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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Syria has issued an urgent appeal to the international community, calling for an immediate ...
By Dale Gavlak, OSV News Syrian Christian leaders say they cannot trust the Islamist-led Syrian government of Ahmed al-Sharaa ...
Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...
Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians.
Following a preliminary investigation, the Syrian government says the Islamic State is responsible for a suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus that killed at least 25 people and ...
Syriac Church Leader Says Christian Fighters Scramble to Defend Town as ISIS Advance. Published Nov 10, 2015 at 9:08 AM EST Updated Apr 30, 2016 at 5:15 PM EDT.
At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a suicide bomber opened fire and detonated explosives inside a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria,. Syrian Information Minister ...
The interior ministry says a man affiliated with IS entered a church and opened fire before blowing himself up.
The Syrian Orthodox Church was founded in the year 452 after a schism with the bulk of the world's Christians. There are more than 4 million members living in Syria, ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syriac Orthodox Church has elected a new patriarch to lead one of the world's oldest Christian sects, Lebanon's national news agency said Monday. The announcement of the ...
The church will celebrate its centennial anniversary on Oct. 7 and 8 since its 1923 consecration, but as one of the oldest Syriac Orthodox churches in the country, its history actually goes back ...
A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias Church, where a suicide bomber killed at least 22 people in Dweila, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday.