Traditionally performed barefoot in a circle, Margam Kali narrates the life and missionary work of St. Thomas, the apostle ...

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 ...

and the Syriac Catholic archbishop of Damascus, John Jihad Battah. Aligning with this vision, many Christians expressed reservations regarding a recent statement by French Foreign Minister Jean ...

They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac Orthodox Church ("Jacobite"), ...

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 ...