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Baghdad, Dec. 24, 2007 (CWNews.com) - "We are always the children of hope," Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told the Associated Press in a Christmas Eve interview. But when asked whether the situation is improving for the country's Christian minority, the Iraqi prelate admitted, "I think that it's the same."

The Chaldean Patriarch-- who recently became the first Iraqi member of the College of Cardinals-- appealed to Iraqi Christians to remain in their homeland. He asked, in his AP interview, "for the emigrants to return home, to work for the good of their country and their homeland despite the situation which their country is in."

The Iraqi Christian leader issued "a message of peace and brotherhood and mutual cooperation" to all his countrymen, regardless of faith, "because we are all the sons of one family."

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04 December 2022

Joachim and Anna Rejoice

Today the bonds of childlessness are loosed, * for God has heard Joachim and Anna * and He promises manifestly that they, against all hope, would give birth to the Maiden of God * from whom the Uncircumscribed One Himself would be born, becoming man, * and he commanded the Angels to cry out to her: * “Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!” (Troparion - Tone 4)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Today the whole world celebrates * the conception of Anne which was brought about by God, * for she gave birth to the one who, beyond understanding, * gave birth to the Word. (Kontakion - Tone 4)

Saint Nicholas of Myra

The truth of your deeds has revealed you to your flock, * as a rule of faith, an image of meekness, and a teacher of abstinence. * Therefore, you attained the heights through humility, * and riches through poverty. * O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, * pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved. (Troparion, Tone 4)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

In Myra, You were shown to be a servant of the sacred things, O Holy Nicholas, * for, fulfilling the Gospel of Christ, you, O Venerable, laid down your life for your people, * and saved the innocent from death. * Therefore, you were sanctified as a great initiate of the grace of God. (Kontakion, Tone 3)