CULTURE

ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria— The Armenian community in Zalin celebrated Christmas with Holy Liturgies in their churches. In statements to our news desk in Zalin, on e of the Armenian faithful stated on Christmas morning: “I would like to extend Christmas congratulations for all Christians on this occasion which coincides with…

Cairo – On the morning of Thursday December 30, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ephram II arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, dispatched Bishop Clementine, General Bishop of Hagana, Almaza and East Nasr…

VIENNA — Despite her young age and suffering from the Syrian war, the 11-year-old Syriac girl Berolin Thani, from the Turkish-occupied city of Rish Aino (Ras al-Ayn) in Syria, made a great achievement, which is enrolling in Vienna University for Music and Arts— one of the best music universities in…

By Yusuf Beğtaş Syriac Language-Culture and Literature Association in Mardin Language is the foremost element that forms culture. And faith has an important place among the elements that sustain culture. The combination of these two elements, their synonymy grants a multiplicity of meaning to the word. Because the semantic wealth…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — On Tuesday, the multi-ethnic video clip “Forgotten Melodies” was released. The clip includes performances by various folk bands, including the Yorthutho Folklore Band of the Syriac Cultural Association. In a statement to Suroyo TV, Official of the Syriac Cultural Association Hanna Soumi said that, “About…

ZALIN, Syria — In comments to SuroyoTV, head of Al-Raha Foundation for Syriac Music and Heritage in Zalin (Qamishli), North and East Syria, Shamoun Thomas declared that Al-Raha Foundation presented a Christmas recital titled “Nour al-Maghara (Light of the Cave)” under the patronage of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Gozarto (Jazira)…

BUDAPEST — During a recent trip to Hungary, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ephrem II  met with Bishop Zoltán Balog, presiding bishop of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary on Wednesday at his headquarters in Budapest. The Patriarch was accompanied by Mor Timotheos Matta al-Khoury, Archbishop of…

JERUSALEM – The patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem launched an appeal asking for an end to the physical and verbal attacks against priests in the Holy Land, and called attention to attacks, acts of vandalism, and desecration against various churches and holy places in Israel and Palestine. …

Alert: article contains shocking images By Dr Amine Jules Iskandar Syriac Maronite Union–Tur Levnon Syriac language, Syriac culture, art and awareness were very much alive up till the beginning of the twentieth century. What happened next? During World War I, Lebanon witnessed a genocide, rarely ever spoken of. The events of…

ZALIN, Syria — On Friday, 16 December, Syriac writer and poet Malfono Hanna Hanna passed away in Zalin (Qamishli), North and East Syria, from a heart attack. Hanna was born in 1951 in the village of Al-Hadi Al-Sharqiah. He married Warda Romanos and had three sons and three daughters. Through…