Written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a graduate of Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. This is the story of the modern Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac people, and the legacy of their ancient language and faith in the pre-modern world. Modern Assyrians celebrating ancient Akitu (New Years), al-Hasakah, Syria (2002) The Nestorian Creed The year is 431 A.D., and …
