{"id":14059,"date":"2016-03-30T10:19:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=14059"},"modified":"2016-03-30T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:19:26","slug":"4-iraqi-seminarians-are-being-ordained-in-a-refugee-camp-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/03\/30\/4-iraqi-seminarians-are-being-ordained-in-a-refugee-camp-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Iraqi seminarians are being ordained\u2013 in a refugee camp!     ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chapel-in-Virgin-Mary-refugee-camp.-Erbil.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chapel-in-Virgin-Mary-refugee-camp.-Erbil-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Chapel in Virgin Mary refugee camp. Erbil\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After their seminary in Qaraqosh was closed down and they were forced to flee following a brutal ISIS attack in 2014,\u00a0four Iraqi seminarians were determined not to give up, but\u00a0to continue their path to the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>The four seminarians went to the Al-Sharfa Seminary in Harissa, Lebanon to finish their studies Now, a year and a half after the attack that forced them to leave their homes, they have returned to Iraq where they will be ordained deacons. They told their bishop that they specifically wanted their ordination to take place in a refugee camp, \u201cbecause we are refugees\u201d and have chosen a church in an Erbil refugee camp for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want hope, and when they see that there are four young people who will become deacons and after a few months they will be \u00a0priests, that will give them hope and the power to stay,\u201d said Remi Marzina Momica ,one of the four seminarians from the Syriac Catholic Church of Mosul, who is being ordained.<\/p>\n<p>All of them had previously been studying at St.\u00a0Ephraim\u2019s seminary in the mainly Christian city of Qaraqosh, which is now under the control of Islamic State. The young seminarians were forced to flee the city when the militants attacked\u00a0on 6 Aug 2014, driving out inhabitants who didn\u2019t meet their demands to convert to Islam, pay a hefty tax or face death.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Qaraqosh seminary closed down following the 2014 attack,\u00a0the only seminary left in Iraq for the training of \u00a0diocesan priests is St. Peter Patriarchal seminary for the Chaldean Patriarchate in Erbil. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After their seminary in Qaraqosh was closed down and they were forced to flee following a brutal ISIS attack in 2014,\u00a0four Iraqi seminarians were determined not to give up, but\u00a0to continue their path to the priesthood. 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