Rights groups, such as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), have reported that recent killings on the coast were ...

Syria's Christians are a minority in flux. There are concerns about instability and insecurity in the country alongside ...

The Eagles of Antioch is a group of volunteers who stand watch over Christian neighborhoods in Damascus, protecting shrines, ...

Yet, the factors driving the long-term downward trajectory of religion still persist. For instance, the younger generations ...

Easter remains one of the most widely celebrated Christian holidays, marked by religious services, feasts, egg hunts, and ...

Deadly violence in Syria has once again spotlighted the Alawites, a secretive religious minority tied to Bashar al-Assad.

For centuries, churches have used different methods to calculate the date of Easter. Rarely do they coincide. The search for ...

The liturgical calendar also prescribes four fasting periods: Great Lent, before Easter Nativity Fast, forty days before Christmas ... shape the rhythm of Orthodox Christian life, reinforcing ...