It took Aramaic speakers 1,500 years to agree on Christology, now their main debate is over Assyrian identity. Could Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq encourage unity? Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Iraq ...

Kerala, Indua -- In Kerala's Kottayam district, the bastion of orthodox Syrian Christianity, the Zumoro choir works hard to keep the sacred language of their faith alive through liturgical music. The ...

Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, has been the language spoken by Christians in Iraq and neighboring Syria for centuries In this picture taken May 10, artist and museum curator Saliwa Shamoun ...

A strip mall 15 minutes down the highway from Manhattan is the last place I expected to hear the language spoken by Jesus Christ. But northern New Jersey is one of the places where Syriac Christians, ...

Ancient Syriac manuscript from the private collection of Raad Abdul-Ahed from Dohuk, northern Iraq, as photographed in 2015. (AP/Bram Janssen) For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities ...

The Independent member for Bass stunned colleagues last week after delivering his few words in one of the world’s oldest languages, still preserved by his Syriac Orthodox faith. Dr Razay, a former ...