Opening of St. Mary's Assyrian Church, Worcester, 1927

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Opening of St. Mary's Assyrian Church, Worcester, 1927

Place
Worcester
Date
1927

A large crowd of men, women and children gathers on the steps at the 1927 opening of St. Mary's Assyrian Apostolic Church in Worcester. Beneath an American flag hang three framed portraits, per the caption Dr. Abraham K. Yousef flanked by two Syrian Orthodox patriarchs, and an early three-starred Assyrian tricolour flag is draped on the brick wall.

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Source

Assyrians of Eastern Massachusetts, by Sargon and Ninos Donabed (2006), pp. 77-86