21st-century Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
His Holiness Mar
Gewargis III ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Church
Assyrian Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ
Diocese
Patriarchal Diocese of Iraq
See
Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Appointed
18 September 2015
Installed
27 September 2015, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Erbil, Iraq
Term ended
6 September 2021
Predecessor
Mar Dinkha IV
Successor
Mar Awa III
Orders
Ordination
8 June 1980
Consecration
7 June 1981, Chicago, Illinois by Mar Dinkha IV
Rank
Metropolitan
Personal details
Born
Warda Daniel Sliwa
(1941-11-23) 23 November 1941 (age 82)
Habbaniya, Anbar Province, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq)
Nationality
Assyrian
Denomination
Assyrian Church of the East
Residence
Baghdad, Iraq
Parents
Daniel Sliwa and Mariam Sliwa
Occupation
Cleric
Previous post(s)
Metropolitan of Baghdad (1981–2015)
Alma mater
University of Baghdad
Ordination history of Mar Gewargis III
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by
Mar Dinkha IV
Date
13 April 1980
Place
Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Mar Dinkha IV
Date
8 June 1980
Place
Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Mar Dinkha IV
Co-consecrators
Mar Aprim Khamis
Date
7 June 1981
Place
Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Mar Gewargis III (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ; born Warda Daniel Sliwa, Syriac: ܘܪܕܐ ܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܨܠܝܒܐ) served as the 121st Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. On 18 September 2015, the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East elected Mar Gewargis Sliwa to succeed the late Mar Dinkha IV as the head of the Church. On 27 September 2015, he was formally consecrated and enthroned as Catholicos-Patriarch.[1]
^Royel, Mar Awa. "Biography of His Holiness Mar Gewargis III". Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East Official News Website. Assyrian Church of the East. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
Lebanon presiding. Mar Gewargis Sliwa formally assumed the ecclesiastical name Mar GewargisIII. On 6 September 2021, Mar GewargisIII formally stepped down...
were Yacoub Daniel, Zaia Khoshaba, and Gewargis Younan representing the Ancient Church of the East, and Gewargis Sliwa, Awa Royel, and Iskhaq Yousif representing...
Erbil, Iraq. Upon his consecration, he assumed the ecclesiastical name GewargisIII. Church leaders proposed moving the Patriarchal See from Chicago back...
civilians impacted by the terrorist organization. On 6 September 2021, Mar GewargisIII formally stepped down as Catholicos-Patriarch during an Extraordinary...
the Assyrian Church of the East: Mar Awa III Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East: GewargisIII Younan Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht:...
Harrassowitz. pp. 146, 149. ISBN 978-3-447-06580-1. "Biography of HH Mar GewargisIII". Assyrian Church News. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2019-10-22. "Bishop Mar...
Mar Dinkha as bishop on 11 February 1962, in the church of Martyr Mar Gewargis in Tehran. Mar Dinkha died on 26 March 2015 in Rochester, Minnesota. After...
canonisation, and his sainthood was formally proclaimed by Catholicos-Patriarch GewargisIII on 29 September 2019. Assyrian Church of the East (2018). "The Third...
of the East: he met with Mar Dinkha IV and, later, with his successor GewargisIII, emphasizing the need of interfaith dialogue and the importance of Christianity...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
to Jerusalem with one of his students, Markos (later Patriarch Yahballaha III). Due to military unrest along the way, they never reached their destination...
since the 15th century. Dinkha IV was succeeded by GewargisIII. Following the resignation of GewargisIII on 6 September 2021, he was succeeded by Awa IIl...
and then in the United States, but whose present Catholicos-Patriarch, GewargisIII, elected in 2015, lives in Erbil, Iraq. The third is the Ancient Church...
election. Locum Tenens: Aprem Mooken (26 March 2015 – 18 September 2015) GewargisIII (18 September 2015 – 6 September 2021) – on 18 September 2015, elected...
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East - Ashitha, Lower Tyari Mar GewargisIII Sliwa, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East - Ashitha...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
Yahballaha III (c. 1245–13 November 1317), known in earlier years as Rabban Marcos (or Markos) was Patriarch of the East from 1281 to 1317. As patriarch...
Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV. Only with the newly consecrated Patriarch Mar GewargisIII in 2015 did the patriarchal seat of the Assyrian Church of the East return...
Pelliot Arthur Christopher Moule Reginald Johnston Haneda Toru [ja] P. Y. Saeki Chen Yuan F. S. Drake Patriarch GewargisIII Martin Palmer Patriarch Awa III...
IV died. In September 2015, a new Catholicos-Patriarch was elected, GewargisIII. 1994 Common Christological Declaration 1997 Joint Synodical Decree for...
Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East Convened under His Holiness Mar GewargisIII, Catholicos‐Patriarch" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2020. "Assyrian Church...
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