Tag: Wakeley Knife Attack
Mar Emmanuel forgives attacker in audio message: “I love you my...
Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has addressed his attacker three days after the attempt on his life, saying as a spiritual father, “You’re my son, I love you and I will always pray for you.”
Prayers rise for Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel after Wakeley knife...
Mar Emmanuel has received support from across the broader Christian community, including from Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, who sent flowers and expressed his solidarity and prayerful support with clergy of all religions.
Do not fear to worship after Mar Emmanuel attack, but respond...
"Every person in this country, be they bishop or priest, rabbi or imam, minister or congregant, should be able to worship in safety, without fear that they might be subject to acts of violence while gathering in prayer," Archbishop Fisher said.
Mar Emmanuel will ‘show face of Jesus’ in wake of murder...
“I think Bishop Mari will forgive the person who did this but will also expect him to be judged under the law,” Fr Lenard Ina, a neighbouring priest who knows Mar Emmanuel well, said the day after the attack.
Premier, PM call for unity after declaring Mar Emmanuel stabbing a...
NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed the stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox clergyman in Wakeley last night was a “terrorist act,” after convening a council of religious and community leaders overnight to call for calm.
