectives is, precisely, hope," the Bishop emphasized.=20

There are those in Rome who = feel the need=20 to launch a Christian campaign against the embargo that lacerates the = Iraqi=20 people. Mar Bidawid told Fides that a similar service would be held in = Baghdad's=20 Saint Joseph Cathderal on the same day. Iraq is home to about one = million=20 Christians among its population of 22 million, most of them members of = the=20 Chaldean Catholic Church and the Church of the East.=20

=20

NEWS DIGEST=20

AN ANC PRESS = RELEASE

The Assyrian National Congress = Press=20 Release=20

February 18,=20 2000

In the past, the Assyrian = people had=20 offered supreme sacrifices and displayed outstanding acts of heroism in=20 confronting plots and treachery committed against them. The battles = fought by=20 our people were neither easy nor short, but they were capable of waging = it and=20 surviving all calamities. =93To be defeated and not to surrender, that = is=20 victory.=94=20

This performance of our people = comes in the=20 forefront of the positive factors that evoke optimism and confidence in = the=20 future. The capabilities of our nation are unbounded and its will = unconquerable.=20 Such a degree of nationalist consciousness, endurance, and bravery = offers a sure=20 guarantee to continuity of the Assyrian Nation an at the same time an = appeal to=20 the Assyrian people to measure up to their responsibilities in = frustrating the=20 conspiratorial schemes to mask our true identity.=20

At the present time, the = Assyrian Nation=20 faces two alternatives, life and death, considering that life = alternative=20 involves the acceptance of challenges and rejecting conspiratorial and=20 capitulationist designs. One such a challenge facing our people is the = decision=20 taken last May 1999 by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The slashing = formula,=20 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, adopted by the Bureau masks the true and = historical=20 identity of our nation. It goes against the national and political name = of the=20 Assyrian people. Following the policy of =93divide and rule,=94 the = Baath regime in=20 Iraq adopted a similar formula in 1972 against the Assyrians. Since last = June,=20 the Assyrian National Congress has taken the lead to oppose the decision = of the=20 U.S. Bureau of the Census. The ANC is awaiting a new decision by the = Bureau. It=20 is also pursuing a legal complaint against the Bureau in a U.S. federal = court to=20 overturn the =93slashing category.=94=20

The ANC, being true to its name = and=20 objectives, was the first Assyrian organization to oppose and challenge = this=20 unjust decision. The ANC and its affiliates will persevere in their = efforts to=20 stop the implementation of the new category and return to the Assyrian = Category=20 of 1990. The ANC is thankful for the support it is getting from its = affiliates,=20 Assyrian clergy, Assyrian organizations, Assyrian internet services, and = thousands of Assyrians who have filed petitions and sent letters and = e-mails of=20 protest to the U.S. Census Bureau. Compare this courageous and = unprecedented=20 stand of the Assyrian people with the timid reaction of certain = =93political=94=20 groups which have abandoned our glorious Assyrian name and succumbed to = the=20 conspiracy at hand. These groups are reaping the indignation of our = people for=20 abandoning our historic national and political name.=20

The Assyrian National Congress = call upon=20 all the Assyrians, including our beloved brothers and sisters in the = Chaldean=20 and Syrian churches, to stand firm against the =93slashing=94 conspiracy = to divide=20 our nation. Our Assyrian Nation is living in a stage of resurgence and = growth=20 despite semblances which may, sometimes, delude the eyes from seeing the = truth.=20 This truth, this conception, coupled with the spirit of nationalism, are = the=20 most effective weapons for our people to be armed with, because it = transfers=20 them into the core of the course of the Assyrian history and in harmony = with it.=20 Let us steer through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our = intentions=20 fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on = God.=20

ANC, The Information = Bureau=20

POPE'S VISIT COULD BOOST = CHRISTIAN=20 MINORITY IN MID-EAST

Courtesy of=20 Nando Time; article written = by Karin=20 Laub- February 13, 2000=20

(ZNNT: West Bank) A 9-foot-tall red neon = cross=20 shines from the roof of Elias Taljiyeh's home in Bethlehem's Christian = quarter,=20 near Jesus' traditional birth grotto. Living in a now predominantly = Muslim town,=20 the Palestinian construction worker mounted the cross as a symbol of = Christian=20 pride. Some of his neighbors have affirmed their faith in the same = way.=20

