"4News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them."-Matthew 4
I just the movie called Syriana", which was very hard to follow. I had to watch the beginning part twice to understand. Unfortunately, me caption (English subitle) wasn't fully working (would not translate the foreign language) on my t.v., so I had a more difficult time. I've heard about this movie so much prior and during, which I was anxious to watch. I tried to separate the "hollywood-fiction" part, but this move was very hard to do so because every part seems to be actually true!
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"They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn sword. He will deliver us from the Assyrian when he invades our land and marches into our borders."-Micah 5:6
"...The first division between Syriac Christians occurred in the 5th century, when Christians of the Sassanid Persian Empire were separated from those in the west over the Nestorian Schism. This split owed just as much to the politics of the day as it did to theological orthodoxy. Ctesiphon, which was at the time the Sassanid capital, became the capital of the Church of the East.
After the Council of Chalcedon in 451, many Syriac Christians within the Roman Empire rebelled against its decisions. The Patriarchate of Antioch was then divided between a Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian communion. The Chalcedonians were often labelled 'Melkites' (Emperor's Party), while their opponents were labelled as Monophysites (those who believe in the one rather than two natures of Christ) and Jacobites (after Jacob Baradaeus). The Maronite Church found itself caught between the two, but claims to have always remained faithful to the Catholic Church and in communion with the bishop of Rome, the Pope.
Over time, some groups within each of these branches have entered into communion with the Roman Catholic Church, becoming Eastern Catholic Churches. The Mar Thoma Church is in full communion with the Anglican Communion.
Some Syriac Christian denominations no longer use the Syriac language in their worship. This is particularly true of the Chalcedonian churches...
"..(inchurchnews) November 17), Archaeologists have discovered the largest ancient Christian church in Syria.
The remains of the Christian Church, thought to date back some 1,500 years, were found in Palmyra in central Syria. A small amphitheatre and two rooms for Christian worship were also found on the site of the church.
Palmyra, 135 miles north-east of Damascus, was an important Roman-era desert stop for caravans travelling to Mesopotamia and Persia.
Much of the city was destroyed by the Romans in the third century, in revenge for rebelling against their rule under Syrian Queen Zenobia.
The director of Palmyra museum, Walid Assad, said the latest find by Syrian and Polish archaeologists was the fourth church to be discovered in the city - and the largest in Syria.
Mr. Assad said archaeologists found two rooms on one side of the building and an amphitheatre in the courtyard that may have been used for baptisms, prayers and other religious ceremonies.
"Christianity came to Palmyra in the year 312, at a time when Christians had begun to build churches," Mr Assad told AFP. "And this one is huge - the biggest ever found in Syria. It dates back to the fourth or fifth centuries after Jesus Christ." .."
Ancient church found in Syria
Medical
"The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter..."-Mark 7:26
Military
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The Road to Damascus
"This is a song I wrote almost six years ago about the conversion of St. Paul of Tarsus on "The Road to Damascus." I set it to video/audio clips of present-day Damascus in Syria in order to compare/contrast the timeless city as it was in the time of St. Paul to how it is now in our own time."
*see GoodnewsEverybody.com Blind, Eyes, Sight, etc... Outreach
US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell,
By ZEINA KARAM and HUSSEIN MALLA, Associated Press Writers Zeina Karam And Hussein Malla, Associated Press Writers – 30 mins ago (news.yahoo.com-Monday, October 27th 2008 @5:15pm)
"SUKKARIYEH, Syria – A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Syrians buried relatives they said were killed in the U.S. helicopter attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading "Down with Bush and the American enemy."
The operation targeted the home of Abu Ghadiyah, the nickname for the leader of a key cell of foreign fighters in Iraq, the U.S. official told The Associated Press from Washington. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive intelligence..."
"Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Saul of Tarsus was converted on the Road to Damascus, thereafter being known as the Apostle Paul, and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria, from which he left on many of his missionary journeys.[citation needed]..."
Missions
Syrian Christians of Kerala
"St. Thomas one of the 12 disciples of Christ set up Christianity in Kerala as early as AD52. A short film showing the still existing similarities in customs and traditions of the Hindus and Christians of Kerala. "
*see India
"Denise and I carried the cross in Damascus, Syria in 1997. It was a great joy and the people welcomed us in a wonderful way. Damascus is one of the oldest continually inhabited places on earth...
Damascus is a lovely, peaceful and prosperous city. God bless Syria!
*see GoodnewsEverybody.com Movies: The Passion, Crucification, Easter, Resurrection, etc..
Music
SR 97 - Syria - Sei Tu
"San Remo 1997. The song Sei Tu performed by Syria. 3rd place"
Persecution
In memory of the Aramean Martyr's
"We never forget the genocide
LONG LIVE ARAM and the ARAMEAN PEOPLE
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Refugees
Iraqi Christians in Syria
"Iraqi Christians are suffering in Syria as in Iraq.. a report from NBC"
Stories
Israel's 1967 Miracle
"Forty years ago, Israel was surrounded by hostile forces on three fronts - Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The nation's political and military leaders decided Israel must strike first and take the Arabs by surprise "
The Miracle of Damascus: Part One [Lo Res for Dial-up]
"May we all be one on Earth as Christ is One with the Father in Heaven. This begins with forgiving and loving one another.
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" The Aramean people of Mesopotamia (= Aram-Naharaim in Hebrew, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”), the original inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent, who have been present for thousands of years in the region of Aram-Naharaim and have made a great contribution to the world civilisations, especially through their language - the Syriac (Aramaic)- also spoken by Jesus Christ, which is still in use by various Aramean denominations throughout the world, are a people with a glorious history, but they are now in danger of being forgotten, as well as frequently being misrepresented. The Italian film producer Giacomo Pezalli was so impressed by the history of one of the oldest existing Semitic people in the world that he decided to make a film about this people entitled” The Hidden Pearl: The Aramaic Heritage of the Syrian Orthodox Church”. The script for the film is written, among others, by the British professor in Hebrew and Aramaic, Sebastian P. Brock, who is a professor at Oxford University . This marvellous multimedia project can serve as a source of information for those who are interested in the culture, religion and history of one of the oldest Semitic people of the middle-east, who have been living in this part of the world for thousands of years." Wikipedia "were a Semitic (West Semitic language group), semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who had lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syria. Aramaeans have never had a unified empire; they were divided into independent kingdoms all across the Near East. Yet to these Aramaeans befell the privilege of imposing their language and culture upon the entire Near East and beyond, fostered in part by the mass relocations enacted by successive empires, including the Assyrians and Babylonians. Scholars even have used the term 'Aramaization' for the Assyro-Babylonian peoples' languages and cultures, that have become Aramaic-speaking.[1]"
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