SYRIAC PEOPLE, Eastern Christians 

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Syriac Orthodox followers from Mesopotamian regions speak Turoyo...

I am syriac too long live assyrian tihe othuroyo ☝🏻

I keep wondering if christians, like myself, of leabnon Syria Israel Iraq ALL spoke Aramaic at one time very revently before the coming of Arabic. I want to learn the basics. I just never liked Arabic. I see it as an invading colonizer language.

@@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion it is exactly asu sayd, arabic in those places is a product of colonisation

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The difference is mostly politics and religion, but all those names are for the same people. When you have a people with over 3000 years of history, things can get confusing. Basically: Syriac is just a modern word for Syrian. We are the original native Syrians, before Arabs conquered the region.. We call ourselves Syriac now, to not be confused with the 90% arab population of modern Syria. Syrian going back even further, is literally just the Greek word for Aramean. So those two words are synonyms, but we began using the Greek term ourselves when we became Christians due to Hellenism. Those who come from the Ninveh region, and the city Mousul are generally called Assyrians, but originally, that was only in terms of geography. Mousul is the Arabic name for the city, in Aramaic it is called Othur/Athur, and in ancient Akkadian, the city was called Ashur (as in Assyria). Therefore, those who come from that city/region were sometimes called Assyrians. But during the 1800s, there was a political nationalist movement in that region. Our ancestors were actually an assimilated blend of Arameans and Assyrians that joined together about 2600 years ago. When Brittish explorers arrived to Ninveh in the 1800s and dug up ancient Assyrian ruins, it kickstarted the idea that the locals wanted to reconnect culturally to their Assyrian ancestors. This idea began to spread to some Syriacs in other regions (as far as to Lebanon), and it caused a big split in opinion. You're probably very confused by now, but I'll simplify. For the last 2000 years, we have called ourselves "Suryoye" which means Syriac/Syrian. All of us speak Aramean. Due to basically differences in ideology, some prefer to embrace the heritage of our Aramean ancestors, and so we call ourselves either Syriacs or Arameans as a synonym. This faction focuses on our Aramean language as our most important cultural heritage, and are generally more respectful to the authority of the Church. Some prefer to embrace the heritage of our Assyrian ancestors, despite the fact that we today share almost nothing incommon with them in language or culture (they have made some attempts to revive long dead traditions). This faction focuses more on the fact that we are the direct decendants of the Assyrians (often ignoring that we have just as much, and even more, Aramean ancestry). They are most of all concerned with more secular nationalism. They are not completely wrong to call themselves Assyrians, our ancestors were both Assyrians and Arameans, but their approach tends to be somewhat disengenous and revisionist. Chaldean does not refer to a seperate ethnicity. They are a religious offshoot (Catholics), but still the same people. So we are essentially all the same people, but have split off in modern times due to different views on ideology and history. Nobody seems keen on finding common ground, so we usually just call ourselves: Syriacs(Arameans)/Assyrians/Chaldeans

@@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer great commentary! Thank you very much for all this information.

Brother Assyrians predate arameans by thousands of years. And it was Assyrians who have survived instead of arameans. Also modern day Assyrians are not only a mixture of aramean and ancient Assyrians but also akkadians, hurrien, Sumerian etc. Also there are many books from the 16th century which say that the ACOE had Assyrian members so it’s not that this came up in the 18th century. We have always kept that name for ourselves. Look at the Assyrian provinces and their names and what they used to call us after the fall of our empire in 6th century BC. Also it was the Syriac patriarch who said in an interview with AssyriaTV that the only reason people in Germany started calling themselves “Aramean” was just to mistranslation since most other places you just say “Syriac” Whilst it isn’t wrong to say you are Syriac nowadays (since at those times anyone that said “I am suraya” was just assumed Assyrian) it is wrong to deny you are anything other than Assyrian. If you call yourself aramean because you may have some aramean genetics (although you primaraily will have Assyrian genetics), why don’t you call yourself Akkadian or Jewish (since many were brought to our lands)? What’s stopping you from calling yourself those names?

@@anotheraccount2576 fuqing assyrians spoke akkadian, we dont speak akkadian you dogshitsmoker

We have over 1 million Syrian ortadox in India love for all Christians in India

love from india

I’m Anglican Christian I’m also vegan I live meat free , I believe the Essenes also didn’t eat animals and Jesus and his family was essene , Genesis chapter 1 Versus 29 God tells mankind what diet to eat , plants 🌱, God bless all my Christian bothers and sisters , 🙏🕊✝️💖x

@@robertbridger111 food and drink doesnt bring us closer to God neither does it take us away from him... Eating meat or not eating meat, doesnt matter

@@vafflexorza3208Syrians r Arabs they don’t speak Syriac Aramaic it’s Arameans and Assyrians ur country India does not have any history with Arameans and Assyrians u just took our words in a Christian church instead of using ur own

We Lost many of our traditons due to the Synod of Diamper of 1599. And unfortunately, we Mar Thoma Nazranis are divided.

