{"id":8893,"date":"2015-04-15T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2015-04-15T09:16:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T09:16:52","slug":"iraq-we-priests-and-nuns-are-the-last-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/04\/15\/iraq-we-priests-and-nuns-are-the-last-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIRAQ: We priests and nuns are the last to leave.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Erbil, Iraq\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 Apr. 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The heroes of faith in Iraq: Priests, seminarians and religious hold out while their flock is besieged by ISIS<\/p>\n<p>By Oliver Maksan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt night we often hear gunfire. But luckily we are quite a bit away from the fighting,\u201d Father Steven says. That is a matter of opinion. In reality, as the crow flies, the town of Alqosh is scarcely 15 kilometres away from the front line, where the heavily armed Kurdish Peshmerga forces and fighters of the Islamist terror organisation ISIS are facing off. Behind them extend the expansive Nineveh Plains, an area the jihadists conquered last year and declared part of their caliphate, which comprises parts of Syria and Iraq. When the weather is good, you can see the Christian towns that are now under ISIS control from Alqosh with the naked eye. \u201cBack there is my village Batnaya,\u201d the Chaldean priest says and points in the direction of the Christian town on the Plains. \u201cI was the priest there. Now it is ruled by ISIS.\u201d The cleric talks about how fast everything went that summer, how ISIS continued to advance relentlessly and how more than 125000 Christians fled in panic before them. \u201cI was the last to leave Batnaya. The jihadists arrived shortly thereafter. Their first question was: where is Father Steven?\u201d He also reports that Muslims in the neighbouring villages joined the jihadists, people alongside which the Christians had been living all of their lives. \u201cThat was an especially bitter pill for us to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Father Steven now lives as a refugee in Alqosh, only a few kilometres away from his parish in Batnaya. He has been joined by more than 480 Christian families from the area who have taken refuge in the ancient Christian town. A Chaldean bishop resides here. The ruins of a synagogue harbour the grave of the Old Testament prophet Nahum. The small town is characterised by its beautiful churches. It would not have taken much more and the black flag of the caliphate would now be waving over Alqosh as well. \u201cIn early August they were right before Alqosh,\u201d Father Steven says. \u201cBut for reasons unknown to us, ISIS turned back. That is what saved us.\u201d His fellow brother Ghazwan believes that this was the work of God. \u201cIt is a miracle that we can still be here. In the summer, the police told us to leave the town immediately because ISIS was advancing relentlessly. Because of this, at times there was no one left here.\u201d Only about 100 brave young men held out in the mountains near Alqosh, the priest continues. \u201cThey were ready to risk their young lives to defend the town from ISIS. They were ready to die for their homeland.\u201d At first Father Ghazwan was forced to flee with the remaining inhabitants. But only for a week. \u201cThat was the first week in our long Christian history here in Alqosh in which no Mass was celebrated.\u201d However, this was not the case for long. \u201cI returned on 15 August. I wanted to be with our young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of priests and religious have been made homeless in the past year. They not only lost their convents, churches and monasteries, but also schools and children\u2019s homes, basically the entire apostolate that they had built up over the years. \u201cWe lost 23 of our monasteries and houses,\u201d Sister Suhama says. The Dominican nun now lives in a development of terraced houses near Erbil. <strong><em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em><\/strong> is helping her and dozens of other homeless nuns, monks and priests to start anew. \u201cWe were 26 nuns in Qaraqosh alone. We led a flourishing community life there. Some of our sisters are having trouble getting over the loss. At night they dream of soon being able to return.\u201d A fellow nun of Sister Suhama cries quietly as she listens. Fourteen older sisters have even died of sorrow since they fled.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Suhama says that it has not been easy to continue to lead a regular monastic life under these circumstances. \u201cAfter all, we have to take care of those of our people who are now living here. They have a lot of problems. However, we are trying hard to keep Mass and prayer in their proper place.\u201d Most importantly, the people need to feel that the church is close to them, the nun emphasises. \u201cIt is our job to be with our people. I don\u2019t believe it will happen, but should the day come on which every last Christian leaves Iraq: we priests and nuns will be the last to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just like the nuns, the two seminarians Martin and Randi have also lost their homes. With the support of <strong><em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em><\/strong>, the young men are now studying at the seminary in Erbil. \u201cISIS has strengthened our vocation,\u201d Randi says with deep conviction. The Syrian Catholic seminarian comes from Qaraqosh. \u201cLosing your home is of course a bitter pill to swallow. My parents are now living here as refugees. However, it is fortunate that the people have survived. That shows me that God is a God of life and not of property and objects. God is taking care of us.\u201d Martin agrees with him. The Chaldean from Karamlish, a town near Qaraqosh, is already a deacon. \u201cOur village priest and I were among the last to flee after we had made sure that no one had been left in the village. We were able to save the Holy Eucharist and several liturgical books. Nothing else. I truly feared for my life,\u201d he says. As they fled to Erbil, he thought that death could be near. He is overcome by sadness when he thinks about his lost home. \u201cI only want to be consecrated as a priest when I can celebrate the first Mass in my village. I realise that this may take months or longer.\u201d Deacon Martin has consciously made the decision to live in Iraq. \u201cMy parents live in the US. I also spent some time there. But I wanted to return to Iraq. My place is here. This is where I want to serve the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Randi also feels bound to the faithful. \u201cI don\u2019t just want to serve at the altar, but also take care of the poor. And we now have more than enough of these.\u201d It pains him to see how more and more Christians are leaving Iraq for good. \u201cHowever, although our flock may be even smaller in the future, we Christians still have an important job to do here. We have to rebuild our country. Despite everything, we have to learn how to live with the Muslims again. We have to teach our children to respect and esteem the other. Or else this will be missing from Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Catholic pastoral charity <em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em> supports religious, priests and seminarians who have been forced to flee from ISIS. This is achieved by Mass stipends for priests as well as direct emergency aid for housing and provisions. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRAQ \/ MOSSUL-SIR 14\/00060\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ID: 1404934<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRAQ \/ NATIONAL 14\/00254\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ID: 1405532<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRAQ \/ NATIONAL 14\/00248\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ID: 1405352<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Maksan, press@acn-intl.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erbil, Iraq\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 Apr. 2015 &nbsp; The heroes of faith in Iraq: Priests, seminarians and religious hold out while their flock is besieged by ISIS By Oliver Maksan \u201cAt night we often hear gunfire. 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But luckily we are quite a bit away from the fighting,\u201d Father Steven says. That is a matter of opinion. 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