Taljiyeh and the people on Star Street belong to an = imperiled=20 minority whose ranks have been steadily thinned by conquest, conversion = and=20 emigration. A majority 15 centuries ago, Christians today make up only 2 = percent=20 of the population in the Holy Land.=20

Across the Middle East, Christian influence has = waned,=20 especially in areas of turmoil, such as Iraq and Lebanon. In Egypt, home = to the=20 largest Christian community - about 6 million Copts - numbers have held = steady,=20 but believers have been targeted by Islamic militants.=20

Still, with Mideast peace seemingly on the horizon, = there are=20 some signs the decline is slowing. And Pope John Paul II's trips to = Egypt this=20 month and to Israel and the Palestinian areas in March may be a morale = boost,=20 perhaps even a turning point.=20

"I hope this will give people encouragement to stay = here, to=20 live in the country of Jesus," said Nasreene Mishirki, a 26-year-old = Roman=20 Catholic who is a secretary in Jerusalem.=20

Christians in the Holy Land, most of them Arabs, = weave a=20 colorful tapestry. They belong to more than 60 ancient churches and = newer=20 groups, from the Syrian Orthodox who conduct services in Aramaic, the = language=20 of Jesus, to evangelical Protestant sects, a fairly new import from the = United=20 States. Some are devout. Others are Christian in name only, the label = forced on=20 them by a culture that views religion not as a private affair, but as a = sign of=20 tribal membership.=20

Some cling to tradition, like Anton Razzouk, a Copt, = who=20 tattoos believers in his Jerusalem souvenir shop with crosses as proof = of=20 pilgrimage, a service his ancestors provided free of charge 350 years = ago.=20 Others try to blend in, like Jack Khazmo, a Jerusalem publisher who made = up=20 neutral names in Arabic for his daughters, while their Christian names - = Sarah,=20 Anna and Mary - are tucked away with the baptism certificates.=20

Many worry about the future. Cheap housing and good = jobs remain=20 scarce - peace treaties have not brought the promised economic recovery = - and=20 the young are often forced to delay marriage or seek their fortune in = exile.=20 Joseph Habash, 56, a Jerusalem grocer, lost his three children to = emigration.=20 His two boys settled in Germany 17 years ago and his daughter moved to = the=20 United States. "They left because there is no life here," said Habash. = Bernard=20 Sabella, a sociologist at Bethlehem University, said more Christians = with Holy=20 Land roots now live abroad than in the land of their birth.=20

Half a century ago, Christians still accounted for = more than 7=20 percent of the people between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River - = 135,000=20 out of 1.8 million.=20

Tens of thousands fled during the 1948 Mideast war = over=20 Israel's creation. Since then, Christians have emigrated at a steady = pace,=20 though far fewer left Israel than the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which = were=20 wracked by another war, in 1967, and came under Israeli occupation at = that time.=20 George Abu Aita, 32, from Beit Sahour, a small Christian town near = Bethlehem,=20 moved to England 13 years ago to study. Then the intifada, the revolt = against=20 Israeli rule, swept the West Bank and Gaza. Universities were closed in = areas=20 that were hotbeds of violence, and thousands of Palestinians were = imprisoned.=20 Abu Aita saw no reason to head home after graduation.=20

He still doesn't. He owns a computer plant in = Birmingham, and=20 his homesickness is cured by two or three trips a year to Beit = Sahour.=20

"You would really need to have a good reason to come = back (for=20 good)," Abu Aita said in accentless English as he sipped coffee in the = lobby of=20 a Bethlehem hotel.=20

Emigration slowed in recent years, as Israel and the=20 Palestinians signed a number of interim peace accords; some expatriates = have=20 even returned. "If you ask people who intend to leave what will make = them stay,=20 they say they need peace, a secure future for their children," said = Sabella, the=20 sociologist.=20

Open borders with the Arab world could revive some = smaller=20 congregations, such as the Syrian Orthodox, the Lebanese Maronites and = the=20 Egyptian Copts. The top Syrian Orthodox cleric in the Holy Land, = Metropolitan=20 Mar Sewerios Malki Murad, said some in his flock of 7,000 defected to = other=20 denominations because ties to the mother church in Syria have been = severed since=20 the 1967 war.=20

