What the Xi’an stele reveals about the rise and fall of the Nestorian church in the Tang Dynasty. Today, this tradition of Christianity largely exists in the Middle East and is known as the Assyrian ...

I had the opportunity to meet members of one of the world’s oldest and most heroic churches recently when I spoke to the national youth conference of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the ...

A recently discovered site may shed new light on historical research into the Nestorian Church, which is believed to be the earliest Christian movement to spread the Gospel in China. A niche in a ...

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Christianity in the world’s most populous country may be a lot older than anybody imagined. When telling the story of Christianity in China, most westerners begin with missionaries such as Jesuit ...

Three churches damaged: one Syriac Orthodox, one Nestorian and one Chaldean Baghdad (AsiaNews) -- "Two carbombs hit the Syriac Orthodox church of Dora and the Nestorian church of Saint Matthew; one of ...

Chaldeans are members of an autonomous Catholic Church that retains a unique liturgy and tradition while recognising the Pope's authority. Chaldeans form the majority - about 550,000 - of Iraq's ...

Left: 1907 photograph of the Xi'an Stele, on its turtle (Bixi) pedestal. Right: A Nestorian tombstone from Quanzhou. Earlier this year, scientists announced that the Black Death had originated in the ...