Thrissur, India -- Mar Aprem Metropolitan, who had led the Assyrian Church of the East in India for five decades, died July 7 following a brief hospitalization for age-related ailments in Thrissur, Kerala. He was 85. The funeral and other rituals will be decided after consulting with the Church leaders in Iraq, the Church sources in Thrissur said.
Wiesbaden, Germany -- Members of the Syriac (Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian) community in Germany gathered on Saturday for a vigil in Wiesbaden's central square to honor the martyrs of the June 22 terrorist attack that targeted the Mar Elias Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Church in the Douileh neighborhood of Daramsuq (Damascus), Syria. The vigil, held at 6:00 p.m.
The Khabur Genocide remains one of the darkest and most tragic chapters in the recent history of the Syriac--Assyrian community. This extensive report, meticulously compiled by the Khabur Committee, seeks to document in comprehensive detail the events, experiences, and enduring impacts of the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015 that took place along the Khabur River Valley.
A recent archaeological breakthrough in southeastern Turkey has stirred excitement in the academic world. Deep within the inner citadel of Urfa Castle, researchers have unearthed a mysterious rock-cut tomb -- the first ever discovered in this part of the fortress.
Fears mount for Syrian Christians about whether the new Islamist government is committed to their protection following the recent deadly church suicide bombing in Damascus. Religious freedom advocates say the United States should have further tied its ending of sanctions on Syria to respect for minority rights in the country. "We feel that we are alone," said Father Fadi Azar.
The Hague/Stockholm -- Syriac [Assyrian] parliamentarians Isa Kahraman and Yusuf Aydin, each in their own political arena, have expressed their deep concern about the situation of Christians in Syria following the suicide church bombing on Sunday 22 June in Daramsuq (Damascus).