Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II will lead the ceremony. Bishops of the Syriac Orthodox Church and representatives of other Churches are among those expected to attend.

In a significant move, the leaders of Syria’s major Christian churches—including Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox ...

Does it matter, apart from the obvious humanitarian question, that Christianity survives in Syria? Hearing Syriac Aramaic, the closest language to that used by Jesus, being spoken not just in the ...

Reflecting the singer’s mixed Christian and Syriac Orthodox upbringing, the 1967 album sees her perform a variety of religious songs in the Arabic language. “This album, for me, is a beautiful one, ...

The vast majority of Alawites welcomed the new government, and there were no incidents of hostility toward the forces filling the power vacuum left by the fallen state, Rateb Shabo writes in al-araby ...