The date chosen is that of the feast of the Apostle Thomas, to whose descendants Syriac ... Syro-Malabar Church for years now. But also a new refusal by organised groups of priests and laity ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in ...

Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000. When Aphrem learned of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec.

KOCHI: Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Antioch and Supreme Head of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church ... He was ordained priest at age 23 by Catholicos Baselios Paulose II, and ...