Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin
Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ) was a
Catholicos Patriarch of theAssyrian Church of the East . He was born in 1887 in the village ofQochanis in theHakkari Province ,Ottoman Empire (modern-day southeasternTurkey ). He was consecrated a Metropolitan onMarch 1 ,1903 byMar Rowil , the Catholicos Patriarch who died onMarch 16 ,1903 . He succeeded his predecessor at the age of eighteen and occupied the patriarchal See ofSeleucia-Ctesiphon at Qudchanis for 15 years. In March, 1918, Mar Benyamin along with 150 of his bodyguards were assassinated by Simko (Ismail Agha Shikak), a kurdish agha, in the town of Kuhnashahir (Persia) under atruce flag (seeAssyrian Genocide ).Quotes
*"It is imposible for me and my people to surrender after seeing the atrocities done to my Assyrian people by your government; therefore my brother is one, my people are many, I would rather lose my brother but not my nation." [ [http://www.assyrianenterprise.com/MiscAnnounc/M.Benyamin/MBenyamin.html Mar Benyamin ] ]
ee also
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Assyrian Church of the East's Holy Synod
*Assyrian people
*Assyrian Language
*List of Assyrians
*List of Patriarchs of Babylon External links
* [http://www.friesian.com/popes.htm#east "Patriarchs of the East" at friesian.com] [http://www.aina.org/articles/marbsh.htm The Invitation of the Patriarch Mar Binyamin ] at www.aina.org (First-hand account by Malik Daniel Bar Malik Ismail of Mar Benyamin's assassination)
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