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===Social media presence===
===Social media presence===
Emmanuel has since gained popularity through social media, such as Christ the Good Shepherd Church's [[YouTube]] channel and [[TikTok]], which earned him the sobriquet "TikTok Bishop". He has appeared on YouTube podcasts such as ''PBD Podcast'' and ''Valuetainment'' with [[Patrick Bet-David]] and [[Vincent Oshana]], where the videos have over one million views.<ref>{{Citation|publisher=PBD Podcast|title=Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel & George Janko, PBD Podcast Ep. 335|date=2023-12-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGISqbiVfBY|access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> Another such podcast is titled "Satan Has Engulfed the Churches", where Emmanuel expresses his opinions on [[Pope Francis]] "going [[woke]]".<ref>{{Citation|publisher=Valuetainment|title="Satan Has Engulfed the Churches" - Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel Reacts to the Woke Pope|date=2023-12-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4yjRW3U2I|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref>
Emmanuel has since gained popularity through social media, such as Christ the Good Shepherd Church's [[YouTube]] channel and [[TikTok]], which earned him the sobriquet "TikTok Bishop". He has appeared on YouTube podcasts such as ''PBD Podcast'' and ''Valuetainment'' with [[Patrick Bet-David]] and [[Vincent Oshana]], where the videos have over one million views.<ref>{{Citation|publisher=PBD Podcast|title=Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel & George Janko, PBD Podcast Ep. 335|date=2023-12-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGISqbiVfBY|access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> Another such podcast is titled "Satan Has Engulfed the Churches", where Emmanuel expresses his opinions on [[Pope Francis]] "going [[woke]]".<ref>{{Citation|publisher=Valuetainment|title="Satan Has Engulfed the Churches" - Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel Reacts to the Woke Pope|date=2023-12-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4yjRW3U2I|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Who Is Mari Mari Emmanuel? Bishop Famous On TikTok Stabbed In Sydney Church By 15-Yr-Old Suspect |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/australia/who-is-mari-mari-emmanuel-bishop-famous-on-tiktok-stabbed-in-sydney-christ-the-good-shepherd-church-by-15-yr-old-suspect-article-109323367 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref>


His sermons are delivered in both English and [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic|Assyrian]] at the Wakeley church through Facebook and YouTube, in addition to offering [[Sunday school]] classes for young children and youth group ministry.<ref name= ABC/>
His sermons are delivered in both English and [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic|Assyrian]] at the Wakeley church through Facebook and YouTube, in addition to offering [[Sunday school]] classes for young children and youth group ministry.<ref name= ABC/>

Revision as of 10:41, 16 April 2024

His Grace Mar

Mari Emmanuel
Bishop of Christ the Good Shepherd Church
Orders
Ordination11 August 2011
by Mar Addai II
RankBishop
Personal details
Born (1970-07-19) July 19, 1970 (age 53)
Haditha, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq
DenominationSyriac Christianity
ResidenceSydney, Australia
OccupationCleric

Mar Mari Emmanuel (born 19 July 1970) is an Assyrian Christian cleric who is currently the bishop of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, New South Wales, Australia. In 2011, he was ordained a bishop in the Ancient Church of the East, but in 2015, he established an independent church in the Eastern Syriac tradition, after being excommunicated by the aforementioned church. On 15 April 2024, Emmanuel and five others were stabbed as part of a religiously motivated terrorist attack.[1]

His sermons are livestreamed on Christ the Good Shepherd Church's Facebook and YouTube channels, which collectively have a following of 240,000. His popularity has garnered online fan pages with thousands of people following him, and he has took interviews in many conservative YouTube programs, where he has spoken about religion, homosexuality and COVID-19.[1]

Early life

Emmanuel was born in 1970 in Haditha, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, to a devout Christian family. Growing up in Baghdad,[1] he settled in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1980s as a child, where he attended Fairfield High School. He worked as a bank manager in the 1990s, before becoming a deacon in the late 1990s and then being ordained a priest in 2009.[2]

Tenure as bishop

In August 2011, Mar Yacoub Daniel and Mar Zaia Khoshaba consecrated Mar Mari Emmanuel as a suffragan bishop for the archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand, assisting the Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand. Previously known as Emmanuel Shlimon, he adopted the episcopal name of 'Mari Emmanuel' (after Saint Mari) at the time of becoming a bishop.[3]

Ancient Church of the East

In July 2013, while on a visit to Australia, Mar Addai II bestowed the patriarchal confirmation upon Mari Emmanuel. At the time, though, he ordered him to make changes in regard to a range of different areas such as the liturgical, theological and social conduct of Emmanuel. The patriarch's deadline expired, and Addai II suspended Mari Emmanuel in July 2014, on the grounds of disobeying canons promulgated by the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 ((Citation Needed)). The suspension was briefly withdrawn in December 2014 when Emmanuel declared his acceptance of the patriarchal decrees, but renewed when he expressed his disagreement a second time.[4]

Independent church

In January 2015, Mari Emmanuel established an independent church in the East Syriac (Assyrian Christian) tradition, in Wakeley, which is currently known as Christ the Good Shepherd Church. The Holy Synod of the Ancient Church of the East discussed his case at a meeting in 2015, and in 2016 he was received in communion again by metropolitan Toma Gewargis, who also paid a visit to the church later that year.[4]

