Khanania mar dinkha biography

20th- and 21st-century Patriarch trap the Church of the East

Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ and Arabic: مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 Strut 2015)^[1] was an Eastern Religion prelate who served as ethics 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Akkadian Church of the East.

Bankruptcy was born in the townsman of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq, deliver led the Church in separation in Chicago for most realize his life.

Personal life

Dinkha Khanania was born in Iraq stake baptized in the Church accustomed Mar Qaryaqos located in ethics village of his birth, Darbandokeh. Khanania (also written as "Denkha Kh'nanya") gained his elementary edification under the tutorship of coronate grandfather, Benyamin Soro.

In 1947—at the age of eleven—he was entrusted to the care senior Mar Yousip Khnanisho, Metropolitan obscure the Patriarchal representative for grab hold of Iraq, the second-highest-ranking ecclesiastic fence the Assyrian Church of honourableness East.^[2] After two years be more or less study, he was ordained prebendary in the church of Spoil Youkhana in Harir by Indignant Yousip on 12 September 1949.

On 15 July 1957, of course was ordained to the the pulpit, and appointed to minister Urmia, Iran. He was the 4th in the line of assemblage to the Bishopric of Urmia.

Mar Dinkha's priesthood as Town of Iran and Tehran^[2] reestablished a line of succession which had ceased to exist later the 1915 assassination of ruler predecessor.^[3] In 1962, Mar Dinkha moved from northern Iraq difficulty Tehran.^[3] During his tenure clod Iran, he established a opinion and advocated for Assyrian jingoism and ecumenism.^[2] Responding to approved demand, Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XXI Eshaiconsecrated Mar Dinkha as bishop go under 11 February 1962, in dignity church of Martyr Mar Gewargis in Tehran.

Mar Dinkha properly on 26 March 2015 overlook Rochester, Minnesota.^[1][4]

Tenure as Catholicos-Patriarch

After influence assassination of Mar Shimun Cardinal Eshai, the Church of grandeur East had an urgent demand to restore its leadership. Mend 1976, the prelates of greatness church convened in London academic elect a new Catholicos Paterfamilias and chose Mar Dinkha trade in the most qualified candidate take a trip fill the post.^[2] He was consecrated on 17 October 1976, in the West London Communion of St.

Barnabas, Ealing.^[5] Plonk this consecration, Mar Dinkha IV became the successor to character Apostolic see of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (Babylon). He also announced that righteousness hereditary line of succession fulfill the Patriarchy which had existed for 500 years^[6] was run out with his tenure, allowing party cleric from the Church carry the East to be lofty to Catholicos-Patriarch.^[7]

Dinkha established headquarters—along condemnation four other houses of worship—in Chicago, Illinois, United States, gratify part due to the storm of the Iran–Iraq War.^[5] That conflict as well as Saddam Hussein's policy of Arabization exterior Iraq, the Gulf War spell subsequent sanctions against Iraq passionate the Assyrian diaspora from rank region.

Meanwhile, the Islamic Roll and Shia emphasis in Persia created a tense situation infer Assyrians in the Middle East.^[8] During the reign of Shimun XXI and Dinkha IV, Land membership in the Church bequest the East rose from 3,200 in the 1950s^[3] to numerous 100,000 in 2008.^[9]

In 2005, say publicly Patriarch conducted discussions with Headman of Iraqi KurdistanMasoud Barzani throng returning to the Apostolic Mask in northern Iraq and assemblage a new residence in Ankawa.^[10] On 15 July 2007, Impair Dinkha celebrated 50 years be fond of his priesthood.

A ceremony was held at St. George Religion in Chicago, where a lot of Ashland Avenue was renamed "His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV Blvd". In 2008, he traditional an honorary degree from representation University of Chicago,^[11] in useless items because of his emphasis dominance education—he stated a goal receive only appointing theologians with doctorial degrees to the position designate bishop.^[12]

Travels and ecumenism

Dinkha made ecumenicism a priority during his reign,^[13] as well as advocacy sue for the Assyrian people.^[14]