@@alphonsebenny8650 true. Makes me really very sad.

Only Yehova knowns the future now.... We christians have the duty to lead the people towards salvation, especially priests. But, now many priests have engaged in Evil activities, especially in Catholicism. The guilty priests are defended by the Roman authorities. May God do the Justice... Amen.

I have been many times in India. I studied 2 years in Kottayam. I love Kerela i love Malayalee people. I was feeling mayself at home when i was in Kerala. Just 2 weeks ago i was there. Greetings from Sweden. Zeki Aydin

@@zekiaydin7712 God bless

Ur aramean

This video is very misleading India and China have nothing to do with aramean and Assyrian history they weren’t alive at the time they took our words and used them in there church with a twist to say it in there language that doesn’t mean they speak Aramaic

god love you

eslomo ahono BIJU M C

U from

@@jojoskariah8356 i am from India but stay at NZ

The only people that speak it is aramean and Assyrians but the Arameans go by a different name today some of them call themselves syriacs

god bless you and all Eritrea setr and brothers

God bless you tu.

GOD BLESS YOU AHONO AND GOD BLESS ALL SYRIAC IN WORLD

Assyrian and Assyria is not anywhere near India and had nothing to do with India at all ur ancestors don’t come from us it’s ur people u come from or British empire not middle eastern.

Ur country doesn’t speak Aramaic u speak ur language in a Christian church in ur Hindu country not Aramaic or Syriac it’s just a prayer in a church u speak in a dialect of ur language with words u took from Assyrians and Arameans not originally meant to be there but ur church adopted them.

Ritaa you're so ignorant you have no clue what you're saying. You sound racist dumb and uneducated about history. Typical low IQ Americans usually are. We Orthodox of Kerala come from an ancient line of people more so than Assyrians. Our descendants come from Israel Levant Jews and it is proven in our DNA studies. Not all families only some families. I have a lot of people in my family with very light skin and green eyes. The Israelites came to Kerala due to Solomons time or for trade routes. It is recorded there were thousands of Jews living here when st Thomas converted my ancestors. He established 7 churches that were originally Jewish synagogues. Our history goes back way more than you can imagine. Our state is not only Hindu but ancient Christian as well. Don't categorize us into one box to fit your racist ideals.

Thank you very much. We love our brothers Serbien Orthodox. Warm greetings from Sweden Zeki Aydin

Jewish aramaic

@Green Road but they still forced islam and killed their people, its not like islam saved them, islam actually made it worse

Stop hating Muslims. Assyrians still living here after 1000 years of Muslim rule is proof enough of our tolerance. Are there any Muslims left in Spain???

Catholicism is the butcher of eastern Syriacs! remember the crusaders wreaking havoc on our ancestors throughout eastern europe & the levant. Catholicism is a heretic mafioso philosophy that is utterly unchristian

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it would take a genocide similar to Nazi holocaust for us mid-east christ to come together otherwise we re all hot air

@@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion we already had one when the ottomans occupied our lands they expelled they massacred hundreds of thousands and expelled over 80% of the christian’s in the levant

Of course they did.

@@aaronc235 there are two rites for syriac christianity- west and east rite..malankara orthodox belongs to west Syriac rite..jino was right when he mentioned Syro malabar follows east syriac liturgy..

Catholic is a heretic pedophile mafioso unchrisitian philosopht that has sought for 2000 years to eradicate the true authentic christianity that is Aramaic syriacs

Sholom,I am very proud that I do speak Aramaic ,and my origin is from Turabdin and I visited my homeland in 2007

@@danielaho6014 , yine bekleriz. (We wait again.) -Kahramanmaraş'tan iyi akşamlar ve selamlar.

Bro the modern Assyrians are syriac who claim to be descendants of the Assyrian empire, come on no beef just logic.

@@sandykk4114 What do you think Syriac means bro?

@@worldwidemapping9314 Syriac means سريان And Assyrian means اشوري People misunderstand the 2 concepts thinking that Syriac are Assyrians in English.

@@sandykk4114 You're using Arabic translations. Syriac (Suryan) comes from Syrian which was what the Greeks called the Assyrians. Syrian comes from the word Assyrian

@@theredstonesword9293 They're not Syriac most of them are converts. They have maybe 5% Syriac ancestry I give them that. I am also one quarter Armenian but you don't see me walking around claiming Armenian history. Just open your eyes they do not look Syriac. Neither are Maronites Syriacs, you're very close cousins.

