"He had a deep love and care for the Syriac Orthodox Church and the hospitality and affection showed during his visit with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II in 2015 was an unforgettable experience.

He led key meetings with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem-II of Antioch, head of Syrian Orthodox Church, who recently consecrated a Catholicos for Malankara Jacobite Church in Lebanon. He also invited ...

Pope Francis, the first non-European Pope in 1,300 years, passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The Indian ...

He saw India as a great civilisation deserving recognition,” he said, adding that the Pope’s leadership was truly exceptional. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church head Baselios Marthoma Mathews ...

The heads recalled the pope’s affection for India and their ... as the leader of a large Church. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church I remember my ...

Political and religious leaders from across the country offered glowing tributes to Pope Francis who died on Monday, hailing him for his “compassion and humility” and commitment to social justice.

Christians from all over the world are celebrating Easter today, which is being observed on the same day by both catholic and orthodox ... at the St. John Syriac Catholic Church in Al-Hamdaniya ...

Union Minister Suresh Gopi met Thrissur Archbishop Andrews Thazhath and later Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church head Baselios Joseph I in Kochi. The BJP’s Easter outreach, a practice the party is ...

Under Bashar al-Assad there was no political freedom in Syria but there was religious freedom. Iraqis and Iranians fleeing ...

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