Thus there is now a single Syrian Orthodox church in the world which in English is called Assyrian Orthodox Church. It is located in Paramus, New Jersey. 1957 Barsom was succeeded of Patriarch Yakub ...

BAGHDAD, April 5 -- An Assyrian Orthodox priest was fatally shot Saturday in an upscale neighborhood of the capital, the second such killing in Iraq in recent weeks. Youssef Adel, 40, was gunned ...

Miydat's Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. In every home, tables groan with remnants from the recent ...

The Orthodox- Assyrian Challenge The challenge for Orthodox theologians is to connect and relate the Assyrian term of Christotokos and Orthodox term of Theotokos in order to arrive at common ...

The Syriac Orthodox Church, founded by St. Peter, began in 37 A.D., according to multiple historical references. Aramaic, the language they speak, was the language of Jesus Christ.

The cornerstone is laid, far left, on the original St. Mary’s Assyrian Orthodox Church on Hawley Street in Worcester in 1923. That stone was moved to the current church in Shrewsbury.

Eastern Orthodox churches still use the Julian Calendar, proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 A.D. The two calendars are 13 days apart, with the Julian trailing the Gregorian.

The East Valley’s only Assyrian church is on the move – finally. After fundraising for 13 years, the Mar Yosip Parish has started construction of its own building in Gilbert. Until now, the ...

Assyrian Catholics in Georgia’s capital city of Tblisi, ... "The Orthodox Church and fundamentalists don't want a Catholic presence in Georgia," Fr. Benny Yadgar told Forum 18 News Service Oct. 18.