On Saturday, April 10, 2021, Sermed Nidham Ashkouri will celebrate his bi-ritual ordination to the permanent diaconate, through the imposition of hands and invocation of the Holy Spirit by His Eminence Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.

The ordination will take place at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Chaldean Mission church in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, will be having a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, April 11 at 12:30 PM. There will be a live stream on the Chaldean Mission church Facebook page.