There is a movement to make Syriac an official language in the government school curriculum in northeast Syria. At present, Arabic is the language of the classroom. If the movement is successful, ...

Istanbul -- A man on a seemingly impossible mission to save the script of his people from becoming extinct, Gabrial Aktas, the last Syriac calligrapher in Turkey, is almost 70. He is no longer capable ...

For the faithful gathered at St George’s Church, Kochi, it was a rare occasion for the congregation to re-live a bygone religious experience. The mass on the annual feast of St George last month ...

The dictionary project was started by the late Ishu Barutha (inset) and completed by his children Edwina Barutha (left, main) and Edward Barutha (right, main) as well as a community committee. H.B Mar ...