Assyrian Church of the East

====Patriarch Gewargis III====
{{Main|Gewargis III}}
On 18 September 2015, the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East elected the Metropolitan of Iraq, Jordan, and Russia, Warda Sliwa, to succeed the late [[Dinkha IV]] as [[List of patriarchs of the East|Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East]]. On 27 September 2015, he was consecrated as Catholicos-Patriarch in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist, in [[Erbil]], Iraq. Upon his consecration, he assumed the ecclesiastical name [[Gewargis III]].
[[File:Assyrian Mar Narsai Church.jpg|thumb|200px|Mar Narsai Church in [[Duhok|Nohadra]]]]
Church leaders proposed moving the Patriarchal See from Chicago back to Erbil.<ref>{{cite news |last= Nagl|first=Kurt |date= September 26, 2015|title= Assyrian Church of the East elects new leader|url= http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/260920151|publisher= [[Rudaw Media Network]] }}</ref>

There have also been talks of reunification. In the [[Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East]] in 1994, the two churches recognized the legitimacy and rightness of each other's titles for [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_11111994_assyrian-church_en.html |date=November 11, 1994 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |publisher=[[The Holy See]] |title=Common Christological declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104205725/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_11111994_assyrian-church_en.html |archive-date=January 4, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2005, the Assyrian Church of the East had about 380,000 members,<ref name="Rassam 2005 166">{{cite book|title=Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day|first=Suha |last=Rassam |year= 2005| isbn=9780852446331| page =166|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|quote=The number of the faithful at the beginning of the twenty - first century belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East under Mar Dinkha was estimated to be around 385,000 , and the number belonging to the Ancient Church of the East under Mar Addia to be 50,000-70,000.}}</ref> mostly living in the United States, [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Syria]], and Turkey.<ref name=Britannica>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/409819/Nestorians "Nestorian"]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved April 19, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Islam| first=Juan |last=Eduardo Campo|year= 2009| isbn=9781438126968| page =142|publisher=Infobase Publishing|quote=  the Assyrian Church of the East (found mainly in northern Iraq, southern Turkey, Iran, southwest India, and now the United States).}}</ref>
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