Food
This creamy yogurt-based soup is made with greens, rice or barley, and is often served hot.
What is Boushala?
The golden circle in the center of the Assyrian flag represents this life-giving object.
What is the Sun?
According to Assyrian Christian tradition, these two disciples of St. Thomas founded the Church in Mesopotamia.
Who are Mar Addai and Mar Mari?
This winged bull or lion with a human head was placed at palace entrances to protect against evil.
What is Lamassu?
This is a rich, savory porridge made from shredded chicken and barley or hulled wheat
What is Harissa?
The four wavy blue, white, and red stripes flowing from the center represent these life-giving waterways of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This feast, celebrated 50 days after Easter, commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.
What is the Pentecost?
This ancient Assyrian symbol represents life, strength, wisdom, and the connection between heaven and earth.
What is the Tree of Life?
A common stew made with beans.
What is Masheh?
The color blue on the Assyrian flag symbolizes this.
What is tranquility (or peace)?
He is the current patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
Who is Mar Awa?
This king created one of the ancient world's greatest libraries, preserving thousands of cuneiform tablets.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
This is a traditional stew usually containing a form of meatball.
What is Kipteh?
Name what each of the three colors on the flowing stripes represents.
Celebrated 40 days after Easter, this feast remembers Jesus returning to heaven before the coming of the Holy Spirit.
What is the Feast of the Ascension?
This writing system was used by the ancient Assyrians on clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
A traditional red lentil soup.
What is Tlokheh?
This four-pointed star surrounding the sun is an ancient Assyrian symbol representing the sun god.
What is the Star of Shamash?
This three-day Assyrian feast of repentance and fasting remembers the people of Nineveh turning back to God after the prophet Jonah preached to them.
What is Ba'utha d'Ninwaye?
Assyrian armies were among the first to widely use this metal to make stronger weapons and tools.
What is iron?