HONG KONG (SE): His Holiness Mar Awa III, catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, paid a courtesy visit to Cardinal Stephen Chow, S.J., bishop of Hong Kong on the afternoon of Sunday, 19 October 2025.
The catholicos-patriarch visited Hong Kong this October, together with a delegation, at the invitation of the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK, and the Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Tao Fong Shan, to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Jingjiao Stele.
The delegation included Mar Paulus Benjamin, bishop of the Diocese of Eastern United States of America and Mar Benjamin Elya, bishop of Victoria and New Zealand.
Cardinal Stephen warmly welcomed the visit of this historically rich Christian community. During their meeting, they spoke on topics such as synodality, vocations, and the pastoral situation of the diocese.
