The Assyrian Community
A visitor to Athens often stumbles on the unexpected. Nothing at first encounter could be less likely, for example, than finding an Assyrian church on a small, side-street near the National Road in the working-class area of Aegalio. Yet the hand-painted sign, posted over the entrance to a converted garage, proudly proclaims in Syriac, Greek, and English: “Saint Mary Assyrian Church of the East in the Blessed Country of Greece”.
