Religion & Culture
Assyrian people are exclusively Christian. They fall into a number of Eastern Rite Churches, the most common being the Ancient Church of the East, the Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church and Syriac Orthodox Church. A Chaldean Catholic Church is rented in Acton, London and an Assyrian Ancient Church of the East Church and Club are owned by the Assyrians in South Ealing. The priest of the Chaldean Church is currently Father Habib al-Noufaly. The former Chaldean priest was Father Andreas, now a bishop, ordained in Rome by the Pope in 2004.
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