Members of St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church of Shrewsbury include Meryem Akman, Barbara Baba, Fr. Toni Kasih, Henri Bahnan and George Hanna. SHREWSBURY — For many people, the concept of fleeing ...

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Fakkak Al-Badrani, Governor of Nineveh Abdul-Qader Al-Dakhil, Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and Syriac Orthodox ...

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Syriac Orthodox Church, on Tuesday, called on ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Zakka Iwas, the leader of one of world’s oldest Christian sects, has died. He was 80. Syrian state news agency SANA said ...

St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church -- located at 1 Industrial Drive in Shrewsbury -- is celebrating 100 years of "unwavering faith and cultural preservation." According to a press release, the church ...

Hundreds of Christian fighters from across Syria have arrived in the majority-Syriac Christian town of Sadad to prevent it falling into the hands of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), the head ...

SHREWSBURY — For many people, the concept of fleeing religious persecution and starting a new life in another country is often associated with the non-recent past. A historical background to describe ...

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch and All the East, on Tuesday called on the ...