If Israel and Syria reach a peace agreement, the = Syrian-based=20 patriarch and Syrian pilgrims could visit Jerusalem. "Every day will be = like a=20 feast here," said Murad, sporting a sweater in cardinal red over a black = robe,=20 his raven hair covered by a black hood embroidered with white double=20 crosses.=20

But for now, those are just dreams. At the = congregation's=20 convent, St. Mark's, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Murad shared lunch - = lamb=20 stew on steaming bowls of rice - with three of his five monks, one 86 = years old,=20 another brought in from Iraq after protracted negotiations with Israeli=20 authorities. Monks-to-be are not knocking on the convent's door. The = community's=20 Aramaic day school closed in 1967 for lack of money, space and students. = For the=20 churches, one's gain is another's loss, and rivalries over holy sites = and real=20 estate further undercut the Christians' bargaining position.=20

"The divisions among us make us easy prey," said Noha = Taljiyeh,=20 20, a Bethlehem housewife and sister of Elias, the construction worker = with the=20 cross on his roof. Sitting in her family's small grocery on Star Street = and=20 deftly cracking pumpkin seeds between her front teeth, Taljiyeh said she = wished=20 clergymen could at least agree on one date for Christmas - now there are = three -=20 and share the holy sites without rancor.=20

For many Christians, guarding the turf is just one = battle.=20 Survival becomes even more complex when Israel or the Palestinian = Authority are=20 involved - or both, as is often the case in East Jerusalem, which was = annexed by=20 Israel after the 1967 war but is claimed by the Palestinians as a=20 capital.=20

Khazmo, the publisher and a leading member of the = Syrian=20 Orthodox Church, said that in trying to protect the dwindling real = estate assets=20 of his congregation, he sometimes has to negotiate with Israeli = officials - an=20 implicit recognition of Israeli rule in East Jerusalem. As a Palestinian = nationalist, he hopes the sector will one day become his people's = capital. "I=20 support a Palestinian role in East Jerusalem, but if you want to talk = about=20 reality, the Israelis are here," said Khazmo, who publishes a political = news=20 weekly, Al Bayader, which was banned from 1982 to 1986 by the Israeli = military=20 censor.=20

Christians have not suffered religious persecution by = Israel or=20 the Palestinian Authority, but relations are often ambivalent, or = dictated by=20 political gain.=20

In a recent dispute over a plot of land outside the = Basilica of=20 the Annunciation in Nazareth, Jesus' hometown in Israel, the Israeli = government=20 backed Muslim demands to build a mosque there. Angry Christians said the = Muslims=20 won because of greater electoral clout. Palestinian leader Yasser = Arafat, an=20 observant Muslim, has taken pains to portray himself as a worthy = guardian of=20 Christian interests. In the Nazareth dispute, he unexpectedly sided with = the=20 churches. Christians are represented beyond their numbers - 45,000 out = of 2.5=20 million - in the Palestinian Cabinet and parliament.=20

Arafat has attended Christmas Eve celebrations in = Bethlehem=20 every year with his Christian wife, Soha, lighting the tree in Manger = Square.=20 All this, Arafat hopes, will bring international support when he tries = to win=20 control of East Jerusalem and its major Christian shrines in peace talks = this=20 year. For the Polish-born pope, his first visit to the Holy Land is a = personal=20 pilgrimage, and perhaps more important, an appeal to the region's = Christians to=20 stay put.=20

If the message is not heard, "there is worry among = many people=20 that the Christian holy sites might become museums," said Wadie = Abunassar, a=20 Roman Catholic Church spokesman in Jerusalem.=20

Z-Crew: = Mazin=20 Enwiya

=20

SURF'S UP!

