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Re: On Ex Bishop Ashor Soro’s Upcoming Tour of Canada
Posted by Dalale (Guest) - Wednesday, July 12 2006, 23:09:57 (CEST)
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SOURCE: ZINDA MAGAZINE
http://www.zindamagazine.com/

Adam Haddad
Canada

Members of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Assyrian youth in Canada have been called upon to attend on July 23 and 25, 2006 respectively mass and an enlightenment gatherings led by the defrocked bishop Ashor Soro.

**** Enlightenment can do a lot of good for any and all Assyrians.

The two events, sponsored by a few disgruntled members of the church and for very obvious reasons enthusiastically spearheaded by a group of known non members in Toronto and elsewhere should come as a no surprise bearing in mind the close friendships the ex bishop had established during the years he spent in Toronto as a priest.

***** No comment.

Now the friends, for the good old time’s sake, seem to have obliged and have come to their ex bishop’s rescue with an ad replete with words and phrases borrowed from similar televangelist campaigns. How wrong and how destructive the support they are lending might prove to be is not something they seem to care too much about as long as their personal vendetta against what the Assyrian Church of the East stands for is being fulfilled through this old friend.

****** “The Valiant men are in Scarlet.” Nahum

In fact it surprises me that Toronto has not been thought of as the bastion of this visionary (this is what the friends are referring to the ex bishop in their current ad on Zinda) and the launching pad of his unholy crusade of demagogy and division in the name of unity.

******* How can we ever achieve “unity” when we are scattered around the world in the west, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq…etc…….

The ex bishop has blamed his demise on the church’s hierarchy starting with His Holiness Mar Dinkha. He has cited numerous shortcomings he accuses the church has been plagued with. Perhaps he could well be right about a few, but what about his own shortcomings?

***** No it was Eve’s fault...she made them do it!

Were all the claims of mismanagement of the diocese he headed for decades mere false accusations? Was the interference of His Holiness to settle the numerous disputes between him and the parishioners of his diocese just coincidences of no significance? Were all the complaints and grievances lodged by diocese members mere lies and fabrications?

****** God only knows.

To win his cause and to appeal to the hearts and souls of the church members as a good man of God, how hard could it have been for the bishop to admit to his own mistakes first before hurling accusations against the lay people and the church hierarchy? How difficult is it to admit that he too is of flesh and blood and quite prone to have committed blunders (I do not mean adultery) just as those he now accuses of having committed? Or is he too arrogant to truly believe that, like the Pope, he too is infallible.

****** Hhh “adultery”!


Of all the church’s bishops, ex bishop Soro has to admit that he had the best opportunities made available to him over the span of more than two decades. In fact in his days of glory he was considered by many as the golden boy of the church and the confidant of His Holiness Mar Dinkha.

***** I’m sure he’s also done some good things.

The church invested time and money to afford him the theological education he did not come equipped with when he was consecrated as a bishop so that one day he could utilize the acquired skills for the well being of his church. It seems that arrogance and self centrist attitude were developing in him at the same rate the new theological skills he was acquiring, culminating in the infamous condescending, rude and irresponsible language letters to the Patriarch.

**** Maybe he is angry at the situation our people are in Iraq!

It has become obvious now that his plan was never the reform of the church but an attempt to topple (a la Middle Eastern method of changing leadership) the Patriarch having seriously fallen under the false impression that he will get the needed support of the people from the word go. Fortunately, and that is quite evident from the desperate tours he is now making of the major cities pleading for support, the response has been nothing but disappointing.


***** I wish him luck on his Epic.

In response to his accusations on how backward the church has been rendered under the leadership of Mar Dinkha, some simple lay person’s questions should be… Why did it take this ex bishop more than twenty years to reach such a conclusion? Could he cite one thwarted effort (by the Patriarch or others) on his part over these twenty plus years towards rejuvenating the church as well as ridding it of all its maladies? Weren’t he part (in fact the most important and most involved ) of the hierarchy and decision making elite? Is he now telling us that he was a mere cry in wilderness and his cries went unheeded? Instead of helping reform the church he claims he remains loyal to, he has opted to breach his vow of obedience by defying the head of the church and has embarked on this wild and unholy crusade only to fulfill his own personal ambition to assume leadership, any leadership and at any cost.

**** At least he is courageous.

On this crusade, the ex bishop will also tackle the issue of mixing politics and church. I personally, cannot resist the desire to attend this part of this (visionary’s) sermon. I am also curious to find out, who exactly is he going to accuse of meddling in politics. One thing is for certain, the ex bishop has attempted and has failed politically (simply to fulfill his own personal agenda) when he falsely upheld the compound name which Zowaa promotes to gain Zowaa’s support.

**** I agree on this, but as Mar. Dalle Patriarch of the Chaldean Church of the East has said "there is no Assyrio-Chaldean Nation". We are Chaldeans and Assyrians…


With the noticeable decline in popularity due to its alleged partnership with the defrocked bishop, it is obvious that Zowaa’s best interests would not be served if this alleged association is maintained any longer. Zowaa should and must disavow him as well as clarify its stance in terms of the version of unity the ex bishop is promoting which most definitely runs counter to Zowaa’s political vision of the unity of our people. It was only last September when he took it upon himself to give the opening speech at the Assyrian convention in Chicago (meddling deep into the politics of the nation making) without even bothering to mention on whose behalf he was addressing that gathering and in what capacity. And if he thought those in attendance were naïve not to be able to read between the lines, the events few months later proved to many that this was nothing but a renegade cleric in the making.

****Interesting…

As far as the youth are concerned, the manner the ex bishop is pursuing this unity and other issues to appeal to them is surreal to say the least. It is a very serious matter considering the mixed message he will be conveying to the youth on July 25th regarding his vision of unity. The youth he will be targeting (if any would bother to show up)are not the blind followers he has gathered so far who are a mix of tribal affiliation, politically misinformed and outsiders who have found this golden opportunity to harm the body of our nation through its national church.

****Sad days…

The youth in Canada, like all Assyrian youth around the globe, are sick and tired of the mixed messages they have been getting from certain church leaders, this ex bishop being one of them, along with some politicians. The Assyrian youth love their nation and in the meantime treat their two Assyrian churches (the old and the new calendars) with much reverence and honor.

*** We need a new calendar whereby we recognize the month of May, the month of Mary, as our national month and new New Year and Ishtar/Inanna as our protector!

They are intelligent enough to draw the distinction between a denominational Christian unity he is after and the national unity they so much aspire to see materialize. They are not interested to hear a defrocked cleric’s desperate plea for support to fulfill his personal goals and agenda to eventually found yet another denomination which will add to our nation’s current sad state of affairs. Toronto youth, unlike the children of old Hamlin, are mature enough not to fall prey to the tunes of the pied piper of our times.

**** Nice line.

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Concerned Assyrian

Abbey Mikha
mikha@uwindsor.ca



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