Monthly Archives: January 2012

By MIKE ISAACS Skokie Library Director Carolyn Anthony (left) talks about books chosen for Coming Together in Skokie’s six-week program with Susan…

By John Pontifex  FEARS are growing for the safety of two priests from Sudan who have been abducted. Fr Joseph Makwey, in his 40s, and Fr Sylvester Mogga, in his mid-30s,…

By MIKE ISAACS Exploring a culture that existed 3,500 years before the birth of Jesus Christ offers no shortage of literature from which to choose.…

TODAY’S ZAMAN, Ä°STANBUL The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), referring to the Draft Motion for a Resolution on…

 CHALDEAN Syrian College celebrated its 32nd college day. College committee secretary Varghese J Ollukaran welcomed the chief guests and the gatherings.…

By Daily Mail Reporter At 111, Warina Zaya Bashou is the second oldest person to be granted citizenship to the United States.…

Written by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Chaldean Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, Iraq, is pictured in a 2010 file photo.…

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is facing the death penalty for apostasy. Roxana Saberi [CNN By Roxana Saberi, Special to CNN] Editor’s note: Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-…

EL CAJON — East County’s growing Chaldean community is turning to old-school media to create a new voice.…

 By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS ― Though it’s the birthplace of Christianity in ancient times, the modern Middle East is increasingly hostile to Christianity as civil conflict,…

 A delegation from the Syrian National Council (SNC) met with the leadership of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Thursday, January 12, 2012. The goal of the meeting was…

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Gunmen shooting at guards keeping watch over the archbishop’s…

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey—A major exhibition displaying Diyarbakir’s former multi-cultural character will open…

Despite all the high profile (to attract the attention of local and foreign media) terror attacks in the last few months,…

 The Syrian National Council condemns the killing of French journalist Gilles Jacquier, in Homs on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Jacquier was a reporter for France 2…

By MIKE ISAACS The third annual Coming Together in Skokie program focuses on the Assyrian culture and “Gilgamesh,” the oldest recorded work in world literature as well as other books.…

A lunchtime gun attack on the Chaldean Archbishop’s residence in Kirkuk, Northern Iraq has left two people dead and five wounded.…

From Our Store: Liturgical Year 2011-2012, Vol. 2: Ordinary Time before Lent (eBook)…

By Rakan al-Fakih The Daily Star Hermel’s Mar Maroun monastery is carved out of rock near the source of the Orontes (Assi) River.…

By Anne-Beatrice Clasmann Istanbul – Syria’s Christians, who make up more than 6 per cent of the population, are fearful they will be caught up in the 10-month power struggle between the…