Mari Emmanuel
Mar Mari Emmanuel (born Robert Shlimon; 19 July 1970) is an Iraqi-born Assyrian Australian prelate. He is the bishop of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, New South Wales.
On 15 April 2024, Emmanuel was stabbed at his church during a livestreamed sermon and lost his right eye from the terrorist attack.
Quotes
[edit]- This young man who did this act almost two weeks ago, I say to you, my dear, you are my son. And you will always be my son. I will always pray for you. I'll always wish you nothing but the best.
- A Message To The Australian Government (April 28, 2024)
- But you are my son, my dear, and the Lord knows it is coming from the bottom of my heart. I'll always pray for you, and for whoever was in this act.
- A Message To The Australian Government (April 28, 2024)
- I ask the Lord Jesus Christ to accept this eye as a gift of love for every Muslim wherever he is. I give you my eye, my beloved Muslim. If you do not see, I will be the eye for you, and this eye will be, as we say in the Iraqi dialect, "my beloved, this eye will be a sacrifice for you".
- My Eye as a Sacrifice : Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel (May 2, 2024) (translated from Arabic)
