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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria – The patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, who led one of the world's oldest Christian sects, was buried in a village near Damascus on Friday after an elaborate memorial service in ...

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 ...

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007, the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Zakka Iwas, left, welcomes Syria's President Bashar Assad upon his arrival at St. Aphrem ...

Moran Ignatius Aphrem II Karim, the elected patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, visits presidential palace in Damascus, Syria Embattled Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad recently received Moran ...

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 ...

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II remains hopeful that his people can eventually return to the Nineveh Plain. Above, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II celebrates Holy Qurobo Mass over ...

Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of Antioch, died Friday aged 81 after 34 years as head of the Syriac Orthodox Church Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East and the ...

The construction of a new Syriac Orthodox Church in the metropolis of Istanbul will add “new richness” to the city, Turkey's president said on Saturday. At the groundbreaking ceremony of the Syriac ...

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 ...