Church of Our Lady of the Syriac Orthodox in Baghdad

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  Mustafa M. AlObaydi

  :: 03 January 2024 01:22:55

  The Latin Church, “Our Lady” on Al-Khalifa Street, is one of the landmarks of Baghdad. It was distinguished by an ancient monasticism that derived its name, according to sources, from Mount Carmel in Palestine. The Palestinians considered Elijah the Prophet their example and master. This monasticism originated in the East, that is, in Palestine, with some solitary monks. Then it moved and became organized in the West, and more than one Carmelite passed through Baghdad since the beginning of the seventeenth century. In the year 1741 AD, Father Emmanuel Saint Al-Bar bought a house in the spinning market (in Baghdad) from a Chaldean man named Abdullah Abdul Aziz Karumi. He restored it, repaired it, turned it into a monastery, and opened a temple in it called (Martoma, the Apostle of the East). It consisted of two adjacent rooms, with men meeting in one and women in the other. Bishop Bridge expanded it in the year 1829 AD, so this temple was a meeting place for Christians of all sects. Life was revived in that monastery with the arrival of active fathers. The monastery was first restored and then expanded in the last century, as it was no longer sufficient for its residents. Therefore, Father Mary Joseph was interested in building a spacious monastery, and this was done in the year 1888 AD, and when the Municipality of the Capital began constructing Al-Khalifa Street, and it was called at first Queen Alia Street, then Al-Jumhuriya Street. This street took over most of the monastery, so its owners left it and built for them a new monastery on the other side of the Tigris, which it called (the Monastery of the Virgin Our Lady of Fatima). - The Latin Church is one of the three major churches remaining in the Christian era. The church was officially opened in December of the year 1871 AD under the name of St. Joseph’s Church after work that took 5 years. It is currently a few degrees lower than street level, as the construction of this church continued from 1866 AD until 1871 AD. It was built on the same place as a previous church and was designed in the form of a cross with symmetrical geographical dimensions from the north and south, with the direction of the altar to the east and the main door to the west in general. 1917 Part of it was burned by the Turks and it was used as a hospital during the First World War, then it was restored in the beginning of 1920 AD. - In 1956, it was expropriated by the state in order to establish Al-Khalifa Street, and it was closed in 1966 AD. Since 1976 AD, the church was loaned to the Copts sect after they came to Iraq. The church was recovered from the Copts, and it was in a deplorable condition in 2009 AD. Everything around the church, from the old school yard and the residence in which the first fathers lived, is in a state of ruins and in the form of ruins. It is worth noting that when the church was loaned to the Coptic Orthodox sect, the holy altar was placed in the middle of the temple and not to the east of the temple in line with the Coptic rituals of worship. When the Municipality of Baghdad began constructing Al-Khulafa Street, the street took over most of the monastery, so its owners moved to a new monastery that they built on the other side of the Tigris in Karada Maryam near the Iranian embassy, ​​known as (Monastery of the Rosary of the Virgin Fatima). - As for the school, it moved to modern buildings built by parents in the Alawiya area in the Al-Wahda neighborhood, called Al-Makasib School, and it still exists, but it is no longer under civil administration. - After education was nationalized in Iraq, this church was loaned to the Coptic Orthodox Christians who came to Iraq from Egypt since Christmas 1976. They modified it to suit the leadership of the Coptic ritual, so they neglected the old altar in its chest and placed an altar in the middle, preceded by the curtain separating the altar from the worshipers, and above it were pictures of Christ’s disciples.

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  اوراس الربيعي

  :: 09 December 2022 03:09:29

  Church is a house of worship for Christ

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  Mohamed Khalid

  :: 31 December 2020 16:00:06

  An archaeological place. Unfortunately, most of the facade has been used by shops, which are currently closed at most

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  Ali Abdulwahab

  :: 08 February 2020 00:34:21

  Amazing place

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  صقر حر

  :: 29 September 2019 14:40:29

  A private church for worship... With respect to all churches in Iraq