At least 30 Syrian Christians were murdered on June 22 at Mar Elias Eastern Orthodox Church in the capital of Damascus. Christians have faced extreme social discrimination, but the tragedy marked the ...

A top Syrian Christian leader publicly rebuked President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a funeral service, blaming his administration for failing to protect minorities after a suicide bombing at a Damascus ...

His Beatitude John X, the Damascus-based leader of the Antioch Christian Church, ... as Islamic militant groups were rising in the war-engulfed nation, the patriarch’s own brother, ...

Mr. Hazim was named Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East for the Greek Orthodox in 1979. His church is known as the Greek Orthodox Church of the Antioch.

The Patriarch of Antioch is shepherd of about 1,000,000 souls throughout the world—110,000 of them in the U.S., 40,000 in Canada and 250,000 in Latin America.

The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus -- the Feast of All Antiochian ...

MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/. Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East who is currently in Moscow has called on all local churches to speak out against the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s actions in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run news agency says John Yazigi has been elected to head the Damascus-based Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. He replaces Patriarch Ignatius Hazim, who died ...

The Moscow Patriarchate website noted that the Patriarch of Antioch expressed his regret over the fact that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople "does not hear the voice of faith" MOSCOW ...

Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Ignace Joseph III Younan (center) celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption in Aleppo, Syria May 16, 2021. (photo: Courtesy photos / Syriac ...

Kochi: A grand welcome was accorded to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Ignatius Aphrem II, who arrived at the headquarters of Jacobite Church at Puthencruz on Saturday evening.

Without mentioning Hezbollah by name, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch said that it was unacceptable for “a party to make decisions on war” without the quorum of two thirds required by the ...