=93Assyrians, A Self-Deluded People -- With = sorrowful=20 heartache I am once more heavily burdened, as deduced from the apathetic = status=20 quo of the disorderly dispersed Assyrians, to divulge the very facts of = how this=20 self-deluded people are quite insensibly plunging into inescapable=20 non-existence. As a matter of fact it is obligingly reasonable to say, = that the=20 melancholy rivalism the Assyrians are involved in, may arouse the = dormant=20 Assyrian to unshackle himself from being further entwined in chaotic=20 destructiveness caused by superstitious leaders whose whole obscure = whims are=20 never beyond personal interest.=20

Arise gentle Assyrians and = desist from=20 following credulous exhortations imparted to you by self-opinionated = teachers=20 who are straining to persuade the masses to remain subservient to an = absolutely=20 obsolete doctrination deprecated by the present renaissance. How long, = dear=20 Assyrian, will you defy reason and be in subordination to superstitious=20 dissentions preached by unscrupulous leaders? The most essential = measure, as=20 required by the desperate situation the Assyrians are involved in, would = be to=20 foster a formidable unification among the discordant political parties, = as well=20 as, the religious dignitaries. This is the only way to enable this = shattered=20 people to have a chance to reanimate their failing national life-force = and to be=20 able to support the bravery of those in Northern Iraq who are so = persistently=20 amid ferocious odds; preserving the very sanctuaries of our=20 forefathers.=20

Dear Assyrians, be extremely = resolute in=20 refusing or disobeying the flimsy tales of those unpolished persons = whose=20 assertions are always to intensify the feeling of diversity among the = masses.=20 These individuals are absolutely prejudicial to the integrity of the = present=20 Assyrians.=20

In conclusion, I would say the = Assyrian=20 ethnic entity needs crucial sacrifice to maintain its validity, which is = so far=20 unrecognized by the UN.=94=20

Shamasha Yousef = Zaya=20
Chicago =
=20

SURFERS CORNER=20

DEACON BADAL PIRO ON = CENSUS=20 2000

February 16, 2000

As a Deacon for the Holy Apostolic Catholic = Assyrian=20 Church of the East for the last 10 years, I have tried not to associate = with=20 Assyrian political organizations due to my personal views. I have always = felt=20 that the politics of our nation should be left to the politicians, while = the=20 religious and educational matters remain in the hands of the clergy. = However,=20 due to the debate caused by questions regarding our Assyrian name and = identity,=20 I feel that it is my duty and responsibility, not only as a true-blooded = Assyrian but also as a member of the clergy, to educate my own people = and church=20 members, as well as others regarding this matter. Our Assyrian political = organizations now are voicing their concerns regarding the year 2000 = census.=20 However, many of these organizations were very late in taking the = appropriate=20 actions expected by virtually all Assyrians. Furthermore, without regard = for=20 their ancient past and the atrocities perpetrated against the Assyrian = nation,=20 and without concern for what example they are setting for future = Assyrian=20 generations, some of the representatives of these organizations were = among those=20 willing to sacrifice our name and identity by accepting the=20 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac title for the census. This angered me = tremendously and=20 made me very ashamed of their actions.=20

Therefore, I would like to clarify this matter and = offer the=20 insight of an Assyrian born and educated in the United States with a = deep=20 respect, conviction and concern for his church and nation's past and = future. I=20 am 27 years old and have both a B.S. and M.S. degree in Physiology from = U.C.=20 Davis. More importantly, my father is Monsignor (Chorepiscopa) Badal S. = Piro,=20 who for 30 years was the officiating priest at Mar Addai Parish in = Turlock, CA.=20 Therefore, one can see that I am not only educated in secular matter = from a=20 prestigious university, but I have an impeccable training in the = theological and=20 historical fields of our church and nation. First and foremost, we are=20 ASSYRIANS. No other name, identity, ancestry, and ethnicity better = describes us.=20 Although we belong to various Christian denominations, the binding = factor that=20 keeps us together is our nationality and language. This is something = that we=20 must never feel ashamed of and denounce. More importantly, we must never = allow=20 it to be corrupted by political and religious groups working for their = own=20 selfish agendas. As Assyrians, we owe this not only to our sacred = forefathers=20 that suffered and died because of their nation and Christian faith, but = also to=20 our children, who one day will be the representatives of our people = throughout=20 the countries of the world. We are all brothers and sisters and children = of=20 Mother Assyria.=20

