Tag: Syriac Christians

Syriac Christians of Qamishli Rally to Protect their Church from Kurdish Occupiers

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 29, 2018

Idto Suryoyto Treeysath Shubho-Syriac Orthodox - 29/8/18 Syriac Christians of Qamishli (a city in northeastern Syria) rally inside the Church of Holy Theotokos (Virgin Mary) ... Read More

“Severus of Antioch” Symposium

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 28, 2018

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 28/5/18 For the 1500 Jubilee of the Exile of Patriarch Mor Severus the Great to Egypt, the Department of Syriac Studies at ... Read More

Sermons Delivered by Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II in Germany

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 26, 2017

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 26/10/17 Speech of His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II - Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal ... Read More

Assyrian Female Fighters Take on the Islamic State in Syria

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 13, 2015

Assyrian Christian Lucia, member of the battalion called the "Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers" fighting the Islamic State group, plays ... Read More

OCP Secretary “Making Fun of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II & Syriac Orthodox Christians Unacceptable”

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 8, 2015

OCP Delegation holds the historic meeting with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II at Puthenkurish in February 2015.Prakash Varghese ( OCP Delegate of UAE, Gulf & Levant) ... Read More

A Glimpse Into the World of Syria’s Assyrian Fighters – Video Report

OCP- July 9, 2014

By Rozh Ahmad http://www.yourmiddleeast.com 9/7/14 Syriac Christians are generally considered to fear Islamic rebels and therefore unconditionally back Assad's regime, but this is not the ... Read More

Syriac Christians, Kurds Boost Cooperation in Syria

OCP- June 22, 2013

  A Kurdish fighter from the Popular Protection Units (YPG) holds his weapon as he takes position atop a building with a YPG flag in ... Read More

Legal Issues Cast Doubt on Return of Christians to Turkey’s Southeast

OCP- October 29, 2012

Syriac Christian monks attend a service in Mor Gabriel monastery in southeastern Turkey. Dorian Jones 26/10/2012 MOR GABRIEL, TURKEY — Turkey is home to Syriac ... Read More

Syriac Christians to get first church in Istanbul

OCP- October 6, 2011

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 5/10/2011 Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from officials for the construction of its first church. The church, ... Read More

Giulio Paletta’s photographs of Tur Abdin

OCP- September 30, 2010

On Monday, 27 September, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Rowan Williams) opened an exhibition of photographs of Tur Abdin by the Italian photo-journalist, ... Read More