Tag: archaeology
▶ Pope Francis inTurkey – Visit to Saint Sofia Museum and Sultan Ahmet Mosque – 2014.11.29 – YouTube
As can be heard, when His Holiness sits to sign the Visitors’ Book, the call to prayer can be heard. Aya Sofya is no longer strictly kept as a Museum in a…
2014-07-31 (AINA) — The Assyrian population of Hassakah, Syria is leaving the region because of threats from the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), according to a report by the Adnkronos…
Mar Behnam (St. Behnam) Syriac Catholic monastery inthe Ancient Assyrian town of Nimrod is now occupied by ISIS. Assyrian International News Agency, 2014-07-29 (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10,…
ISIS militants destroy burial shrine of biblical Prophet Jonah
Reinhard Backes, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 In a dramatic appeal to the international community the Archbishops of Mosul, Iraq have asked for more outside help for minorities in Iraq. Their declaration calls…
Unique cave monastery complex of 12th-13th centuries in Georgia to be conserved / OrthoChristian.Com
Vardzia, July 10, 2014, OrthoChristian-Pravoslavie.ru Vardzia is the cave monastery complex of the 12th-13th centuries in the valley of the Kura river, situated about 70 kilometers south of the town of Borjomi.…
Summary Assyrian Christian community leaders tell Al-Monitor that the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has not yet destroyed ancient Assyrian and Christian artifacts in Mosul. Author Mohammed A. Salih, July…
niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | 27.06.2014 One of the things the Sunni Muslim extremists who took over Iraq’s northern city, Mosul, have forbidden is the worship of false idols.…
The Red Church was listed as one of the 100 World Heritage sites in danger in 2008. After its dome, the other parts of the church will also be restored to attract…