Assyrian, Greek, Armenian Genocides Remembered

Each year on April 24th, the Armenians, Syriac-Assyrians, and Chaldeans commemorate the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Christians in its lands during World War I. The genocide led to the displacement and killings of more than one and a half million Armenians and hundreds of thousands of Syriac, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and their transformation into minorities who are spread around the world.

Australian Party Calls for Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides

The Family First Party recognises the 1915-1923 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides and calls upon the Australian Government to join with dozens of other nations, including our ally the United States, to do the same. The genocide began under the cover of the Gallipoli campaign and Australian PoWs were among the first-hand witnesses to the mass killing of some 2.5 million Christians.

Assyrian Patriarch Hails Kurdistan As 'Model of Religious Tolerance and Unity'

By Kamaran Aziz

In a powerful address during the National Prayer Breakfast Day Ceremony held in Erbil on Wednesday, Mar Awa III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Middle East, lauded the Kurdistan Region as a beacon of religious coexistence and democratic values in Iraq and the broader region.

For Iraqi Assyrians, Pope's Visit Was a Rare Moment of Hope

Baghdad (AP) -- The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq's Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after one of the darkest chapters in the country's recent history. His 2021 visit to Iraq, the first ever by a pope, came after years of conflict and displacement.

Greece Celebrates a National Hero Hero While Turkey Celebrates the Perpetrator of Genocide

By Paul Antonopoulos

One is considered a national hero in Greece for helping in the liberation struggle from Ottoman slavery, while the other is remembered as the Turkish genocider of over two million Greeks, Armenians and Assyrians. George Karaiskakis was born in 1780 in Mavromati in Central Greece. At the age of 15, Karaiskakis left his adoptive parents and became a bandit.

Patriarchs of Antioch Call for Justice in the Ongoing Abduction Case of the Bishops of Aleppo

Marking twelve years since the abduction of the Bishops of Aleppo, Boulos Yazigi (Greek Orthodox) and Youhanna Ibrahim (Syriac Orthodox), the Patriarchs of Antioch have issued a joint statement renewing their appeal for answers and justice, and placing the case at the center of their Paschal prayers and concerns.