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| Keywords: Chaldeansoftheprovinceof Mardin.JPG A postcard by the Cappucin mission in Mesopotemia of two Chaldean men from the villages surrounding the town of Mardin in South East Turkey along the Syrian border Chaldean Christians recognize the Pope as the head of the Universal Church They split from the Assyrian Nestorian Church in the sixteenth century Chaldean Christians are found in largest concentrations in Iraq Syria Lebanon the United States Detroit Europe and Australia The head of the Church the Patriarch resides in Baghdad with the title of the Patriarch of Babylon He has the rank of a Cardinal in the Catholic church Their liturgy is in Aramaic http //mideastimage com/result aspx 19th century Cappucin mission PD-old Syriacs Christianity in Syria Old Photos of Mardin Chaldean Catholic Church Postcards of people in Turkey Fur clothing of native people of Turkey Sheepskin clothing | ||||
