victory and a new birth for Syria and a new birth for Christ,” said Houssam Saadeh, who attended the celebration outside the Greek Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Sednaya.

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

The main church at the Paromeos Monastery and its eastern outer wall and monks’ cells were also restored, along with the Virgin Mary Chapel and 14 other chapels at the Syrian Monastery.

The main church at the Paromeos Monastery and its eastern outer wall and monks’ cells were also restored, along with the Virgin Mary Chapel and 14 other chapels at the Syrian Monastery.

Christians in Syria are an integral part of the national fabric and have played a pivotal role in the country’s history since the adoption of Christianity in the first century AD. Syria is one of the ...

Her film, “Mar Moussa,” showing at 2 p.m. Jan. 26, documents the restored Christian monastery in Syria that became a place of peace and reconciliation. Cinema on the Bayou also features ...

The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon, Proto Thema reported. To date, a ...

Syria is intensely sectarian. Local self-defense groups sprang up to protect areas with large concentrations of minorities. Sednaya had been attacked before: In 2013, the monastery had even been ...

After years of isolation due to war and COVID-19, Syria’s Deir Mar Musa Al Habashi monastery has reopened its doors to pilgrims and visitors. SYRIA: After years of isolation due to war and COVID-19, ...

Maaloula, a small Christian-dominated town northeast of Damascus, remains in a fragile state after the collapse of the Bashar ...

From Japan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s Out of Eden Walk marks 12 years, with North America on the horizon.