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The Ancient Church of the East is an offshoot of the Assyrian Church Of The East ; it was formed in resistance to certain reforms and separated due to the question of hereditary succession of bishops and calendar changes in 1964 . In 1968 the group elected a patriarch in opposition to Mar Shimun XXIII, Mar Thoma Darmo , who had been based in Trichur before moving to Baghdad . Today this church is an Assyrian tribal church with most, if not all, of its members from the Lower Tyari tribe. Givarghis Addai , 1 August 1950, (although some sources say 1946 or 1948) is the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in Baghdad, Iraq. He was elected to the position in February 1970, several months after the death of Mar Thoma Darmo, and was consecrated 20 February 1972. REFERENCES
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