By Baghdadhope
Source and photos: Kaldaya.net
As reported in september by Baghdadhope on last week the first catholic church of Oriental Rite in the Republic of Georgia has been consecrated: the Chaldean Church dedicated to Mar Shimoun Bar Sabbae.
The church built in Babylonian style resembles the famous Ishtar Gate and is in the care of Father Benyamin Beth Yadegar who in the same day of its consecration has been ordained as Chorepiscop by the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church Mar Emmanuel III Delly who arrived in Tblisi with the patriarchal auxiliary Msgr. Shlemun Warduni, the bishop of Urmia-Salmas (Iran) Msgr. Thomas Meram and other priests.
The building includes the rectory, rooms for the cathechism and the nuns and a small theatre. Attending the consecration ceremony was also Msgr. Giuseppe Pasotto, Apostolic Administrator in the Caucasus.