Türkiye's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is closely addressing all issues concerning Syriacs in the country, the vice president of the World Syriac Union said Wednesday. Süleyman Akgüç, along with AK Party Foreign Affairs Vice Chairperson Zafer Sırakaya, Türkiye's Ambassador to Sweden Yönet Can Tezel and other officials met at St. Aphrem Cathedral in Södertalje, Sweden.
In a bid to boost tourism, restoration efforts are underway in the southeastern province of Mardin's Dereiçi neighborhood, celebrated for its rich diversity, where residents of various religions, sects and languages come together.
Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said tensions between himself and Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch, were the result of a misunderstanding and denied accusations he was working against the patriarch. In a message sent to OSV News Sept.
On the anniversary of a massive fire at a wedding in Iraq, which killed more than 100 and injured 150, victims of the tragedy and their families still need support. As bride and groom Revan and Haneen Isho were dancing during their reception at Al Haytham Wedding Hall in the Syriac Christian town of Baghdeda on September 26 last year, large fountain fireworks ignited ceiling decorations and the...
The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church has urged Christians to work towards engaging in interfaith dialogue amidst ideological extremism and ongoing wars. "Today, Christians do not need martyrdom, but what they need is the testimony of [a] life that positively affects society," said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Once more, the world's attention is being drawn toward Lebanon, a country that has suffered so much in recent years. Beginning on Monday, Israeli airstrikes targeted the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, killing hundreds of people.