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Digitization & cataloging are complete for three #Syriac #manuscripts in the collection of the Diocese of Adiabene of the Ancient Church of the East in Erbil, Iraq. One colophon testifies to the scribe's recent escape from the Sayfo genocide during WWI.

Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...
June 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1500. sayıda manşette olmak, onur verici.

Yolunuz açık olsun….
Ve, 1500. sayı…
Bizimle birlikte yürüyen, gazetemize emek veren tüm okur ve dostlarımıza teşekkürlerimizle..
May 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A Syrian Village Fights To Save Aramaic, the Language of Jesus newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-...
A Syrian Village Fights To Save Aramaic, the Language of Jesus
Life in Maaloula is dwindling thanks to war and emigration, and so too is the ancient tongue of its Christian residents
newlinesmag.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ܐܟܝܬܘ، ܪܝܫ ܫܢ̱ܬܐ ܒܪܝܟܬܐ ܠܥܡܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ-ܣܘܪܝܝܐ-ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܥܡ ܫܝܢܐ ܘܫܠܡܐ

‎Happy Akitu New Year to Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people as a symbol of spring arrival and new beginning with joy and happiness

‎Baharın ve yeni yaşamın müjdecisi Akitu Yeni Yılı kutlu olsun, sevinç ve mutlulukla
March 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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The manuscript Saint Mark's, Jerusalem, 199, a huge Garšūnī collection of saints' lives translated from Syriac, has parts of the colophon in Garšūnī, Syriac, and Arabic.

Images at w3id.org/vhmml/readin...
SMMJ 00199 B - Jerusalem - Jerusalem - Saint Mark's Monastery - MS 199B - Reading Room - vHMML
Resources and Tools for Manuscript Studies
w3id.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Syriac Union Party welcomes agreement between SDF and Syrian Transitional Government, highlights absence of Syriac-Assyrian rights from agreement and advocates for their inclusion

syriacpress.com/blog/2025/03...
Syriac Union Party welcomes agreement between SDF and Syrian Transitional Government, highlights absence of Syriac-Assyrian rights from agreement and advocates for their inclusion - Syriac Press
BETH ZALIN, Syria — The Syriac Union Party (SUP) issued a statement following the signing of an integration agreement between General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi and P...
syriacpress.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mandaeans lived for centuries in what is now Iraq. But the 2003 invasion forced them into exile, uprooting them from the society that sustained them. Now, they are disappearing newlinesmag.com/first-person...
The Weight of Gold: A Mandaean Journey Through Exile
Cut off from the society that nourished their way of life, the followers of this ancient Gnostic religion are slowly disappearing
newlinesmag.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
La France a la responsabilité historique et morale de reconnaître le génocide des Assyro-Chaldéens #Sayfo1915 www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/la...
«La France a la responsabilité historique et morale de reconnaître le génocide des Assyro-Chaldéens»
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - Tandis qu’une menace pèse sur les Chrétiens d’Orient, la spécialiste du Moyen-Orient Aurélie Pirillo appelle les autorités françaises à reconnaître le génocide des Assyro-Chaldéens...
www.lefigaro.fr
March 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On Christianty in Syria - by Alberto M. Fernandez thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue...
The Lamp Magazine | Death’s Empire
On Christianity in Syria.
thelampmagazine.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Diyarbakır'ın kültür mirasının belgelenmesine katkı

“DKVD, "Diyarbakır'ın Belgesel Kültür Mirası: Süryani ve Keldani El Yazmalarının Korunması" projesini tamamladı. Kitap, Süryani-Keldani tarihi ve kültürünü de genel hatlarıyla anlatıyor.” www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/diyarbakirin...
Diyarbakır'ın kültür mirasının belgelenmesine katkı
DKVD, "Diyarbakır'ın Belgesel Kültür Mirası: Süryani ve Keldani El Yazmalarının Korunması" projesini tamamladı. Nevin Soyukaya ve Birgül Açıkyıldız'ın hazırladığı kitapta projenin aşamaları ile koruma...
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr
February 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian political parties in Iraq call for establishment of autonomous Nineveh Plain Province syriacpress.com/blog/2025/02...
Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian political parties in Iraq call for establishment of autonomous Nineveh Plain Province - Syriac Press
WASHINGTON D.C. — Three national parties representing the Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people in Iraq have called for the creation of a new province in the Nineveh Plain as an autonomous administration fo...
syriacpress.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“La Syrie de demain doit intégrer son héritage historique chrétien négligé” Joseph Yacoub www.la-croix.com/a-vif/la-syr...
« La Syrie de demain doit intégrer son héritage historique chrétien négligé »
Joseph Yacoub, spécialiste des chrétiens d’Orient, revient sur la construction historique de l’identité syrienne, et la manière dont elle a longtemps mis de côté l’histoire chrétienne du pays. Après l...
www.la-croix.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Want to relearn or review Ⅲ-y verbs in Syriac? I'll be doing a workshop (Zoom) in just over 2wks (Fri 14 Feb ❤️). More details below. (Graciously supported by the Ptarmigan Fund, Religious Studies, Stanford!)

I'd love to see you there!
ܨ̇ܒܐ ܐ̄ܢܐ ܕܠܟܘܢ ܬܡܢ ܐܚܙܐ
– to use 2 Ⅲ-y verbs 😉
January 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don’t let ancient languages die

They illuminate our own blind spots

Georgy Kantor

unherd.com/2025/01/dont...
Don't let ancient languages die
unherd.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
On hope • by Byung-Chul Han thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue...
The Lamp Magazine | A Searching Movement
On hope.
thelampmagazine.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scoop: U.S. raises concerns about attacks on #minorities with new Syrian government www.axios.com/2024/12/30/s...
Scoop: U.S. raises concerns about attacks on minorities with new Syrian government
he U.S. is concerned that reprisals by victorious rebels will undermine efforts to stabilize the country.
www.axios.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:12 PM
According to #acimenanews, US sanctioned the Suleiman Shah Brigade is present in the town of #Maloula, unique place speaking Aramaic language of Jesus Christ, and harassing Christian families and forced & illegal seizure of properties and lands. Already 80 families left the town.
December 30, 2024 at 5:22 PM