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Matthew Marsden The language of the movie, Aramaic, the language of Christ, will be extinct in 50 years if we don’t support the Assyrian Christians who still speak it.

Throughout the entire history of the Church of The East, the Church of Martyrs, we lived in isolation. Stuck between Rome & Persia, a Church persecuted on all fronts: from Shapur II to Mongolian hordes. Too East for Rome & a fifth column in the eyes of Islam. It is time we use

GOD BLESS OUR PEOPLE IN BASRA, WHO HAVE DWINDLED IN NUMBER BEYOND RECOGNITION.

This Assyrian girl in Iraq reminds us of an important lesson *in Aramaic*. Even His disciples denied him. “No one remained with him except a mother’s heart.” “Will you be like Mary or the crowd?” The crowd has abandoned Eastern Christians just as the crowd abandoned Christ.

The amount of high calibre people following this page & reaching out is mind blowing. Linguists, CEOs, clergy, journalists, politicians. There is universal interest from Christians to save the language & people of Christ in the Middle East. It’s time to harness this energy.

One of my most interesting conversations ever was at a Syriac monastery in SE Turkey with: the head groundsman; and an 18 year old, born & raised in Germany but sent by his folks to the monastery for a year to stop him running with a bad crowd. I spoke German+Turkish but no

Christ promised paradise to The Thief on The Cross. Gayassa, The Good Thief, is a powerful symbol in Assyrian churches. ܓܝܣܐ A church father wrote a dialogue with the Thief & an angel at the Gates of Heaven, dramatized yearly in Chaldean churches. The first soul to be saved.