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.

In 1928, Charles Rufus Morey, chair of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, proposed the exploration and excavation of the ancient and medieval site of Antioch, located in northern Syria ...

Syrian government forces and their allies were ... During a sermon in Damascus, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X said Christians were among those killed and called on Sharaa to ...

Abductions by IS in Syria have put focus on ancient group who moved from Iraq ... missionaries from Palestine or Antioch, in modern-day Turkey, settled to the west of the Parthian empire close ...

Reports of massacres and intercommunal violence in Syria this month have been devastating ... Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch; Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Patriarch of Antioch and All ...

ANTAKYA, Turkey (JTA) — Jews have lived in the city of Antakya, known in ancient times as Antioch, for over 23 ... in Antakya with his wife Olga, a Syrian Jew who moved to the city from Damascus ...

Edited by Liam Stack Video shows the Western-backed Free Syrian Army and the Qaeda-linked Nusra Front working together to attack government positions in Malula, an ancient town where Aramaic ...