IRAQ: Historic Syriac Orthodox Mor Tuma Church in Mosul restored and reopens with bell ringing ceremony - Syriac Press

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IRAQ: Historic Syriac Orthodox Mor Tuma Church in Mosul restored and reopens with bell ringing ceremony - Syriac Press

MOSUL, Iraq — The Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul, Kerkheslokh (Kirkuk) and Kurdistan Mor Nicodemus Daoud Matti Sharaf rung the bell of the Syriac Orthodox Mor Tuma Church in the Al-Saa’a neighborhood in central Mosul for the first time after a years-long period of reconstruction. The ringing of the church bell marks the revival of the oldest church in Mosul, which was badly damaged after the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization took con…