In 1928, Charles Rufus Morey, chair of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, proposed the exploration and excavation of the ancient and medieval site of Antioch, located in northern Syria ...

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

Abu Omar, a member of the interim government, who conveyed the new leader Al-Jolani's good wishes, which assured “respect for the rights of Christians” in Syria. The Patriarchate of Antioch ...

Damascus, SANA-The participants in the spiritual meeting of the Patriarchs of Antioch and All East in Damascus affirmed their commitment to preserve Syria’s unity and the rights of its people to ...

The Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Churches of Antioch have jointly sent a congratulatory telegram to Syrian President Ahmad Al-Shara, marking his ...

Ignatius of Antioch that “the difficult days have passed and the crisis has become behind us and we can only see the unified Syria.” His Beatitude’s remarks came during the mass he headed ...

As Syrians living under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces continue to face an uncertain future, the supreme head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church has offered a vision for how Christians ...

Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East has sent a letter to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he thanked the Russian Orthodox Church for the assistance to the Syrian people ...

Two years after a 7.8-magnitude quake devastated parts of southern Turkey, artists express their loss, and love of Antioch, ...

Jews were present in Antioch since its founding around 300 BCE ... but the French Mandate that included Syria and Lebanon. “There were 450 Jews here,” Daoud Cemel recalled about his youth ...