When, in the mid-1990s, Jens Petzold first arrived in Syria, it was only supposed to be a temporary stop on his journey eastward from his native Switzerland. An agnostic and spiritual seeker, his real ...

The Assyrian Evangelical Church is Turlock's oldest Assyrian house of worship. A part of Turlock's history will be celebrated today when the Assyrian Evangelical Church of Turlock recognizes its 100th ...

The Assyrian reliefs at the British Museum. Exhibition Design by RAA. Immersive exhibits by Journey. Photography courtesy of Journey. (Alberto Romano) Journey, a global design and innovation studio ...

Lillie Taimoorazy (center) stands with dancers from the Shameeram Folkloric Group she founded to share the art and history of the Assyrians. In times of hardship, war, genocide or displacement, women ...

Christian political parties in Nineveh have condemned the provincial council's decision to dismiss the heads of administrative units, calling it a "politically motivated move" that undermines ...

"If the devil divides, the creed unites!" the pope said in his Feb. 6, 2025, remarks to a visiting group of priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox churches, including Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, ...

During her four years at Wheaton, George, who is ethnically Assyrian, became a key facilitator of the MENA community on campus, or for those with connections to that region. From organizing dinner at ...

People walk to attend a memorial ceremony for Salim Iskef, one of the victims of a mass shooting, at St. Mary's Church in Orebro, Sweden, February 6, 2025. (Reuters/Kuba Stezycki) Orebro, Sweden ...

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp -- spokesman for the German Bishops' Conference and a consultant to the Vatican Dicastery for Communication -- was in Iraq this past week to present his ...

Assyrian Chaldean Bishop Sarhad Jammo (photo: James Reinl). El Cajon -- Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, the Bishop who led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle for the western U.S. from 2002 until his ...

Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church speaks on Feb. 4, 2025, at the International Religious Freedom 2025 Summit ...

Tristan Azbej, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians and the head of the Hungary Helps program, said Hungary has helped more than two million Christians in a difficult situation or ...