{"id":15731,"date":"2026-08-26T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/projets\/restore-the-mar-toma-syriac-catholic-church-in-mosul\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:02:58","slug":"restore-the-mar-toma-syriac-catholic-church-in-mosul","status":"publish","type":"projet","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/projets\/restore-the-mar-toma-syriac-catholic-church-in-mosul\/","title":{"rendered":"Restore the Mar Toma Syriac Catholic Church in Mosul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&quot;This reconstruction and restoration will pave the way for the return of Mosul&#x27;s Christians.&quot;<\/strong> Father Pios Affas, pastor of the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Toma, Mosul, Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu-image contenu-image--image-texte\" data-component=\"15-contenu-image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contenu-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contenu-image__title\">Country Context<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"contenu-image__filet\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__text\"><p>From June 2014 to July 2017, ISIS made Mosul its capital and subjected the people of Mosul to cruel and constant terror, forcing Christians to flee the city. Seeking to erase all traces of the Christian presence, ISIS looted and destroyed Mosul\u2019s churches, often converting them into military installations. Liberated in 2017, the city of Mosul is now seeing Christians gradually resettle there. Approximately 200 families have returned to Mosul.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu-image__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu-image contenu-image--text-image contenu-image--logo\" data-component=\"15-contenu-image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contenu-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contenu-image__title\">Restoration of the Mar Toma Church in Mosul\u00a0<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"contenu-image__filet\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__text\"><p>Restoring this church is important for preserving the Christian presence in Mosul. The resumption of regular worship services in Mosul allows Christians from the Nineveh Plains to envision returning to the area and rebuilding a true community.\u00a0 Today, about 300 people attend Mass once a month.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u0152uvre d\u2019Orient has already supported the restoration of the facades and the creation of the church\u2019s furnishings.<\/p>\n<p>The goal for 2023 is to restore a wall of the church using local stones called Faresh.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu-image__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">Impact<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>This reconstruction paves the way for the long-term return of Christians to Mosul.<\/li>\n<li>Restoring Mosul\u2019s churches helps preserve the city\u2019s religious and cultural heritage, which is unique in Iraq.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9glise Mar Toma, Mossoul, 29 avril 2025 \/\/ Nouvelles croix 2025-04-29-MT\" class=\"wp-image-15086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Irak-mar-toma-photo-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fin du chantier de restauration de l&#8217;\u00e9glise Mar Toma (syriaque orthodoxe), \u00e0 Mossoul. Nouvelle croix sur le toit de l&#8217;\u00e9glise. 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