Iraqi Christian girl behind Mariam memorial. Previously, any public gathering turned into a target for extremists, many churches remained closed. Predominantly inhabited by Christians of the Baghdad district of Al-Carad. Over the past few years the number of representatives of different Christian communities in Iraq has dropped from one million to half a million people. Fled to Kurdistan, Jordan, Siriyu.No recently the situation has improved, as evidenced by the massive campaigns of Christians in the church on holidays. In Iraq, represented one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. Thus, the Assyrian community dates back to the 34 year of a new era, and Chaldean – to 33 AD Aramaic, which is still argued by some Christians in Iraq, has remained virtually unchanged since the first Christian preachers.