Archaeological discoveries in the Arabian-Persian Gulf challenge traditional Islamic history. They reveal that Christian ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international ...

The predominantly Christian unit is a small but symbolically important part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which have encircled ISIS and are slowly closing in. The Syriac officers point ...

Before the war began in 2011, Syria was home to more than 1.5 million Christians. Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000.

Hilda Haskour, a 50-year-old Aleppo resident who identifies as Syriac Catholic, is preparing to celebrate Christmas but says there’s still worry among Christians. “We just want to live in peace and ...

The Antiochian Greek Organization and Bethnahrin National Council issued a public call for unity to address pressing challenges threatening the survival and heritage of Christians in the Levant, ...

In one of his many gestures to the other traditions, Pope John Paul II said that the Eastern and Western Churches are the two lungs of the church. Some scholars of Syriac Christianity say that ...

Christians in Syria continue to seek more concrete guarantees, although opinions differ on what form these guarantees should take.

Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306-373) is one of the most revered figures of EasternChristianity and one of the few people canonized in both the Eastern and Western Churches. Ephrem's renown spread beyond ...

Habib, a Syriac Christian, is one of just 2,500 Syriacs who still live in this remote part of south-east Turkey. They call this region, their homeland, Tur Abdin. In Aramaic this means the Mount ...

Hungarian government contributes 60 million forints (EUR 145,000) for refurbishing Syriac Orthodox Monastery Tristan Azbej, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians and the head of the ...