His Holiness Mor Ignatius Zakka I (+2014) – Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church – together with His Eminence Julius Çiçek (+2005), Metropolitan and former Archbishop of Europe, holding the Syriac-Aramean flag during the inauguration and consecration of the Syriac Monastery of St. Ephrem in the Netherlands, 1984.
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܛܘܒ̈ܐ ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ (2014♰) ـ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܘܕܟܠܗ ܡܕܢܚܐ، ܪܝܫܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܬܪܝܨܬ ܫܘܒܚܐ ـ ܥܡ ܡܢܚ ܢܦܫܐ ܝܘܠܝܘܣ ܓܝܓܟ ـ ܚܣܝܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܦܝ ـ ܕܢܣܒܝܢ ܐܬܐ ܕܥܡܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܒܝܘܡ ܩܘܕܫ ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ̱ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܗܠܢܕܐ ܐ̱ܨܦܕ
Gallo Shabo, the Syriac-Aramean leader and commander of the defense of Iwardo during the genocide of 1915.
Under his leadership, he successfully gathered a resistance force of 6,000 Syriac-Arameans to protect the village against 13,000 Kurds and Turks, who sought to kill all the Christian Syriac-Arameans of Iwardo.
A picture from the village of Qeleth, taken by American missionaries in 1949, during the inauguration of the new bell of the Syriac Protestant church in the village.
Semhan Kerimo (left) and Lahdo Uyar dbe Basso (right) in Midyat, 1960, with the Syriac Protestant church in the background. They bought their bike in Syria, where they were working.
Above, from left: Shibo Sedde-Ediz, Lahdo Antar-Cakir, Aziz dbe Maksi Galle, Nicmo dbe Cabdiyo, Yakub Ercan dbe Kittik, and the driver with a hat, Abdulkadir Kahla.
Seated, from left: Gevriye dbe Bugdo, Suphi Kermane, Denho Rhavi Akbas, and Melek Bisse.
On the right (owner): Musa Aras; Hanne Chalma; Lahdo dbe Lahdoko Grigo; Bunyamin Icmen; Savme dbe Chamo; Musa dbe Xirman; and on the left, Fikri Zatte Chalma. Various silver items produced on the table were sold all over Anatolia.
