As they walked through the streets of Qaraqosh, participants sang Palm Sunday hymns in both Arabic and Syriac and waved olive branches. Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13, 2025 ...

In the Vatican Apostolic Library rests one of its most treasured possessions: the “Gospel of Qaraqosh,” a richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century. Catalogued as “Vat. Syr.

Father Benedict Kiely presented the icon to Bishop Benedictus Younan Hanno, Syriac Catholic archbishop of Mosul and its dependencies, on Aug. 6 in Qaraqosh, Iraq. Bishop Benedictus Hanno receives the ...

In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but life has not returned to its once-vibrant and wealthy neighbourhoods. It has a ...

Qaraqosh, a Christian-majority town in Iraq, is set to host one of only seven shrines worldwide dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, 11 years after the Islamic State temporarily drove ...

Over 450 boys and girls received their first holy Communion during liturgies held over the past month in various churches of the town of Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul) (CNA) -- ...

The chair where Francis sat in 2021 when he entrusted the 'rebirth' of Qaraqosh to the Virgin Mary — Zaid AL-OBEIDI Church bells tolled in Mosul and nearby towns Monday to mark the death of Pope ...

Several plumes of smoke rise above Iraqs main Christian town Qaraqosh, but this time it isnt the Islamic State jihadist group burning crosses and churches. Almost three years after fleeing the town, ...

A religious freedom activist warns that the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East "does not have a chance of ...

Marking the 11th anniversary of forced displacement of Christians in Iraq, Father Benedict Kiely presented an icon of Our Lady of Persecuted Christians to Bishop Benedictus Younan Hanno, Syriac ...