A supplied image obtained on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, shows Senior Parish Priest Fr. Isaac Royel and Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during the 2023 Holy Resurrection Feast services,...Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who was stabbed during a church service live streamed from Sydney yesterday is a social media star with followers around the world but the bearded clergyman is also a divisive preacher.
Last night, a male teenager stabbed him and other worshippers with a knife during a sermon at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in western Sydney. “He’s not saying your religion is rubbish, he’s just proving them wrong and very well articulated to the point where it gets under their skin … the only way you can bring him down is through physical violence,” said Manuka, 20, a local resident who follows Emmanuel on TikTok.