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AMSTERDAM — Michael Lahdo is a Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian) footballer. He started playing football with the Arameiska team in Norsborg, Sweden. He then moved to the Swedish Hammarby team. His father Johnny Lahdo told Suroyo TV that his son Michael loved playing football since his childhood and even during his studying…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Festival of Arts and Ideas event was held in the U.S., in cooperation with Yale Peabody Museum. The festival aimed at reviving ancient cooking recipes inspired by writings from tablets that are a part of their Babylonian collection. In a unique experiment, 4000-year-old cooking recipes…

ERMELO, Netherlands — According to a report by non-denominational Christian non-profit Open Doors, which advocates for the rights of persecuted Christians around the world, they recorded 5,898 Christians were killed for their faith and 5,110 churches or church buildings were attacked or forcibly closed in 2021. It shed light on…

ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands — The European Syriac Union (ESU), The Netherlands Branch, organized a Sayfo Genocide remembrance at Saint Peter and Paul Church in Enschede in cooperation with the Saint George Club and Dayrik Club in the Netherlands. The event was held after a Divine Liturgy which was attended by…

VÄSTERÅS, Sweden — Along with other churches and institutions of the Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian) people across the world, commemorated the Sayfo martyrs Remembrance Day which was announced on 15th June. The Had B’Shabo and Mor Elio Church in Västerås, Sweden, commemorated those killed during the 1915 Sayfo Genocide by holding a…

HAMBURG, Germany — The Syriac Orthodox Mart Mari and Mart Shmuni Church in Hamburg, Germany, held an event to remember the martyrs of the Sayfo Genocide with prayers and hymns. A large crowd of believers attended the event, which was held in front of the Sayfo memorial in the churchyard.…

TURGI, Switzerland — On Saturday, the European Syriac Union (ESU) and the ESU youth organization held an event commemorating the 107th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, in Turgi, Switzerland. After a prayer presided over by Priest of Mor Abrohom Church Father Michael Aziz, the event began with a commemoration of…

SWEDEN — To mark the 107th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocides, the Swedish Syriac Orthodox Youth Foundation organized a commemorative event at the Syriac Orthodox St. Addai Church where speeches were delivered, candles were lit, and wreaths were laid at the memorial of the martyrs of the genocide. A prayer…

STOCKHOLM — On Pentecost, Priest of St. Peter’s Church in Hallonbergen, Sweden, Fr. Jimmy Danho, delivered a sermon on the memory of 1915 Sayfo Genocide. The Sayfo Genocide was committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish, Arab, and Circassian forces in the early 20th century against the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean)…

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Two months ago, Egyptian Coptic Priest Arsanious Wadid was stabbed to death on the Cornice of Alexandria, Egypt. After several judicial sessions, the Alexandria Criminal Court ruled on Saturday to execute the murderer of Father Nehro Tawfiq. According to the Associated Press, the court convicted the 60-year-old…