Secondly, those factions that would like to elevate = the term=20 "Chaldean" to the national status given to the Assyrian race as well as = other=20 nationalities, are doing so as a way of denying their own ancestry. Were = they=20 not Assyrians before converting to Roman Catholicism during the 16th = century?=20 Were they not all members of the Assyrian Church of the East for = centuries=20 before Papal encroachment into the Middle East? Did they not all = recognize the=20 Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East as the head of = their=20 faith and nation? During the 1990 census, did these people not check the = "Assyrian only" category? Then explain to me as well as all other = Assyrians how=20 within the last decade, a new nationality/people developed claiming = themselves=20 as Chaldeans. The Chaldean church and its hierarchy falsely claim they = are=20 descendants of the ancient Babylonians. We all know this is a sham to = promote=20 their divisive cause, and we should not be fooled by their erroneous = claims. The=20 Chaldean name was placed upon those Assyrians who converted to Roman = Catholicism=20 (due to Papal influence of varying degrees) by Pope Eugene IV in the = 16th=20 century, in order to distinguish them from their Assyrian brothers and = sisters=20 who steadfastly remained in the faith they had received from the = Apostles. The=20 Assyrian Catholics were forced to recognize the "Patriarch of Babylon of = the=20 Chaldeans" as their new head. The Church of the East Assyrians were = called=20 "Nestorians" because of their unwillingness to excommunicate St. = Nestorius=20 (Patriarch of Constantinople, 428-431 A.D.) due to his theological views = hundreds of centuries before. Although members of both churches are = Assyrian and=20 of Assyrian descent, until this day these false and inappropriate titles = have=20 only deepened the divide between our churches, possibly eliminating all = hope of=20 unifying our nation.=20

The question regarding the Assyrian Church of the = East, also=20 called the "Nestorian Church" needs to be addressed at this time. = Neither=20 Nestorius nor his followers founded the Assyrian Church of the East in = Persia.=20 This is a misconception actively spread by the Roman Catholic Church and = believed by many Assyrians. Rather, the Orthodox theology Nestorius = preached was=20 that of the Assyrian Church, founded centuries before his birth. He = believed=20 that the Virgin Mary should not be called the "Mother of God" rather she = should=20 be called the "Mother of Christ". Additionally, he did not claim the = existence=20 of 2 persons in Jesus Christ, as the Roman Catholics and Chaldeans = falsely=20 maintain. In contrast, he believed in the dual natures of Christ, one = divine and=20 one human, each performing their own purpose in the one man Jesus. Rome=20 therefore placed the misnomer of "Nestorian" and "Nestorian Church" upon = the=20 Assyrian Church of the East, as a way of demeaning our faith and = denomination=20 for not bowing to Roman influence in the Middle East. St. Nestorius is=20 considered by the Assyrian Church of the East as a martyr who suffered = for=20 Christianity and the true Orthodox faith without shedding blood. Many = ancient=20 theologians of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East = have=20 commented on this matter, stating that St. Nestorius was not of our = race, his=20 features were not like ours, he did not speak our ancient Aramaic = language, and=20 by the time he was born, our church had a developed faith and theology = that was=20 spreading like wildfire throughout Persia, the Middle East, and Asia due = to its=20 missionary zeal. Thus, Nestorius' theology supported what the Church had = been=20 preaching centuries before, and not the other way around as claimed by=20 Rome.=20

Thirdly, the term Chaldean denotes a religious = denomination=20 rather than an ethnic group, as explained above, and the word Syriac is = a=20 dialect of the Aramaic language. Thus, it is ignorant and utterly = ridiculous,=20 and unconstitutional according to the United States of America, to = elevate a=20 religious denomination, especially one less than 400 years old, to the = status=20 accorded to nationalities and races. Throughout my hometown of Turlock, = CA., as=20 well as the rest of the United States, Assyrians belong to various = Christian=20 denominations, such as Church of the East, Presbyterian, Evangelical, = and=20 Catholic, to name a few. Yet all of them proudly state that they are = Assyrian,=20 and for whatever reason they have splintered into different churches, = they never=20 deny their glorious and ancient past. We are blessed that we no longer = live in=20 countries where persecution and religious and ethnic discrimination is a = normal=20 way of life. Dear reader, think of our oppressed brothers and sisters = living in=20 Northern Iraq, with no food, money, education, or decent shelter! With = all of=20 the freedoms we have in this country, how can we let our ancestry, = identity,=20 name, and language slip right through our hands!?=20

