Aoshana Nissan
1862- 1977
1862-1977
He was born in Barware Bala in dooreh village in 1862. He lived more than 115 years and he has more than 83 years employed in the different churches in the Country.When he was young, he went to the Der Mar Yakoub and he studied the Religion Origins and the Principles of the assyrian language. He traveled to the Mosul City so that to study the Divinity and he finished his study in 1883.
After that he became a Pastor. He appointed as a Pastor by Calden's Patriarch in Mosul City .
Therefore he became a Pastor at that time, he started to give lessons about Assyrian language also the religion, in Sersink City and all the area Sapna Village too many years .In 1892 he decided to became on East ceremonials.
He traveled to America in 1913 and after 14 years he returned to the Country, he took assignments the curate for several churches of Barware Bala and he studied language and the religion in the primary school in Anoneh village. After the death of the Bishop Mar Yalda Yahbalaha in 1950, the Pastor Aoshana Nissan sponsoring assignments of Parish of Barware Bala, Sapna and Nearwa. He stayed on the Bishop Chair until 1957 and they put a new Bishop for Barware Bala and Ninevah city, he is the Bishop Mar Andrews Yahbalaha.In 1968 he stopped from the work because he became bigger in age (senility) and he died in 24/4/1977, he left a goodness memory in the hearts of the people in the Barware Bala and in the Country, Rest in Peace.
Biographer:The deceased, Nimrod Giwarges Kilyana .
( Alaha Manekhle).
from Beshmiyaye village .
Also it was written in Magazin, Kinnara D'rookha
(The Harp of the Spirit)
A quarterly issued by:
The Archbishopric of the Church of the East
Baghdad Iraq
No.10 Vol. 3/2 April 2001
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