The persecution of Christians in Syria, such as the suicide bombing that killed 25 at a Damascus Orthodox church in June, is ...

The faithful gathered for a more than symbolic rite at St. Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus -- the Feast of All Antiochian Saints.

Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

Fears mount for Syrian Christians about whether the new Islamist government is committed to their protection following the ...

During his trip to Damascus, Paul had a dramatic conversion to Christianity after personal encounter with Jesus. It marked the beginning of his 180-degree turnaround from persecuting Christians to ...

Archbishop Samir Nassar closed his June 24-30 visit from Damascus, Syria, to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by celebrating the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with Archbishop Bernard ...

A church bombing in Damascus killed worshippers during a feast day. The Antiochian Church honors them as new martyrs, echoing ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion.

With a Roth conversion ladder, you shift money from a tax-deferred retirement account —such as a traditional IRA or 401 (k)—into a Roth IRA. But unlike a standard Roth IRA conversion, you do ...

The inscription found at Saint Callistus comes from the first letter St. Paul wrote to the church at Corinth (around 56 A.D.), in response to the report that some members were denying the ...

The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS.The post Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, ...