Traditionally Christmas falls on the 25th of December and the last day of the festival is observed on January 5th of the succeeding month/year. However, Orthodox christians especially in Europe, the ...

Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East said on Thursday that Christians in the region are ...

2025 was a complex and multifaceted year for Christians in the Middle East. Across six pivotal countries, the contours of ...

Lebanon was majority-Christian starting from the first century (when Christianity was introduced by figures such as St. Peter ...

Christians in Israel and Palestine are celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years now that Israel and Hamas have ...

On Christmas Day, Orthodox believers try not only to observe the external traditions of the holiday, but also to deepen their ...

Their actual church is a pile of rubble. The Melkite Greek Catholic St George Church, just steps away from this Mass, was destroyed last year by an Israeli bombing attack. The main prayer hall is now ...

The Holy Father marked significant milestones throughout 2025, such as the canonization of contemporary saints — including ...

Eighty percent of Israelis see Turkey as a threat. Yet only about 6% name the actors best positioned to check it. That gap is ...

A bombing at a mosque in Homs, Syria, during Friday prayers has killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others ...

Major General Qassem Soleimani, heralded as one of the Islamic Republic of Iran's most skilled and experienced battlefield commanders, was killed in a calculated US airstrike near Baghdad's ...