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Assyrian Church

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Assyrian Church: see Nestorian Church Nestorian Church, Christian community of Iraq, Iran, and Malabar, India. It represents the ancient church of Persia and is sometimes called the Assyrian (or East Syrian) Church. It numbers about 175,000, including emigrants to the United States.
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Editor's note: The Catholic equivalent of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East, a Nestorian Church, is the Chaldean Church.
The Nestorian Church, also known as the Assyrian Church, split from the Roman Catholic Church in the fifth century, but remains a close cousin.
The Assyrian Church claims roots in the preaching of the Apostle Thomas and dedares a history of missionary endeavors throughout the Gulf states, India and China.
 
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