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, after decades of persecution.

Terry Mattingly writes: hundreds of ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians, have been killed by Islamist militias in Syria.

Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

except when parts are ruled by various Herods Damascus - ancient center of Syria; site of conversion of Saul/Paul (Gal 1:17; 2 Cor 11:32; Acts 9:1-25; 22:5-11) Antioch - 3 rd largest city of Roman ...

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 ...

This liturgy was used by the church in Antioch in present day Syria. Many bishops in this area ... which the Chaldean church used. Although an ancient rite, it had no single administrator until ...

The two left Antioch of Syria for Cyprus then onto Perga in Pamphylia, an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor. The next stop was Pisidian Antioch (note different to the first Antioch) where many believed ...

I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word, phrase, or idea in the Bible, or a ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting ...

EU conference aims to gather aid pledges for Syria's recovery Pledges expected to be lower due to US aid cuts, says Lahbib Syria competes with other conflicts for aid, Pederson says BRUSSELS ...

We drove through cities like Jableh, on Syria's Mediterranean coast, almost unrecognisable now. The bustling streets, markets and shops are silent, apart from the sirens of passing General ...