DAMASCUS, Syria — This Christmas morning in Syria ... Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church ...

Christian leaders from Syria concerned over rising insecurity, religious persecution, and the continued exodus of Christians ...

Syria's leading churches — including the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox ... Christian man holds up a cross and shouts slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, during a protest ...

A girl watched as members of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria march to mark Palm Sunday in the predominantly Christian ...

Syria's Christians ... The Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic churches are among the largest. The latter has connections to the Vatican in Rome. However there is also a smaller Protestant ...

Pope John Paul II has become the first Pontiff to enter a mosque during his groundbreaking pilgrimage to Syria. The country's top Muslim clerics are escorting the Pope through Damascus' Omayyad Mosque ...

“It is obvious that Alevis, Christians and other communities in Syria are threatened by the Damascus regime. Under these ...

The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a solemn ceremony in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on March 25. Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the ...

Now, after the revolution in Syria, a Syrian Jewish leader has returned to Damascus. NPR's Jane Arraf went along. YUSUF HAMRA: Wow, wow, wow. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: It's been more than 30 years since ...

Joseph Mor Gregorios is the new Catholicos of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India. (Wikipedia) The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a ...