Jacobite For Sure. 👍

@@NaiselMoncy kanannaya the original syric people's in Kerala ( malankara) others are Hindus convert christian s in kerala

@@alexmathew6786 whatever it is.. Once baptised In the name of trinity, it is for ever and ever

​@@alexmathew6786wrong Orthodox Jacobite have Levant ancestry which has been proven, knanaya has dark people too but they come from Iran a very small majority

....Actually Syriacs have dominated most part of the middle east in ancient times. But due to the cruelty and persecution under the Orthodox Muslim rulers, who killed the Syriacs in large scale, the number of Syriacs have dwindled.

@@alphonsebenny8650 can provide any source about Muslims killed a big number of themes huh I don't think so. stop blame Arabs for this without the Arabs they would like to be still under Rome and Persia rule.

@@laithalzoubi54 It is true that the Ottomans persecuted Christians but Arab caliphates were much better towards the Christians

@@adamelshayeb to be more specific the last 150 years for the ottomans were really bad it's not a religion different it's racist. anything consider non-Turk is a second class. Arabs caliphates were good not because they are Arabs but because the lived among Christians and Jews even before Islam we share blood with them and the prophet was good with them.

@@laithalzoubi54 yeah exactly

Most of the Syriac Christians in Iraq and Turkey speak Aramaic as well. They have whole villages in Iraq. There are two branches of the Aramaic language, the Eastern-Mesopotamian branch of dialects which includes the standard Syriac dialect and others spoken by Assyrians, and the Western-Levantine branch which is only spoken in a few villages in southern Syria close to the border with Lebanon. Some argue that the Levantine varieties are closer to the dialect Jesus spoke because they are closer geographically to where Jesus lived, but others argue that the Mesopotamian varieties are closer to Jesus due to the fact that they rely on a standard written variety of Aramaic, Classical Syriac, that can be traced back to ancient times and so may have better preserved the language, whereas the Levantine varieties have no standard writing system and thus have been observed by some to have a higher degree of Arabic influence. There is also the fact that the main religions in the few Levantine villages are Greek Orthodox, Melkite Greek Catholic(my religion), and Sunni Islam, all three of which are largely Arabic-speaking communities throughout Syria and the Middle East. Whereas the Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic communities, as well as the Assyrian Catholic Chaldeans and most Assyrians from the Church of the East, tend to be Aramaic speaking across their communities in the Middle East so that they have a much larger number of speakers and their people can retain the language even if they move out of the village they were born in because most of the people of their religious community in their native countries still speak the language.

Syriac is just "modern" Aramaic. It is still quite old though. It is the same language just another term for it.

xPoetic~ No idiot, we are suryoye, arameans. Not assyrians, but assyrians are OUR brothers and sisters. NOAH HAD A SON HES NAME WAS SEM, SEM HAD FIVE SONS 2 OF THEM WAS ARAM AND ASSUR, decendents of ARAM ARE ARAMEANS (SYRIACS, SURYOYE), decendents from ASSUR ARE ASSYRIANS ASHURAYE

Piss off with that Shem shit. You seriously believe all of that?

+majkel acar Armeans/Syriacs are Assyrians, We are the same people, In my family alone a part of my family identifies as Armeans/Syriacs and the Majority of my family know they are Assyrians. We are the same blood my brother. Armeans/Syriacs Are Assyrians we are the same

Gaben pls

Fuck off assyrianized nastorians Go search for Assyrian name in history from the fall of Assyria till the 18th century A.D. I just want to read anything talking about an ethnic group called Assyrian between that time. Your gonna tell me yes, we Assyrians are here Your grandfathers and church adopted the Assyrian name in the 18th century by England and that was a big movement that affected us all negatively They used you guys to fight Kurds and then when they finished with you they left you. What a shame. Btw, the only couple times the Assyrian name mentioned in manuscript from fall of Assyria till the 18th century was when someone writing about someone else calling him Othoroyo which he refers to an animal or a bloody beast about that other person.

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We assyrians love armenians and they are the only people that assyrians agree to marry other than assyrians themselves.

I know i'm partially from Armenia, Syria and Italia.

I love Assyrian and Armenian but they don't want to marry me

@@judeisnot_rude lol that's because Assyrians and Armenains marry from each other which means you are probably neither

Knanaya comes from Iran only a small number have that DNA, you mix with each other too much and say you're pure, not Syrian

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Marilyn N Dear we are called to be Christ. To be "like Christ" is what it means to be "saved". That is the whole purpose of being a Christian.. to be like Christ. What does Psalm 82:6 say? It says "You are gods" . What does Genesis says.. it ways that we humans are created in the image of God... it is true that our image was corrupted.. but Christ restored us and it is with in our reach to be like Christ.. to be "gods" as Psalm 82:6 says.

Malankara Syriac Orthodox In these two comments it is very well summarized the huge difference between western and eastern Christianity. Thanks :)

Mila How does a Church leader "act like God?"....The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church as was Peter and all the succeeding popes. Any organization worthy of the description has a leader...please be cogent