One more Shamasha from Dooreh village is living in Germany
Shamasha Adnan Markos, Syametha in 21 - 09 - 2008
Dooreh a Bishopric Center
Dooreh village was a bishopric center for hundred of years ago. 16 Bishops lived and ruled in dooreh village. The first 8 Bishops we don’t know much about their lives. The 8 others are as the following:
1- Mar Toma Yawalaha 1749 – 1798.
2- Mar Younan Yawalaha 1774 – 1826.
3- Mar Isho Yawalaha (Metropolitan) 1778 – 1826.
4- Mar Isho Yawalaha 1840 – 1918.
5- Mar Yalda Yawalaha 1890 – 1940.
6- Mar Andrawos Yawalaha 1937 – 1973.
7- Mar Shalita Yawalaha 1936 –
8- Mar Younan (Iqri village) 1820 – 1906.
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Priests in Dooreh village
1. Priest Ewat
2. Priest Dinkha Ewat
3. Priest Yalda Dinkha
4. Priest Gorial Yalda
5. Priest Mikail Gorial
6. Priest Khoshaba Yaqo
7. Priest Shmoel Ismail
8. Priest Younan
9. Priest Shimon
10. Priest Komina Toma
11. Priest Odisho
12. Priest Oshana Nisan
13. Priest Sargon Khnano
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Deacons In Dooreh village
1. Deacon Danial Khames 1892 – 1947.
2. Deacon Earamia Mikhail 1908
3. Deacon Gorial Yaqo.
4. Deacon Zayia Dinkha 1944
5. Deacon Antwan Earamia 1957
6. Deacon Mikhail Earamia 1947
7. Deacon Nisan Tyadores 1957
8. Deacon Roony Patros 1981
9. Deacon Toma Benyamen.
10. Deacon Sami Is'haq
11. Deacon Sargis Immanual
12. Deacon Adnan Markos
Dooreh Bishopric included the following villagees and churches, priests and the number of families during the reign of Mar Isho Yawalaha in 1846.
Village Church Piests Number of Families
1- Dooreh 2 4 20
2- Bashmiyaye 1 1 6
3- Eyat 1 1 5
4- Ein Nony 1 1 20
5- Derishky 0 0 15
6- Mayee 0 0 10
7- Totha shemaya 0 0 5
8- Bequlky 0 0 5
9- Jedidy 0 0 5
10- Tashish 1 1 20
11- Halwa 1 1 7
12- Malikhta 1 0 5
13- Iqri 1 1 20
14- Bebalok 1 1 10
15- Heyis 1 0 15
16- Amediya 1 1 25
17- Dereh 1 0 12
18- Komany 1 0 13
19- Derigni 1 2 40
20- Belijanky 0 0 8
21- Bebedy 1 1 20
22- Hamziya 1 0 6
23- Dehy 1 0 10
24- Qaro 1 1 10
25- Bash 1 1 12
26- Wela 1 1 10
27- Mosaka 1 1 10
Written by Mr. Shamasha Zaya Dinkha Mikhail
Iraq, Dooreh village, in August 2007
From The Book, Henry Iyard 1846
Churches of the Village
Mar Qayoma Church
Mar Giwarges Church
Saint Virgin Church
Saint Pious Church
The building of MAR Qayoma church dates back to the year 985 AD, and it is known and described as the “White Church” in the book titled, “Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, etc.” written by Dr. William Francis Ainsworth. It includes excerpts from the British Royal geographical societies who visited the village in June 1840. They were accompanied Reverend Mindo from Church of The East, his translator Mr. Rassam and photographer, Russell. The village of Dooreh contains traces of the Virgin and Saint Pious Church. Also, Saint Giwargis Church includes a stone paned with the date 909 AD in the Assyrian language as the year of its construction.
Bashman studied Churches of Dooreh and Lizan but he did not mention their dates, and this is sorrowful for shavaleih in his book by saying that this sort of research would help us identify the period where Christians settled in the area. We also talked about the difficulty of defining the departure date or Dooreh as Bishopric center.
The Dominican father Jack Ritorich, known as Yacoub Nukhraya, who visited the area at the end of the 19the century, said that the churches there were like allies, light did not enter except from gaps penetrating the thick wall. They had narrow doors so that people would enter into them regressively. Dooreh church however, is distinguished by being a cave closed by a wall, which might have been a monastery church in the past. This is not a surprise as the area inhabitants called each church in the name as DIRA and this name expressed in the Kurdish language under the name Diria, It is confirmed that these churches were used in various times as defense fences due to their narrow window where the height of windows is between 75 and 90 centimeters.
Written by, Mr. Amier Oraha Odisho
from - AL-Fikr-AL-Masihi, monthly magazine,
Dominican father. Baghdad Iraq.
23rd -year July -slept.
1996 N 317-318.