This is the time for all of us to forget our petty = political=20 and religious squabbles and stand up together as one and fight for our = race and=20 identity. I am proud to be an Assyrian, and whatever decisions are made=20 regarding the 2000 census, I shall never deny who I was and who I am. = Therefore,=20 I urge all members of the Assyrian family to make your voices heard to = your=20 Assyrian political organizations, your churches, US district = representatives, as=20 well as the United States Census Bureau and demand an "Assyrian Only" = category.=20 And for those that would like to deny their ancestry and heritage and = want to=20 corrupt the pure Assyrian name by adding Chaldean or Syriac, do so = independently=20 from the Assyrian category. For it is people like you, those that = promote=20 division, that do more damage and harm to our nation than any outside = force. We=20 must never allow these types of individuals, many of whom who are = uneducated, to=20 speak on behalf of our great nation.=20

Deacon John Badal Piro, B.S.,=20 M.S.
Turlock,=20 California

MILESTONES=20

Germaine Badal=20 Boucher

60, passed away on January 8th in Hayward, = California. =20 Germaine was a member of the Assyrian Church of the East in San = Francisco and=20 the Assyrian Foundation of America in Berkeley. She is = survived by=20 her sister Florence Adam; and brothers Phrydon, Alfred, and Ferdinand=20 Badal.=20

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ASSYRIAN SURFING = POSTS=20
Links to Other Assyrian=20 Websites

Church=20 of the East Priestly Liturgical Manual (Internet = Edition)

The George=20 M. Lamsa Library of Audio Taped Lectures

Assyrian=20 Singer: George Charbakhshi

=20

LITERATUS=20

AN ANCIENT = WARNING

If a king does not = heed the=20 justice of his land, Ea king of destinies
will change his destiny = and keep=20 after him with adverse intent.
If he does not heed his nobles, his days will be=20 short.
If he = does not=20 heed a minister, his land will rebel against=20 him...

From a Babylonian tablet found at King Ashurbanipal Library in = Nineveh
=20

BRAVO=20

OUR = Z-CREW

What better way to celebrate our birthday than = to=20 celebrate our team at Zinda Magazine. Very briefly, we would like = to=20 introduce our "News & Information" team that brings you the articles = and=20 news feeds every week without interruption (you really don't want to = know about=20 our insane "techies" shown on this week's cover photo). The = final=20 draft is then sent to our "Technical" team that transforms our writings = into=20 HTML, JPEGS, and Hyperlinks. It takes nearly 50 hours of research, = editing, and design to produce a single issue of Zinda Magazine. = Zinda=20 Magazine is truly the result of the dedication of over 20 volunteer = reporters,=20 researchers, artists, and editors.=20

Thank you Z-Crew and thank you Z-readers for = making us=20 the most influential Assyrian medium of information.=20

* * *

R.C. = Samo
RC=20 was born in 1978 in San Francisco and grew up in Huntington Beach,=20 California. He's currently a Senior at San Francisco State = University,=20 double majoring in Journalism and Ancient History with an emphasis in = the Near=20 East.=20

Mazin = Enwiya
Mazin was born in Baghdad in 1964. He was sent to Italy = to receive=20 his High School education. After spending nearly 3 years in Italy, = his=20 family emigrated to the US, where he earned a B.S. in Geology and M.S. = in=20 Environmental Science. In 1995, Mazin married Helen Khoushaba and they = just=20 recently had their first child- better known as the first Z-Baby. = Mazin is=20 currently employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an=20 Environmental Scientist.=20

Adrin = Takhsh
Adrin was born into a politically-active family in Iran. = She is=20 currently working towards her Masters in Political Science and Ethnology = from=20 Free University of Berlin. If not working on her thesis or arguing = with=20 her professors, Adrin is usually somewhere in Germany lecturing on the = status of=20 Assyrian woman and helping the Assyrian Aid Society in Germany.=20

Firas = Jatou
Firas refers to Assyria as his place of birth. Our = 30-year-old=20 Toronto-resident is married and has a Masters degree in Electromagnetics = from=20 University of Toronto and works as a Senior Design Engineer at Amphenol=20 Canada. Firas moved to Canada in 1982. He is credited with = the=20 establishment of the first major Assyrian website, Assyria Online, in = late=20 1994. He was also among the half-dozen readers of the first issue = of ZENDA=20 Magazine. We've come a long way since those early days of 14.4 = Baud=20 modems.=20

