Turkey's Antioch rises from the ruins, stone by stone. Antakya (Turkey) (AFP) – The old priest painted a warning on the cracked walls of his shack: "Twelve children were born here!

The Antioch Greek Orthodox Church brought Christians together in Turkey's Antakya for centuries until last year, when an earthquake killed dozens of them and sent hundreds more fleeing.

After successful church planting in Cyprus and in the province of Galatia in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), the apostles returned to Antioch to report their success among the Gentiles (Acts 13:1–14 ...

Turkey's Antioch rises from the ruins, stone by stone. Antakya (Turkey) (AFP) – The old priest painted a warning on the cracked walls of his shack: "Twelve children were born here!

But ancient Antioch, a stone's throw from Syria, is not just any old town, insisted the old priest. "Antakya has existed for thousands of years. Look -- two mosques dating back to the beginnings ...

The old priest painted a warning on the cracked walls of his shack: "Twelve children were born here! Don't touch this house." ...

Vahit Baklaci, 82, returns every day to the house where he was born in the heart of old Antakya, which has been turned upside down since an earthquake on February 6 devastated southern Turkey and ...