"We look at ourselves that we are equal to the Muslim, the Alawite, and every single Syrian citizen," he added. The group derives its name from the ancient city of Antioch, reflecting their deep ...

The Antiochian Orthodox Church, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, counts as many as 1.1 million members in Syria and 400,000 in Lebanon. Additionally, it has about 75,000 members ...

The Seleucid Empire’s capital until 64 B.C., Antioch was subsequently incorporated into the Roman Empire by Pompey the Great and named the capital of the province of Syria. In its new status ...

LONDON, April 8. A telegram from Constantinople brings intelligence that the City of Antioch, in Syria, has been visited by an earthquake, causing terrible loss of life. The dispatch states that ...

The Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius IV, has stated that international media lie regarding the situation in Syria, where according to him there is no wanton violence to protesters, reported Syrian ...

Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East has sent a letter to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he thanked the Russian Orthodox Church for the assistance to the Syrian people ...

Beirut, SANA – The Holy Council of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch appealed to the international community to lift the blockade and unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria. In a ...

in Syria and abroad, by His Beatitude the Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch, Primate of the Greek-Orthodox Church in Antioch and All the East, who resides in Damascus. In the text of the message, sent ...

ITAR-TASS/. Patriarch John X of Antioch will pay his first official visit to Russia on January 25-30 to discuss the position of civilian population in Syria and persecution of Christians in the ...