1.0Œuvre d'orienthttps://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/Catherine MARROC-LATOURhttps://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/author/cmarroclatouroeuvre-orient-fr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MSJ3jSHFDU"><a href="https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/the-chaldean-church/">The Chaldean Church</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/the-chaldean-church/embed/#?secret=MSJ3jSHFDU" width="600" height="338" title="“The Chaldean Church” — Œuvre d'orient" data-secret="MSJ3jSHFDU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/semi-or.jpg1135325The Church of the East, from which the Chaldean Church originated, was founded in Mesopotamia—at that time part of the Persian Empire—by Saint Thomas and his disciples Addai and Mari. This Church evangelized the Jews and pagans of the region. It came to be known as the Church of Persia or the Church of the […]