Back كنيسة المشرق القديمة Arabic ܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ARC كنيسة المشرق القديمه ARZ Antik Şərq Kilsəsi Azerbaijani Antiga Església Oriental Catalan Østens Gamle Kirke Danish Alte Kirche des Ostens German Antigua Iglesia del Oriente Spanish کلیسای باستانی مشرق Persian Ancienne Église de l'Orient French
| Ancient Church of the East | |
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| Abbreviation | ACE |
| Classification | Eastern Christianity |
| Orientation | Syriac Christianity |
| Catholicos-Patriarch | Gewargis III Younan |
| Language | Syriac |
| Liturgy | East Syriac Rite |
| Headquarters | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Separated from | Assyrian Church of the East |
| Members | approx. 75,000, of which 45,000 are in Iraq and 20,000 in India (1999)[1] |
The Ancient Church of the East (ACE) is an Eastern Christian denomination. It branched from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964, under the leadership of Mar Toma Darmo (d. 1969). It is one of three Assyrian Churches that claim continuity with the historical Church of the East (the ancient Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon), the others being the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church. Since 1969, the see of the Ancient Church of the East is headquartered in Baghdad.[1]