Construction of Saint Joseph's Church began on a 1000 sqm area at the entrance of Ankawa, Erbil, in 1978 while Stephan Babaka was archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil. The church was built at government expense with volunteer labor from the people of Ankawa and consecrated in 1981. Saint Joseph's Church was designed in distinctive Babylonian style including a main gate modeled on the Ishtar Gate, with a large yard, and big gardens.
cathedral, saint, joseph, ankawa, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cathedral of Saint Joseph Ankawa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Cathedral of Saint Joseph Ankawa also known as Cathedral of Mar Yousif 1 2 is the Chaldean Catholic cathedral and seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan Latin Archieparchia Arbilensis Chaldaeorum Arabic إيبارشية أربيل الكلدانية created under the pontificate of Pope Paul VI The cathedral named for Saint Joseph follows the East Syriac Rite Chaldean Rite of the Chaldean Catholic Church one of the Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular churches that make up the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See in Rome History editConstruction of Saint Joseph s Church began on a 1000 sqm area at the entrance of Ankawa Erbil in 1978 while Stephan Babaka was archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil The church was built at government expense with volunteer labor from the people of Ankawa and consecrated in 1981 Saint Joseph s Church was designed in distinctive Babylonian style including a main gate modeled on the Ishtar Gate with a large yard and big gardens In 2014 Saint Joseph became a shelter for refugees that fled from the violence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 3 References edit Cathedral of St Joseph Ankawa Iraq Chaldean www gcatholic org Retrieved 2016 05 24 Timmerman Kenneth R 2011 01 01 St Peter s Bones Kenneth R Timmerman ISBN 9780979722912 Retrieved 2016 05 24 dead link Ankawa www ishtartv com External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint Joseph s Cathedral Ankawa 36 13 39 N 43 59 32 E 36 2274 N 43 9922 E 36 2274 43 9922 nbsp This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Iraq is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an Eastern Catholic place of worship is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cathedral of Saint Joseph Ankawa amp oldid 1197427832, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
