Shroro

By John Philip Kottapparambil - Kottayam

That Saint Peter, before he went to Rome, founded the see of Antioch is attested by many Saints of the earliest times, including Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Pope Saint Clement...

By Thomas Abraham Thiruvanchoor

The 73rd Dukhrono (Remembrance Day) of the late Patriarch H.H. Ignatius Elias III, who is entombed at Manjanikkara near Pathanamthitta, Kerala, started with the hoisting of Patriarchal flag...

By Prof. E.K. Zachariah

“I wish I could live here permanently”. These were the words of Moran Mor Ignatius Elias III, Patriarch of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, when he reached St. Stephen’s...

By Mike Wingert

During the middle of last month (January, 2005), a Coptic Orthodox Christian family was tortured and murdered in their home in Jersey City, New Jersey (USA).

By His Beautitude Aboon Mor Basileos Thomas I

We are pleased to learn that SOCM-Forum has launched an internet edition of the Syriac Orthodox Christian Digest called "Shroro”.

By Dr. D. Babu Paul

The Antiochean tradition attaches great significance to the Lent of Jonah, which is followed by the Sunday of the departed priests and the Sunday of All Souls before we enter the Great Lent.

from Lives of Saints

Patriarch St. Severious, widely known as “Crown of the Syrians", is one of the greatest dignitary of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.

By Rev. Dn Joel Jacob and Elizabeth Venkadathu

With our special guest of honor, our Archbishop, His Eminence Mor Titus Yeldho...

By Samuran Aykurt

Not too long ago I encountered an gentlemen whose curiousity blossomed when he discovered that Aramaic is my first langauge.

By Fr. Eldhose Koungampillil

Unemployment is one of the major social issues in the modern times. Work is one of the most essential needs in life because it fulfils the meaning of human life.

By David Schneider

Antioch is most famous for being the place where the followers of Christ were first called "Christians" (Acts 11:26). The Christian church of Antioch was established during Saint Peter's ministry in A.D.34

By Fr. Eldhose Koungampillil

The Liturgy of St James was written by the Apostle St James himself, the brother of our Lord and the First Bishop of Jerusalem.

By Kakkattu Varghese Thomas

A grant reception was given to His Beatitude Mor Baselious Thomas I, Catholicos of the East, His Grace Kuriakose Theophilose (Diocesian Bishop) and His Eminance Julius Cicek (Arch-Bishop of Central Europe, Holland) and other dignitaries from various denominations...

By Jack Fairweather at St. Matthew's Monastery near Mosul

One of the most ancient monasteries in the world, St Matthew's, stands on a barren mountainside in northern Iraq, its last inhabitant a crusty old Syrian Orthodox priest.