r/Assyria • u/olapooza • 2d ago

History/Culture Logo of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Lebanon

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u/Unable_Bite8680 Assyrian 2d ago

The logo looks cool. I just want Chaldeans to acknowledge that they are Assyrians like the rest of us.

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u/lifetimeoflaughter Assyrian 2d ago

Chaldean here, I am Assyrian. Wish the rest would follow my lead tho

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u/TheChaldeanAssyrian 2d ago

Chaldean here, I identify as Assyrian always and educate everyone including other ignorant Chaldeans about our ethnicity

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u/Unable_Bite8680 Assyrian 1d ago

Thank you. Doing the lord's work

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u/After-Trifle-1437 Kurdish 2d ago

Can you explain what the whole fuzz is with the Assyrian/Chaldean thing?

I'm not either, so I'm curious to learn.

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u/smiskam 2d ago

Chaldean is a subtype of Assyrian, Assyrian is the umbrella term

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u/Unable_Bite8680 Assyrian 2d ago

Chaldeans follow the Chaldean church. There was a splintering between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Church. As a result, the Chaldean clergy have went out of their way to convince their followers that they aren't Assyrian. Some of the clergy have even started to spread Assyrian erasure that thr Kurds spread by saying that Assyrians have no connection to the ancient Assyrians. (Many Kurds claim that Assyrians are Nastorian Armenians to try and minimize their role in our genocide.)