On the feast day of the Assumption the whole community attended the function, celebrated by Mar Sako. For the patriarchal vicar, this is an historic moment for the frontier town long threatened by ...

Explore the life of Mar Paulus III Nona, the newly elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church. From his roots in Alqosh to his leadership in Mosul and Australia.

ALQOSH, Iraq (Reuters) - Nestled in a steep rocky hillside among the remote mountains of northern Iraq, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery has watched invaders come and go through Christianity's tumultuous ...

This report is part of a series. For several years, the Kurdish Jewish leadership in Israel has tried to build constructively on their historic ties with the Kurdistan Region, but has been obstructed ...

Basima al-Safar retouches a painting of Jesus outside her house overlooking the flat Nineveh plains, 30 miles north of Mosul. The murals she paints tell the story of her people, Christians in Iraq.

Fayez Abed Jawahreh, the Assyrian mayor of Alqosh, north Iraq, was illegally removed from his post by the Kurdish Regional Government. (AINA) Alqosh, North Iraq (AINA) -- A large demonstration was ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ALQOSH, Iraq – Life in Alqosh, a predominantly Christian district only 17 kilometers from the ISIS ...

ALQOSH, Iraq - Louay gestured towards the Mar Mikha al-Nuhedri school. He said it has been in the town of Alqosh since the fifth century. "They were the first one here and they are teaching the ...

Fr. Joseph, superior general "pro tempore" of the monastery of Our Lady of Messi, chronicles the life of a “frontier” Christian community. The town has welcomed hundreds of refugees; every day it ...

Archbishop Emil Nona was born in the Iraqi town of Alqosh in 1967 and was appointed Archbishop of Mosul in 2009 at the age of ...