By Vatican News
In Bartella, Iraq, work was completed to restore the ancient Mar Guorguis church. Archbishop Hano, the Syriac Catholic ordinary of Mosul, inaugurated it on April 23, St. George's Day.
The so-called Islamic State had spared the church, but its condition had significantly deteriorated. Fr. Benham Benoka led restoration efforts to return it to its 1850 state.
The new Mar Guorguis church, built next door in 1934, was renovated in 2019, after ISIS set it ablaze.