Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

Christians in Syria confront an uncertain and perilous future under the control of Islamist-led rebel forces, a human rights ...

QARA KELISA, Iran - The last priest left the Black Church more than half a century ago and now the picture on the wall of a former monk's cell is of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah ...

In constant contact with Christian communities in Syria, Antoine Fleyfel, Director of the Institute for Eastern Christians ...

The World Evangelical Alliance, in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian ... the forced displacement of its ethnic-Armenian Christian population. Azerbaijan’s pledge ...

From 1915-23, the Armenian nation was subjected to genocide, and the survivors in western Armenia scattered to the edges of ...

Finally, if you’re in the Old City during Hanukkah, which overlaps with Christmas this year, take a leisurely stroll through ...

Christian leaders have welcomed assurances from those controlling Syria, that believers will have a future in the country, after it was seized by rebel forces including jihadist militias last weekend.

With the Islamic group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) now in control, Syria — especially its minorities — lives in paranoia. The ...

These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syriac, Armenian ... trace their Christian lineage to St. Thomas the Apostle who traveled to South India and founded a church.

Yet they will also impact the growing underground church in China, where Christians seeking freedom of worship are forced ... Another siege in Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) is a mountainous ...

The Armenian community in Syria and the war-torn city of Aleppo in particular hopes to receive urgent economic assistance ...