With respect to his participation in the former denomination in which he served, as of 2023, he is not listed as a clergyman in the Ancient Church of the East's Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and Lebanon.[5][2]

Social media presence

Emmanuel has since gained popularity through social media, such as Christ the Good Shepherd Church's YouTube channel and TikTok, which earned him the sobriquet "TikTok Bishop". He has appeared on YouTube podcasts such as PBD Podcast and Valuetainment with Patrick Bet-David and Vincent Oshana, where the videos have over one million views.[6] Another such podcast is titled "Satan Has Engulfed the Churches", where Emmanuel expresses his opinions on Pope Francis "going woke".[7][8]

His sermons are delivered in both English and Assyrian at the Wakeley church through Facebook and YouTube, in addition to offering Sunday school classes for young children and youth group ministry.[1]

Controversies

On 19 July 20, 2021, amid the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreaks and the lockdown in Sydney, Emmanuel presented an online sermon that reprimanded the COVID-19 vaccinations and lockdowns, saying that the coronavirus is "just another type of the flu, no more, no less" and called it a "plandemic". In his video, he implored Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to do more and aid those with financial and emotional adversity, in addition to saying, "have we really lost the plot?".[9][10]

In addition to criticising non-Christian religions, such as Judaism and Islam, the Bishop is also known for preaching anti-LGBTQ sentiments, describing homosexuality as a "crime in the eyes of God". In one sermon, he stated that "Islam flourished and expanded with the sword". However, on the conflict in Gaza, he has called for peace.[1]

2024 stabbing attack

Main article: 2024 Wakeley church stabbing

On Monday 15th April 2024, Emmanuel was attacked during a sermon at Christ The Good Shepherd Church.[11][12] At a pulpit, the assailant set upon Emmanuel from the latter’s right and stabbed him repeatedly with a switchblade until the bishop fell, sustaining lacerations to his head; the perpetrator then attacked five others. Just after the attack, Emmanuel prayed for the assailant.[13][14]

In a video released by one of the churchgoers, the attacker spoke in Lebanese Arabic, saying "if he [the bishop] didn't insult my prophet and religion, I wouldn't have come here".[15] Just after the attack, Emmanuel prayed for the assailant.[13] Police described the attack as "religious motivated extremism."[16] This occurred two days after the Bondi Junction stabbings.[17][12][18][19][20][21]

Parishes

  • Saint Zaia Cathedral – Middleton Grange, New South Wales (former)
  • Christ The Good Shepherd Church – Wakeley, New South Wales (current)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "What we know about Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was stabbed in the Sydney church attack". ABC News Australia. 2024-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Baumer, Christoph (2006). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London-New York: Tauris. ISBN 9781845111151.
  3. ^ History of Eastern Christianity (Malayalam) by Mar Aphrem Metropolitan. The Theological Literature Council, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India.
  4. ^ a b Wilmshurst, David (2019). "The Patriarchs of the Church of the East". The Syriac World. London: Routledge. pp. 239–245. ISBN 9781138899018.
  5. ^ "Fairfield City Woman of the Year Rasha Daniel". SBS. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  6. ^ Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel & George Janko, PBD Podcast Ep. 335, PBD Podcast, 2023-12-05, retrieved 2024-01-04
  7. ^ "Satan Has Engulfed the Churches" - Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel Reacts to the Woke Pope, Valuetainment, 2023-12-05, retrieved 2024-01-05
  8. ^ "Who Is Mari Mari Emmanuel? Bishop Famous On TikTok Stabbed In Sydney Church By 15-Yr-Old Suspect". TimesNow. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  9. ^ "'It's a bit scary knowing he's out there every day': Life in the COVID hotspots". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  10. ^ "Bishop Preaches Against Vaccine". Twitter. 10 News First. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  11. ^ Christian Oliver: Bishop Stabbed During Middle of Church Service, Newsweek, 15 April 2024
  12. ^ a b "Sydney: Bishop stabbed during sermon - reports". 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  13. ^ a b Raphael, Angie; Achenza, Madeleine (16 April 2024). "Bishop's shock act after allegedly being stabbed in church". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  14. ^ Clun, Rachel; Sakkal, Paul (2024-04-16). "PM calls for Australians to 'unite, not divide' after Sydney church stabbing". The Age. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  15. ^ Jose, Renju (April 16, 2024). "Australia says Assyrian church stabbing was terrorist act". Reuters.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Clun, Rachel; Sakkal, Paul (2024-04-16). "PM calls for Australians to 'unite, not divide' after Sydney church stabbing". The Age. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  17. ^ Touma, Rafqa (2024-04-15). "Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  18. ^ Melissa Koenig: Bishop viciously stabbed during service in Sydney just days after mall massacre, New York Post, 15 April 2024
  19. ^ Christian Oliver: Bishop Stabbed During Middle of Church Service, Newsweek, 15 April 2024
  20. ^ Touma, Rafqa (2024-04-15). "Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  21. ^ Melissa Koenig: Bishop viciously stabbed during service in Sydney just days after mall massacre, New York Post, 15 April 2024

External links

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