Mari Emmanuel
Mari Emmanuel | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Christ the Good Shepherd Church | |
Mari Emmanuel in 2021 | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 July 2009 by Mar Yacoob Daniel |
| Consecration | 11 August 2011 by Mar Addai II |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Shlimon 19 July 1970 |
| Denomination | Christ the Good Shepherd Church (2015–present) Ancient Church of the East (1970–2015) |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
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. In 2011, Emmanuel was ordained a bishop in the Ancient Church of the East, but was excommunicated in 2014. In 2015, he established an independent church in the Eastern Syriac tradition of Christianity.
His sermons are live-streamed on the Facebook and YouTube channels of Christ the Good Shepherd Church. His popularity has garnered online fan pages with thousands of people following and showing their support for him. He has taken part in interviews on various conservative YouTube shows where he has criticized homosexuality and the Australian COVID-19 policy. On 15 April 2024, Emmanuel and five others were stabbed at his church in an Islamic extremist attack during a livestreamed sermon. Emmanuel lost his right eye from the attack.