Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...

which assured “respect for the rights of Christians” in Syria. The Patriarchate of Antioch remains in suspense politically and also ecclesiastically, being the only Church that explicitly ...

Two years after surviving the devastating 2023 earthquake that killed her family in Antakya, Sema Genç reflects on her trauma ...

The dispute between the group with allegiance to the Patriarch of Antioch in Syria (Jacobite faction) and the Catholicos of the East dates back over a century. The Malankara church is believed to ...

Born aroud the year 50 in Syria, Ignatius was an Apostolic Father of the Church, a disciple, with Saint Polycarp, of Saint John the Evangelist, and the third bishop of Antioch, the former See of ...

Christianity in Syria dates to the first century and is often described ... (4) The largest Christian denomination is the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, followed by the Maronite Church and the ...

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 ...

Nazar Panosian (Sandy’s grandfather), was born on Nov. 11, 1893 in a little village less than 100 miles from Antioch, Turkey near the Syrian border. His family and Armenian friends were an ...

She met will all types and ranks of priests in Beirut while in Damascus she met the Antioch patriarch and two Orthodox bishops. She was not able to meet Syria’s new leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani ...

She has participated in archaeological excavations in Syria and Italy, making technical drawings. Jaclyn Maxwell’s first book, Christianization and Communication: John Chrysostom and Lay Christians in ...