Members of St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church of Shrewsbury include Meryem Akman, Barbara Baba, Fr. Toni Kasih, Henri Bahnan and George Hanna. SHREWSBURY — For many people, the concept of fleeing ...

In southeastern Turkey, the area known as Tur Abdin (Syriac for "Mountain of the Servants of God") remains the heartland of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Every Saturday night, in a small chapel of the ...

Hundreds of Christian fighters from across Syria have arrived in the majority-Syriac Christian town of Sadad to prevent it falling into the hands of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), the head ...

Patriarchs of churches of the Syriac tradition pledged their unity in tackling the numerous challenges they face, including the "bleeding of migration" of their faithful in the Middle East. "We find ...

Hagia Sophia. (AINA) -- In June 2021, Patriarch Sako shared a reflection on the difficulty of achieving unity among Christians, especially in Iraq. The differences among the churches are not only ...

On Friday morning, Pope Benedict XVI received the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church at the Vatican. The meeting served as an opportunity for the Holy Father to emphasize the unity of the Roman ...

The Register interviews Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan on the increased emigration of Christians from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Clockwise L-R: Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the ...

A Palestinian family walks near a mosaic of the Holy Family near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 15, 2022. The church is built on what is believed to be the site where Jesus ...

In the Vatican Apostolic Library rests one of its most treasured possessions: the “Gospel of Qaraqosh,” a richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century. Catalogued as “Vat. Syr.

Kamila Rodrigues Cardoso, aged 21, was a Brazilian model and beauty queen. Still, she left her career in modeling and beauty ...

The newly ordained bishop for the Syriac Catholic Church in Canada pledged to make his first priority the suffering and spiritual needs of beleaguered Syriacs seeking refuge in Canada. Bishop Antoine ...