Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

A Byzantine-era Christian burial site unearthed in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, contains ancient crosses, graves and artifacts, highlighting Idlib province's rich archaeological heritage of many sites.

The land’s ancient Christian communities – the biblical Book of Acts notes that “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” – were decimated by the Syrian civil ...

The fall of the regime in Damascus has also led to a backlash against the Orthodox patriarchate heir to one of the most important seats of ancient Christianity by a ...

It was just another bombing in a complicated corner of the Middle East, but this one was important — the Associated Press ...

The Eagles of Antioch are volunteers protecting Christian areas in Damascus, guarding churches, shrines and icons from attacks and vandalism amid instability in Syria after Assad’s regime.

The city of Antakya, known in antiquity as Antioch, was at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. After the Feb. 6 earthquake, many of its centuries-old monuments and sites lie in ruins.

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787.