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Our Lady of Azakh

Samuel Sweeney

There’s a curious little church in the Syrian city of Derik. The Church of Our Lady (kanisat al-adhra in Arabic) is modern, built in 1958 atop the remains of...

From Mecca to Rome

Samuel Sweeney

Joseph Fadelle was born in Iraq in the 1960s. During his mandatory service in the Iraqi army, he was assigned a Christian roommate. Initially distraught to be rooming with...

Learning From the Saints of the Middle East

Samuel Sweeney

Eastern Christianity:A Readeredited by j. edward walterseerdmans, 439 pages, $55 A voice of sighs, of groaning, of laments, a cry of my heart, I offer up to you, O...