George Janko On Assyrian Identity & Criticisms from PBD Podcast
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- George Janko and Emmanuel Romanous discuss their Assyrian heritage, what it means to be Assyrian and the issues the Assyrian community faces. Emmanuel also presses George on the community backlash from the Assyrian podcast between himself, Patrick Bet-David, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and Vincent Oshana.
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I love the ending that you mentioned so many influential people today are assyrians while only coming from a population of 5 million people. No one can stop us from being great❤
But how many of them r actually Assyrian and not some random like an Asian learning a language just saying idk why Assyrians feel the need to validate themselves by calling everyone around Assyrian I’ve heard this from one too many times
Chaldean is Catholic Assyrian by the way they r Assyrians that don’t want to be Assyrians but will use religion first to make them sound different
George we are so proud of you brother keep doing your thing you always got our back
We ethnic Assyrians are indigenous Mesopotamian peoples of today’s Nineveh region, north iraq we speak ancient Assyrian neo-Aramaic! Including areas of Syria, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon and our diaspora is everywhere around the world though! Proud to be Assyrian!
You should look up Sam Shamoun. A great Christian theologist, debater, and apologetic. He’s Assyrian. Hopefully we can return Christianity to those lands one day
We have 50,000 Assyrian in Lebanon and most live next to my Grandmas house lovely people 🙏🏼🇱🇧❤️
@@Shotgun_OnlyThe Christian heresy has been there for two thousand years and has only caused oppression and genocide against the Assyrians.
The Assyrians should therefore return to their ancient Judaism.
@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERA sounds like a huge heresy based on he said/she said
@Callabunga24 that’s stupid. It’s like saying why identify as native american when the only thing you see on the map is USA
Proud of both of you , God bless ✝️✝️✝️
Basma ganookhun! God bless you!
God bless you and the Assyrians,You said grat things about faith ,in my openion that is the most important thing the Assyrian should know
Yes, the belief in themselves that they have the ability to unite and rebuild their country; and at least have visions about this.
All my suraye
Please remember, God wants us to prosper and spread
so don't be scared of having babies
Have more babies
13:42 Sam Shamoun too! Assyria is rising!
the wife beating psychopath? you're proud of that boy representing your people?
Most of the people he mention r not even a representation of Assyrian they r only half Assyrian just like janko he has Armenian gene from his grandmother side from one his parents just saying I am Assyrian is saying I’m disrespecting the other half that I come from because it’s not special enough I don’t like Assyrians for this and half Assyrians using the Assyrian name just for attention like buddy u r only half there r Assyrians that r more Assyrians then ur parent ending there bloodline to be with a non Assyrian and what is with Assyrians trying so I make everyone Assyrian just because u have a little population like relax
Don’t lose your language guys
I’m an Arab from Iraq 🇮🇶
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Nearly six million Assyrian Christians dot the world.
Mesopotamia is the homeland of the Assyrians. The famous royal cities of the Assyrians, Ashur, Nimrud (Kalhu), Arbela, Dur-Sharrukin and Nineveh were built in it. The Assyrians ruled for approximately 1,300 years - from about 2000 B.C. to 612/10 BC - in northern Mesopotamia an ancient landscape between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. A clear reference to the existence of the Assyrians, on the other hand, can already be found in the Old Testament (1st Book of Moses 2:14).
There it says:
* “… the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates..."
We are Assyrians. Northern Mesopotamia is part of the Assyrian heartland. Assyria includes Tur Abdin, Botan, Hakkari, Urmia and Nineveh. The people speak surit (Ashur-Sur-Surit) and call themselves Suraye (Ashuraye) in their language.
One day we will return to our country. Assyria belongs to the Assyrians. Isaiah 19:23-25
There is as much brain in your head as there is Jesus in the Talmud, i.e. Zero.
What people in Karchanestan say is irrelevant. For us, the Holy Torah is sufficient as proof.@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERA
@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERA I put facts on the table. Now you can learn something:
1. Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization.
2. Akkadian is divided into Assyrian and Babylonian.
3. Kurds are an Indo-European people (related to the Persians).
4. The roots of the Kurds lie east of the Zagros Mountains (in Iran, NOT in Turkey NOT in Iraq)
5. The Guti ( Kuti ) didn't live anywhere near some areas the Kurds are today claiming they did. They were ONLY in the Zagros Mountains to the northeast of Babylonia, and could be an ancient predecessor to the Kurds, but the evidence is only circumstantial and not concrete.
The direct ancestors of the Kurds are the Cyrtians (Kurti), first mentioned 400 BC, who were nomad bandits that served as mercenaries for the Medes.
The first known mention of the Medes and Persians, around 850 BC. BC, the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III. Attributed to (Sulmanu-asared III.). There is no written evidence written by the Medes themselves, and archaeological finds are limited. Everything that has been handed down about the Medes essentially comes from Assyrian and Greek sources (including Herodotus' "histories"; around 485-424 BC).