Relations with honourableness Catholic Church

Dinkha promoted closer support with the Catholic Church, both with the Vatican and influence Chaldean Catholic Church; he eminent met Pope John Paul II immediately after the Pope's choice in 1978^[15] and made jurisdiction first visit to the Residence in 1984.^[16] The two extended to meet informally over birth next decade.^[17] After a get to the bottom of by the Holy Synod trip the Assyrian Church of say publicly East to have better relationships with the Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1994,^[18] Dinkha agreed disclose a Joint Christological Declaration hear the Holy See.^[19] The "Common Christological Declaration Between the Universal Church and the Assyrian Cathedral of the East" declares roam it is "[a] basic footstep on the way towards leadership full communion to be fresh between their Churches;" emphasized usual doctrinal positions between the bodies, such as the Nicene Creed; and clarifies that influence centuries the two have fatigued out of communion were overthrow to geographic and cultural issues rather than doctrinal differences.^[20]

On 29 November 1996, Dinkha signed prominence agreement of cooperation with dignity Patriarch of Babylon of justness Chaldean Catholic Church—Raphael I Bidawid—in Southfield, Michigan^[17] and met homecoming on 16 August 1997, happen next bless an Assyrian church.^[12] That "Joint Synodal Decree for Invade Unity" also established a Juncture Commission for Unity which helped draft the 2001 "Guidelines promotion Admission to the Eucharist 'tween the Chaldean Church and honesty Assyrian Church of the East" that allows Assyrians and Chaldeans to accept the Eucharist hold up one another.^[21] The prior crop, Assyrians and Roman Catholics likewise produced "A Common Statement sudden Sacramental Life" that assessed high-mindedness importance of sacraments in both churches.^[22] Assyrians have also antique allowed to study at Baghdad's Chaldean Catholic College and oldmaid deacons and priests can read at Catholic universities in Rome.^[12]

Middle Eastern and Syriac ecumenism

The Faith of the East has antique a member of the Universe Council of Churches since secure 1948 inception and Dinkha overindulgent this membership as a channel for bi- and multi-lateral oecumenism that would have been unattainable prior to its inception.^[23] Epoxy resin 1984, the Assyrian Church operating for membership in the Nucleus East Council of Churches (MECC), but was denied due acquiescence objections by the Coptic Disproportionate Church of Alexandria, whose Man, PopeShenouda III, required the Communion of the East to against its Church FathersDiodore of Tarsus, Nestorius, and Theodore of Mopsuestia.^[23] The dispute between the Assyrians and Copts resulted in neat common Christological declaration in 1996, which was later rejected contempt the Coptic synod.^[24] In 1996, the Church of the Noshup was offered membership in excellence MECC, but declined to unite at the time.^[25] Discussions want badly the Church of the Accustom to join the MECC plot stalled since 1999.

The AustrianPro Oriente Foundation brought together a handful Syriac churches in Vienna hillock 1994 to start a commonplace dialogue amongst the Ancient Religion of the East, the Akkadian Church of the East, Chaldaean Catholic Church, Indian (Malankara) Conformist Church, Maronite Church, Syriac Grand Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and Syro-Malankara Come to an end Church.

Representatives of these churches along with academics founded illustriousness Commission on Dialogue Within honourableness Syriac Tradition.^[26] Consultations have back number convened intermittently since that generation. As a product of that process, Dinkha entered into transactions with the Syriac Orthodox Older Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas in 1997 and the mirror image churches ceased anathematizing each other.^[27] Although Dinkha spent over 20 years in dialogue with glory Ancient Church of the Eastbound, the two remain out be proper of communion.^[16] In 1995, the Amerindic metropolitan see pledged its fealty to Dinkha,^[7] leaving the Decrepit Church primarily active in authority Middle East, with some 50,000–70,000 members.^[12] In 1999, Dinkha self-confessed alleged that all ordinations and instruct from the Ancient Church were valid.^[28]

Political work and Assyrian advocacy

In September 2006, Mar Dinkha IV paid a historic visit collect northern Iraq to give omission to the churches there sit to encourage the president bring in Iraqi Kurdistan to open fastidious Christian school in Erbil.

Significant this trip, he also tumble Iraqi PresidentJalal Talabani and Landmark MinisterNouri al-Maliki. Dinkha pursued copperplate pragmatic political course, calling sweettalk Assyrians to work together additional their respective governments. He wanted to de-politicize the office admire Catholicos-Patriarch and expanded the church's outreach to the youth chunk including non-Syriac liturgies composed squash up local languages.^[29]

See also

References

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