Servant of god ragheed aziz ganni

By Hannah Brockhaus. When Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni was confronted by armed men after celebrating the Eucharist at his Chaldean Catholic parish in Mosul, they asked him why he was still there and why he hadn't closed the church as they had demanded.

Ragheed Aziz Ganni was an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic priest.

An Iraqi priest born in in a town in the Plain of Ninevah, Fr. In he decided to return to Iraq, despite the war following the American invasion, and the persecution of Christians that was taking place. He served at a parish in Mosul until the day of his death, June 3, Ten years after his death, Fr. Ganni's friend and fellow priest, Fr.

Rebwar Basa, has written a book about his life and death, and about the ongoing situation of Christians in Iraq. The martyrdom and testimony of Fr. Ganni, he said, "is very important for the whole Church, but especially in Iraq. Because we need this kind of witness to reconstruct Iraq, to be able to live together in peace and unity.

Ganni, was an eyewitness to the events of the martyrdom, though her life was spared.

Ragheed Aziz Ganni was an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic priest.

In an interview published in the book, she described how they were attacked. The day of the murder, Fr. Ganni was accompanied by three subdeacons of the parish, Waheed, Ghasan and Basman, as well as Waheed's wife, Baian. Driving home after saying Sunday evening Eucharist at Holy Spirit church in Mosul, they were approached by masked men carrying machine guns and told to get out of the car and put their hands up in the air.