Around 1000 BC The Medes and Persians penetrated the area of present-day Iran via the Black and Caspian Seas.
We are Assyrians. Northern Mesopotamia is part of the Assyrian heartland. We are not Iraqi Christians. We are the indigenous people of this land.Anyone who reads the Holy Scriptures or the writings of our scholars and church fathers will find that Mesopotamia ( Bethnahrin ) is the Holy Land from whose earth God created our father Adam at the beginning of the world. The great kingdom of the Assyrians arose and developed in it. The famous royal cities of the Assyrians, Ashur, Nimrud (Kalhu), Arbela, Dur - Sharrukin and Nineveh were built in it.
@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERApls close ur uneducated mouth khmara
@@Ashur-MesopotamiaIt is unfortunately Khmare like you who have created a history for them, Hajwan. They are Iranians full stop.
@@AxelMegaton Learn to write with grace and respect. Labeling them as Iranians is too easy; we should go into more detail and explain to them why they come from this area. Not only did they live there, but today's Kurdish language is also related to the Persian language.
The original Assyrian Empire fell around 600 BCE, and its population was absorbed into subsequent cultures and empires. Over time, the region became a mix of various peoples and religions, and the language of the ancient Assyrians evolved and shifted. Today’s “Assyrians” are largely defined by shared Christian beliefs and cultural practices rather than a direct ethnic link to the ancient Assyrian Empire, and some Christian groups in the region started associating themselves with the ancient Assyrian name, drawing on biblical and historical connections rather than a true ethnic lineage.
Khayet Omtan Ashureta o Khaya Lishanan Ashuraya!
Ashur Betkhaya Bkhela d'Alahan Khaya Yahwe KhaShem.
This may be very off topic, though i keep reading on Reddit about some Assyrians having horrible experiences in our community. Especially in regards to exclusion, bad experiences with the opposite gender or toxicity.
I just want to say I am sorry to these people who have experienced this and feel like an outsider, our community does have flaws and people should learn to be more tolerant and kind in our community.
I need to say this though, there is nothing wrong with our culture or the church or our Christian beliefs. These things are good in nature and have done nothing but good for our community.
I also think it’s important that we do not self hate our people or exaggerate issues in our community.
Most Assyrian men and women are lovely people, most Assyrian men are not toxic or bad people. Additionally, you have toxic people from both genders not just men. Any generalisation of the opposite gender is toxic and divisive and misleading.
I think the Assyrian people have a right to hold on to our beliefs which we cherish very deeply, for instance I understand some people are lbgt and they have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
However, no one has the right to force the lbgt agenda upon Assyrians. No one has the right to call us backwards or toxic simply for not accepting things like homosexuality.
I do believe that people from the lbgt community should not be treated poorly of course.
However, most Assyrians do not believe in that and there is nothing wrong with that.
Lastly, on the topic of marriage, there is nothing wrong with marrying outside the community. If you do I am happy for you.
Though at the same time do not disregard marrying another Assyrian, in fact I strongly believe most Assyrians should be marrying other Assyrians. There are many lovely men and women in our community, most of us are NOT toxic or bad people.
If we marry out too much than our identity and culture will disappear.
I hope the Assyrians pull through but marrying outside the culture will make things harder. I’m a mix race and I love my two backgrounds, at the end of the day it’s hard to be at a 100% in both. Being 50% 50% unfortunately won’t cut it.
Ur the only one with a brain this is what I’ve been saying and the other Assyrians say the opposite but think it’s alright to white wash the culture like Assyrians who have married outside there faith not just ethnic how sad and George has Armenian gene the Assyrians who r half Assyrian r more likely to marry outside ethnic George is proof and half Assyrian just saying they r Assyrian for attention is a complete disrespect to the other race they r and to that parent like r the Assyrian kids growing up going to the Assyrian church or the other ethnic church and why do Assyrians need so much validation like relax ur neighbour isn’t Assyrian just because they learn ur language also what’s ur background
ALL HAIL ASSYRIA!!!!!
Ķings!
I knew George had some ethnic background because I use to watch him on vine with Anwar
Do Assyrians also speak Arabic day to day or do they prefer not to?
You didnt invent maths😂😂😂
The sad thing bout the fact you don’t have an own country and most live in the diaspora is that within 2 generations the ones living in the West especially will be assimilated and lose Assyrian culture and that starts always with the loss of the language.
It’s already happening the Assyrians like George marry to white to Lebanese to Italian and Greeks and they already exist and have country they don’t need more of there own kind but Assyrians do I’m Chaldean and not married yet but it will be to a Assyrian ir Chaldean not white.
@@sarausage I have met some Iraqi Assyrian or Chaldean Christians here in Europe and I noticed that if they attend let’s say mostly white European Protestant churches there children who grow up will assimilate very quick into the local culture and the first sign of that is not being able to speak the language or lose it. Probably the identity will always remain and exist but i do think that since you live in the diaspora and have the same religion as the majority in the West it makes it easier to assimilate, unless you really stay within the confinement of Assyrian/Chaldean church and therefore community etc. I have seen the same for some Armenians where there children grew up in Protestant Europe and the ones who actually become/choose to be Protestant assimilate within 1 generation by definition.