Juliet = George
Our resident Miss Numbers is a Forecast Analyst at E & J = Gallo=20 Winery in Modesto. She has a B.A. in Mathematics and M.S. in=20 Statistics. When not taking care of her baby-boy Nicholas, Juliet = writes=20 about her observations of the Assyrian social activities in California's = Central=20 Valley and teaches at the St. Thomas Assyrian Church in Turlock.=20

Raman = Mikhael
Go to any Assyrian chat room or email server at any time and = there is a=20 good chance that Raman is there to welcome you. Born in 1963 in = Dora (a=20 mainly Assyrian town) in Baghdad he is the 7th of 8 children in the = Michae=20 family that emigrated to the U.S. in 1974. He received a B.S. in=20 Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois at = Chicago in=20 1990. Raman is a computer programmer/analyst and is also involved = with the=20 Assyrian Academic Society and the Assyrian International News = Agency. He's=20 currently the Technical Editor of the Journal of the
Assyrian Academic Society (JAAS) and chairman of their Public = Programs=20 committee. Raman is married and is an accomplished painter of = Assyrian=20 themes.=20

Michelle = Badal
Michelle obtained her B. S. in Electrical Engineering from San = Jose=20 State University and is currently working as a product marketing = engineer in a=20 semiconductor company in Silicon Valley. Her past and present = involvement in the=20 Assyrian Community include membership in AANYA, Assyrian American = Association of=20 San Jose, and Maestro Issabey's Ninevah Choir. Michelle is very = interested=20 in fine arts and art history. She draws, paints, and takes drawing = and art=20 history/philosophy classes.=20

Marian = Younan
Marian was born in "Bet Nahrain" and moved to the West at the = age of 7.=20 While her memories of Iraq are distant, Marian carries a love for her = homeland=20 that is uncompromising. Marian graduated from the University of = California,=20 Davis two years ago. After working as a radio news reporter, she was = recently=20 appointed Associate Vice President of Public Relations at a high-tech = marketing=20 firm. Her activities in the Assyrian community include frequent = submissions to=20 Zinda Magazine and Ninveh Online. She is also known for her poetry, = which has=20 been published in the Journal of Assyrian Academic Society (JAAS) and = Nabu=20 Quarterly. Marian was elected Secretary to the National Executive = Committee of=20 the AANF in 1996, making her the youngest person to rise to such a = position.=20 Currently, Marian helps the efforts of the Assyrian Aid Society and the = Assyrian=20 Democratic Movement (Zowaa), which according to her, are "the true = modern day=20 warriors."=20

David = Chibo
Our 27-year-old Design Engineer is also Chairperson of the = Assyrian=20 Youth Group of Victoria in Australia. In his free time he writes = for=20 Nakosha Magazine, transforms Assyrian letter fonts to the UNICODE = standard, and=20 translates a 167 A.D. New Testament Bible written in Estrangelo. = David=20 says that he's most inspired by King Ashurbanipal and the inscription = that he=20 had engraved onto the entrance to the first library in the world, at=20 Nineveh: =93For the sake of distant days=94 - Ashurbanipal 635 = B.C.=20

Evelyn = Enwiya
Evelyn is a second year law student studying at DePaul = University in=20 Chicago, specializing in International Human Rights Law under the = guidance of=20 Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni, 1999 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. When not=20 participating at the International law conferences in Europe and = Washington=20 D.C., Evelyn digs into the Internet news sources for our Good Morning=20 Bet-Nahrain and News Digest sections.=20

Attiya = Gamri
With Attiya the business of Assyrian = Cause is a=20 serious business. She travels extensively to the Middle East and = reports=20 on the conditions of the Assyrian communities in Iran, Syria, and = northern=20 Iraq. Attiya is a reporter for the Assyrian television program = aired=20 through MED-TV. Here's an advice from the rest of the = Z-Crew: =20 Don't let Attiya catch you idle and not taking care of THE business of = the day-=20 everyday. Attiya lives in Holland.=20

Matay = Arsan
The other member of our Dutch Connection is an active = participant at the=20 Assyrian political and cultural activities in Europe, and an incredibly = active=20 reporter for Zinda Magazine. Oh, and did we mention that he is a = medical=20 student in Holland? Our Z-Crew looks forward to free medical care = in the=20 near future :)=20

