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Christians have 'vital role' to play in rebuilding Syria, want sanctions lifted: patriarch
As Syrians living under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces continue to face an uncertain future, the supreme head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church has offered a vision for how Christians ...
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For quake survivors, art brings healing in Turkey's Antioch
At first glance, it's a happy image -- hundreds of smiling faces torn from newspapers and pasted into a frame. "When I put ...
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On the Turkish-Syrian border, a city’s last Jews watch the ending of an epoch
Jews were present in Antioch since its founding around 300 BCE ... but the French Mandate that included Syria and Lebanon. “There were 450 Jews here,” Daoud Cemel recalled about his youth ...
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Final statement of Patriarchs of Antioch’s meeting calls for unity among Christians, preserving Syria’s unity
Damascus, SANA-The participants in the spiritual meeting of the Patriarchs of Antioch and All East in Damascus affirmed their commitment to preserve Syria’s unity and the rights of its people to ...
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COMMITTEE FOR THE EXCAVATION OF ANTIOCH-ON-THE-ORONTES
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 ...
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Patriarch Yazigi: Difficult days have passed with crisis behind us, we can only see the unified Syria
Damascus, SANA- Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi ... become behind us and we can only see the unified Syria.” His Beatitude’s remarks came during the mass ...
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Ancient Antioch after Assad
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 ...