I have seen the same with a Egyptian Coptic friend who was raised in Texas for example. Of course there are also people who don’t know a problem with there children and grandchildren assimilating into the dominant culture.
The fact that Assyrians/Armenians/Copts used to live often in Muslim majority lands also meant that it was easier as a religious minority to maintain their culture and religion. Since they were a minority and the identity evolved around the Coptic of Chaldean Church it kept the community tight and made it easy to marry only fellow Christians and not Muslims since that meant assimilating into the dominant culture and religion. Whereas living in the West where the majority of either Christian or at least of Christian origin makes it easier to blend in (assimilate), apart from the ones who throughout generations continue to stay with a Coptic or Assyrians Church for example, and therefore wider community and traditions that are to be found there. But I have seen quite some instances where children who were raised in the West lean more towards Protestantism or Protestant churches probably cuz they can relate more to that and that’s where assimilation would be the next step.
On the other hand, those who marry within their own group are the most assimilated, they speak foreign languages with each other and with their children and don't give a damn about their Assyrianness.
He said his grandmother is Armenian. So he’s half Armenian, half Assyrian. Not enough of them either. Bro needs to represent both sides.
He is lying. He thinks it's nice to be Armenian when in fact it's a disgrace and degrading. What do the Semitic Assyrians have to do with the Indo-Iranian Armenians? Nothing.
9:28 bro they are all like you, won’t speak their own language and will be fully mixed to a point where they don’t know their own identity.
Look at George
Timestamp the video bro
Bro, why is nobody mentioning sam shamoun. He had definitely impacted many and served the Lord with his heart. His Christian apologetics against islam are on another level. Many muslims converted to Christianity after coming active his channel.
Because apparently half Assyrians r more Assyrian then the Assyrian who comes form parents who married inside there ethnic this inanna Sarkis girl is half Assyrian half Bulgarian sorry but how is she getting praised when she had kids with a white man that left her and George being half Armenian and Patrick being half Assyrian and half Armenian where r the true Assyrians but even white people and Asian today r Assyrian this ethnic is a joke I don’t blame people for saying that we r Kurds
I'm an Israeli Jew (Christian) and I wish the best for Assyrians and all other indigineous minorities of the Middle East like Copts, Berbers etc who have been oppressed by Arab/Turkish Muslim imperialism.
‘Israeli Jew Christian’ 😂😂 just say your a bot and move 🤡😂
These modern day Assyrians are descents of the ten lost tribes look up Nestorians or the Lost Tribes theres a book on it. They are jews.
Well, the Assyrians are descended from Noah's grandson Ashur, and both Noah and Abraham were Assyrians and Jews, and thus the Assyrians are basically Jews.@@supergoraw
Says the oppressor
Sure, he could be an Iranian qerd @@joseph_zai
Sorry brother a try Assyrian gets married to an Assyrian
Agreed. Theres no other way.
Sorry but Jesus spoke our language....not other way round
I hope George will read this comment: please read book of Daniel and how Nebuchadnezzar made Israelis change their name and made me stop talking their language to erase them and that’s exactly what’s happening to us. We are not speaking our language and our names are erased and replaced with western names
What are you talking about, you goose there? Nebuchadnezzar himself was an Assyrian Jew and punished only the most rebellious against KhaShem and forced them to return to Him.
It is we ourselves who are idiots, who call us by many different names to alienate us from our Jewish roots.
@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERAlow iq kurd, the assyrian church of the east predates your whole race 😂😂
@JESUS_IN_TALMUD_SON_OF_PANTERA
I have seen you commenting somewhere else. What religion are you? Muslim or jewish?
So is Aramaic dead?
Assyrian speak Assyrian which is Akkadian and Aramaic is the influence in Assyrian language but it’s modern that’s all.
Stop useing assyrian...we are ASHURAYEA CHILDREN OF ASHUR ...ASHUR MEANS CREATOR ASHURAYEA MEANS CREATORS......ARRAA GOU KHATEA QOOMMOON
is everyone high in this video?
Titus 3:9 NIV
[9] But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.
Faze rug
Faze rug is Chaldean not Assyrian
@@TilkaifyWhat does this mean?
@@TilkaifyChaldeans are Assyrian. Coming from one
@ashuri_king no, you're not, no chaldean uses the name Ashur. You guys are propagandist trying to ride on the backs of Chaldeans to use their name, fortune, political power etc.. nice try though.
@AxelMegaton Chaldean is a distinct and separate ethnicity form the Assyrians. We are the babylonians from Ancient times as is Faze Rug. Assyrians are trying to erase our identity to further their political aspirations.
Are yours including Chaldeans with Assyrians. You guys do realise they are both the same.
These people and Armenian ls literally think they invented everything in the world😂😂😂😂
Because 2 oldest peoples in the world and they did.
@@universecreator1 yes said who?