BEIRUT (AP) — The Syriac Orthodox Church has elected a new patriarch to lead one of the world’s oldest Christian sects, Lebanon’s national news agency said Monday. The announcement of the election of ...

Members of St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church of Shrewsbury include Meryem Akman, Barbara Baba, Fr. Toni Kasih, Henri Bahnan and George Hanna. SHREWSBURY — For many people, the concept of fleeing ...

A generation ago, the vision of building a new Syriac Christian church in Istanbul would have been a fantasy. One of the oldest branches of the church, Syriac Orthodox Christianity still uses a ...

St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church -- located at 1 Industrial Drive in Shrewsbury -- is celebrating 100 years of "unwavering faith and cultural preservation." According to a press release, the church ...

The historic altar of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem has been unveiled for the first time ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Zakka Iwas, the leader of one of world’s oldest Christian sects, has died. He was 80. Syrian state news agency SANA said ...

Hundreds of Christian fighters from across Syria have arrived in the majority-Syriac Christian town of Sadad to prevent it falling into the hands of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), the head ...

SHREWSBURY — For many people, the concept of fleeing religious persecution and starting a new life in another country is often associated with the non-recent past. A historical background to describe ...

People attend the inauguration of Mor Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Church, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the first Christian church to be built since the establishment of the Turkish ...

By Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News The historic altar of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem has ...