The land’s ancient Christian communities – the biblical Book of Acts notes that “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” – were decimated by the Syrian civil ...

MAALOULA, Syria — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places where ...

The land's ancient Christian communities — the biblical Book of Acts notes that "in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians" — were decimated by the Syrian civil war ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787. "This is the Faith of ...