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ALEPPO, Syria – Yesterday, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and the Syriac Orthodox Church, visited St. Ephrem Church in the Al-Sulaymaniyah neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. His Holiness led the prayer of thanksgiving at St. Ephrem Cathedral in Al-Sulaimaniya, where he was received by the Parish…

Zalka, Beirut – On the occassion of International Mother Language Day, the Tur Levnon Syriac Maronite Union of Lebanon stressed the importance of the Syriac language for Maronites and for Lebanon. In an interview on Lebanese tv channel MTV, chairman of the Tur Levnon Syriac Maronite Union Amin Iskandar elaborated…

Pope Francis received a delegation of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East in the Vatican. The delegation included their Beatitudes Bishara Boutros al-Rahi, chairman of the Council of the Patriarchs of the East, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Joseph III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch for the Roman Catholics Youssef Al-Absi, Chaldean Patriarch…

QAMISHLI, Syria – The Armenian Orthodox Diocese on Qamishli held a celebration in the Culbenkian Hall to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, seated in the Monastery of Antelias, in Antelias, Lebanon, in 1930. St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral,…

Beirut – The Syriac Union Party in Lebanon, at its headquarters in al-Bouchrieh in Jdeideh, organized a conference on federalism in Lebanon, “The Centralized Political System is a Failure – Federalism is a Sound Solution”. Speakers were Dr. Alfred Riachi, founder and secretary general of the Continual Federal Congress, an…

LEBANON – At the invitation of Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East for the Maronite, and in the presence of His Holiness, Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II,  Patriarch of Antioch and all the East for the Orthodox Syriac, a spiritual summit was held at …

BEIRUT – Clashes erupted between the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and protesters near the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut today. The Lebanese Red Cross reported on Twitter that the 27 people were wounded in the clashes. Protesters threw stones at the security forces who blocked the road near the Parliament ahead…

Originally published on 13 January, 2020 at https://www.christianpost.com. By Susan Korah It was the trip of a lifetime in a lifetime of crisscrossing the globe. Part pilgrimage to explore my spiritual and cultural roots as a Syriac Orthodox Christian (Suriani), and partly a journalistic quest to deepen my understanding of…

BEIRUT – Demonstrations in and around Beirut have increased tensions throughout the city as police and security forces respond with increasing violence. The demonstrations, which began in mid-October, are the result of widespread dissatisfaction with the country’s economic situation, as well as corruption and high unemployment. Recently the Internal Security…

Iraq For almost three months Iraq has been the scene of massive protests. Anti-government protestors took to the streets to demand an end to corruption, foreign influence, better social services and demand jobs and economic and political reforms. Dramatic and hard actions by the Iraqi police and Shia militia cost…