Greece’s mobilization to strengthen the churches of the Diaspora by appointing a few hundred priests comes at a time when the ...

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and ...

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis ...

Despite an important meeting between church leaders and representatives with Ahmed Al-Sharaa, the head of Syria’s new administration, three patriarchs based in Damascus were notably absent.

The fall of the regime in Damascus has also led to a backlash against the Orthodox patriarchate heir to one of the most ...

Sent by Pope Francis, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, on Thursday ...

HTS was formerly al-Qaida's branch in Syria. Earlier, Syria's Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef I Absi of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch and Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Moran ...

Christians attend Christmas Mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint Takla, in Maaloula, Syria, Dec. 24, 2024. Credit: AP/Leo Correa "Preserving the identity of these communities, Christian and ...

Parishioners at a Mass presided over by Bishop Hanna Jallouf at St. Joseph Church in Al-Qaniya, Idlib in Syria, the bishop's hometown. Credit: CTS The Greek Orthodox Patriarch, John X (Yazigi), is ...

Many Syrian Christians, who made up 10% of the ... Union as the bloc’s closest member to the region. Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Church maintains strong bonds with other Orthodox Christian churches ...