Revellers dressed in traditional clothing attend 'Akitu', the Assyrian-Babylonian New Year celebrations in the city of Dohuk, April 1, 2025. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
A nun makes the sign of the cross while praying as she awaits the arrival of Pope Francis at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2024. (Photo: AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq and the World, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
A view of a Syriac language Bible on display at the Syriac Museum in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda) in Nineveh province, May 10, 2023. (Photo: Waleed al-Khaleed/AFP)
Assyrian intellectuals and religious leaders standing for a moment of silence in the Kurdistan Region's Ankawa district to commemorate the 89th anniversary of the Simele massacre, August 7, 2022. (Photo: Shayma Bayiz/Kurdistan 24)
KRG Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs Pishtwan Sadiq attending the inauguration ceremony for a new church in Erbil's Ankawa district with cardinal Louis Sako, June 26, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
