CULTURE

NINEVEH PLAINS — A group of volunteers and activists held a Syriac language competition that included the distribution of more than 1,000 papers distributed to more than 18 schools in Hamdaniya and Bartala in northern Iraq’s Nineveh Plains containing a set of questions written in Syriac which reflect ancient Syriac…

BAGHDEDE, Iraq — On Monday, the Beth Nahrain Organization for Women (BNOW) held its 9th Art Exhibition, Studying the Psychology of Youth through Painting, in Baghdede, in Nineveh Plains. The Art Exhibition is the closing ceremony of a three month-long psycho-social Art Therapy in which youth exposed to war and years of…

TYRE, Lebanon — After the passing of Archbishop Youhanna (John) Haddad, former Metropolitan of Tyre Eparchy and its Environs, the Papal Embassy in Lebanon issued a statement announcing the appointment of Archbishop Elie Bishara Haddad: “On 31st January, His Holiness Pope Francis, out of his concern for Christian life in…

BEIRUT — The Melkite Greek Catholic Church mourned the 22 January passing of Archbishop Youhanna (John) Haddad, former Metropolitan of Tyre Eparchy and its Environs. Archbishop Haddad was born in the Beit Shabab area in 1926. He joined St. Hanna’s seminary in Jerusalem where he continued his philosophical and theological…

BAGHDAD — As part of its efforts to develop the Syriac language and expand its reach globally, the Directorate General of Syriac Studies in Iraq concluded a development course for its members in Syriac held in cooperation with the Directorate General of Preparation, Training, and Educational Development from 11 to…

ZALIN, Syria — The Syrian Women’s Council gave a lecture on the history of the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people at its Zalin (Qamishli) in North and East Syria on Sunday. The first section of the lecture was presented by Hanna Soumi, official of the Syriac Cultural Association in Zalin, focused on…

By Yawsef Beğtaş President of the Syriac Language-Culture and Literature Association When trying to understand the deeper feelings of my dear Syriac masters, malfones (teachers), connoisseurs of word and pen, healers of the soul who tried to describe the meaning of life and truth through the magical associations of words,…

Daramsuq (Damascus) – Syriac Melkite Catholics Mor Youssef Absi praised the role of Christmas in bringing believers closer, filling their hearts with love and strengthening their relationship. Mor Youssef Absi called on Christians all over the world to pray and work for a world in which peace and security prevail.…

This article was originally published by Asian and African studies blog on December 24, 2019: here  By Dr. Michael Erdman Turkish and Turkic Collections Curator, British Library On December 25, Christians around the world (except most Orthodox Christians) will mark the birth of Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — Jalinos Eissa, Co-Chair of the Olaf Taw Association, which aims to develop teachers and learning material for the Syriac language, explained that the Association is helping the institutions of the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria correct errors in some of their…