As Syrians living under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces continue to face an uncertain future, the supreme head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church has offered a vision for how Christians ...

Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...

At first glance, it's a happy image -- hundreds of smiling faces torn from newspapers and pasted into a frame. "When I put ...

which assured “respect for the rights of Christians” in Syria. The Patriarchate of Antioch remains in suspense politically and also ecclesiastically, being the only Church that explicitly ...

Two years after surviving the devastating 2023 earthquake that killed her family in Antakya, Sema Genç reflects on her trauma ...

The dispute between the group with allegiance to the Patriarch of Antioch in Syria (Jacobite faction) and the Catholicos of the East dates back over a century. The Malankara church is believed to ...

Born aroud the year 50 in Syria, Ignatius was an Apostolic Father of the Church, a disciple, with Saint Polycarp, of Saint John the Evangelist, and the third bishop of Antioch, the former See of ...

except when parts are ruled by various Herods Damascus - ancient center of Syria; site of conversion of Saul/Paul (Gal 1:17; 2 Cor 11:32; Acts 9:1-25; 22:5-11) Antioch - 3 rd largest city of Roman ...

Nazar Panosian (Sandy’s grandfather), was born on Nov. 11, 1893 in a little village less than 100 miles from Antioch, Turkey near the Syrian border. His family and Armenian friends were an ...