Maha = Hermes
Maha is usually somewhere between San = Francisco, New=20 York and Berlin when she's not promoting Zinda Magazine and our upcoming = multimedia products. She recently accepted a position at a = start-up=20 company in Silicon Valley and will be helping Zinda in its major 2000 = marketing=20 campaign.
=20

From all of us at Zinda = Magazine, thank you=20 for reading Zinda! We look forward to 5, no 50, more years of = serving our=20 readers throughout the world!
=20

PUMP UP THE = VOLUME=20

ENGLISH	MODERN=20 ASSYRIAN	GENDER
Master	ma/ra	Masculine
Servant	ree/ga	Masculine

BACK TO THE = FUTURE

BC (2800)=20

There is hardly any data on the first migration of = speakers of=20 early Akkadian language in Mesopotamia. Whether the movement of=20 Akkadian-speaking people into Mesopotamia took place around this time or = much=20 earlier, we do not know.=20

Babylonians, Saggs

AD (815)=20

The Syriac-speaking scholars, Hunain ibn Ishaq, = Thabit ibn=20 Qurrah, and Ibn Muqaffa, begin the translation of Greek and Syriac works = into=20 Arabic at Baghdad's Bait al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom), built by caliph=20 al-Mamun.=20

Science & Civilization in Islam, = Nasr=20
=20

THIS WEEK IN = HISTORY=20

February 23, 1915: The Ottoman soldiers attack the Catholic = Mission in=20 Urmia and arrest sixty Assyrian youth activists who had taken refuge at = the=20 Mission. The youth were moved to an area of the city known as the = Jewish=20 Mount and immediately executed.=20

=20

CALENDAR OF = EVENTS

Feb = 27	SAN JOSE,=20 CALIFORNIA FOUR ASSYRIAN = POETS IN=20 SAN JOSE Ninous Aho Yosip Bit=20 Yosip Benyamin Malko = Kouroosh Bit Yosip =20 7:00 p.m. Almaden=20 Community Center Camden = Avenue, next=20 to Camden public Library Admission is=20 free Refreshments will be = served
Feb = 28	BERKELEY,=20 CALIFORNIA UC BERKELEY=20 LECTURE "From the Dead Sea Scrolls to Arabic Birth = Magic: =20 The Fallen Angels & Gilgamesh Rise Again"=20 A lecture by Professor Martin Schwartz = Contact: 510-642-8208
Mar = 28	LONDON,=20 ENGLAND LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE "Reading and writing cuneiform past and = present"=20 Christopher Walker 6:30=20 PM British Museum, Great Russell St. = WC1. Lecture=20 theatre. Tickets 7.50 pounds = Contact 020 7323 8566
Apr = 12	LONDON,=20 ENGLAND LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE "Egypt through the Assyrian annals" = Paul Collins 6:00 PM = British Museum, Great Russell St. WC1. Lecture = Theatre=20 EES and BM Dept. of Egyptian = antiquities.=20 Non-EES members contact the EES 020 7242=20 1880
May = 27	MODESTO,=20 CALIFORNIA FIRST ASSYRIAN MIDI COMPOSERS=20 CONFERENCE Double Tree = Hotel=20 2:00 PM-10:00 PM = PST=20 Organized by: Nineveh On = Line Click Here for more=20 information What is=20 MIDI? Click=20 Here
June = 26-30	SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA EIGHT=20 ANNUAL CONGRESS FOR SYRIAC STUDIES Department of Semitic=20 Studies University of=20 Sydney

=20

THANK=20 YOU!
Jacklin=20 Bejan......................California.............Calendar of=20 Events
Sheren=20 Jasim..........................Chicago...............................Surf= s=20 Up!
Shamasha = Lawrance=20 Namato............Chicago.....................Assyrian Surfing=20 Posts

Zinda Magazine thanks Mr. = William Mikhail=20 for sending a copy of the book "History of the Church of the East" = written by=20 Metropolitan Mar Aphrim of India and translated to Arabic by Mr.=20 Mikhail.

SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH ASSYRIAN = READERS IN 50=20 COUNTRIES BY INCLUDING ZINDA IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION'S MAILING = LIST. SEE OUR MAILING ADDRESS BELOW.

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