Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, newly elected patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, has received congratulations and an affirmation of support from the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse…
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AP reports, 31 March 2014 (AP) — The Syriac Orthodox Church has elected a new patriarch to lead one of the world’s oldest Christian sects, Lebanon’s national news agency said Monday. The…
By Augin Kurt Haninke, 2014-03-27 Stockholm (AINA) — On the same day I received the news that Patriarch Zakka had passed away in a hospital in Germany (AINA 2014-03-21), I was invited…
DAMASCUS (AP) — The patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, who led one of the world’s oldest Christian sects, was buried in a village near Damascus on Friday after an elaborate memorial…
As the Syrian civil war drags on, one issue that has been neglected is the status of the remaining Christians within the country. Media reports have generally focused on the concerns Christian…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The so-called Arab Spring in reality “was not a spring or even an autumn, it was a winter”. With this judgment without appeal Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II…
The funeral of His Holiness Moran Mar Ignatius Zakka I, the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, will be held at St Peter’s Cathedral in Damascus on March 30. Baselios Thomas…
Pope Francis has sent a telegram of condolences to the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East upon the death of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas, who passed away in a…
In the third of Radio 4’s series ‘Inside Lent,’ Martin Palmer, Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation reflects on the difference between blind and righteous anger. From the Syrian…
Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office Coptic Orthodox Church (Europe) Media and Communications Office A delegation representing the Coptic Orthodox Church, comprising Their Graces: Bishop Kyrillos of Milan,…