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 ...

Christianity in Syria dates to the first century and is often described as the "cradle of Christianity." (3) The conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus is recorded in the Bible in Acts 9: ...

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

He went to study theology in the famous schools of Trier, and later set out to the Syrian desert in order to live as a hermit. He was ordained a priest in Antioch and at the age of 40 he went to ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and rugged mountains lies an ancient treasure, the stone city of Petra ... Dushara and Al-’Uzza. In the Bible, the area around Petra is called ...

The two left Antioch of Syria for Cyprus then onto Perga in Pamphylia, an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor ... that Paul might have done further things that are not recorded in the Bible and died in ...

"Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins," says Isaiah 17:1, which some Christians believe is now coming to pass. The last verses of Isaiah 17 are interpreted by some ...

Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a ...

Many Christians across Syria were uncertain about their future under insurgent rule, given the radical history of groups like HTS and their ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda. Weeks later, the insurgents ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...