{"id":26559,"date":"2018-01-09T08:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T08:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=26559"},"modified":"2018-01-09T08:39:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T08:39:22","slug":"iraq-hundreds-christians-celebrate-feast-st-behnam-ruins-monastery-destroyed-isis-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/01\/09\/iraq-hundreds-christians-celebrate-feast-st-behnam-ruins-monastery-destroyed-isis-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAQ : Hundreds of Christians celebrate the feast of St Behnam in ruins of monastery destroyed by ISIS &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IRAQ: Hundreds of Christians celebrate the feast of St Behnam in ruins of monastery destroyed by ISIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hundreds of Iraqi Christians\u00a0took part\u00a0in the celebrations for the feast of the martyrs St. Behnam and his sister Sarah in the monastery where the relics of the saint are\u00a0kept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The sanctuary, a few kilometres from the city of Qaraqosh on the Nineveh Plain, is\u00a0being\u00a0rebuilt\u00a0after the devastation\u00a0it\u00a0suffered at the hands of \u00a0Islamic State. The reconstruction project\u00a0for this\u00a0important place of worship is being\u00a0sponsored\u00a0by the French association Fraternit\u00e9\u00a0en\u00a0Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The massive participation of the\u00a0faithful in\u00a0the Eucharistic liturgies, held in the open air,\u00a0was\u00a0a clear and important sign of the willingness of the Iraqi Christians to return\u00a0and resume\u00a0their daily life, marked by the celebrations and\u00a0festivities of\u00a0the liturgical year, in the places where they have their roots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In July 2014, the jihadists expelled the three Syro-Catholic monks who had officiated until the previous day. Some families who lived in the monastery were also expelled. Some months after the beginning of the occupation by the radical organization,\u00a0a group from\u00a0Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi\u00a0removed the crosses and burned the ancient\u00a0manuscripts\u00a0in\u00a0the monastery. Then in 2015, they\u00a0destroyed it\u00a0with explosives,\u00a0not\u00a0even\u00a0sparing\u00a0the tomb of the saint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since then, people have expressed concern about the fate of the patrimony guarded in the old monastery, which dates back to the 4th century and\u00a0is\u00a0dedicated to the Assyrian martyr\u00a0Prince\u00a0Behnam and his sister Sara. It is\u00a0one of the oldest and most revered places of worship in the world\u00a0for\u00a0Syriac Christianity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRAQ: Hundreds of Christians celebrate the feast of St Behnam in ruins of monastery destroyed by ISIS &nbsp; Hundreds of Iraqi Christians\u00a0took part\u00a0in the celebrations for the feast of the martyrs St. Behnam and his sister Sarah in the monastery where the relics of the saint are\u00a0kept. 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