Nestled into the side of Mount Alfaf, the imposing Mar Mattai monastery looks down onto the barren valley of the Nineveh plain.
95 months ago

MAR MATTAI MONASTERY, Iraq ― Standing atop the fourth-century monastery he calls home, the Rev. Thomas peers out at a sand-hued horizon.
95 months ago

Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter at the church of the ancient Mor Mattai Monastery in the village of Bashiqa — SAFIN HAMED.
29 months ago

Pessimism at a monastery that defied the so-called Islamic State militant group.
95 months ago

With chants and ululations, Iraqi Christians celebrated the inauguration of a recently-restored Chaldean Catholic Church in Mosul on Friday,...
6 months ago

Matta Abosh, an Iraqi Christian, took his life in a new direction. Mr. Abosh, who had just finished his compulsory year-and-a-half with the Iraqi military.
117 months ago

Orthodox Christians around the globe are celebrating Easter today, with thousands lighting candles at services in their community,...
29 months ago

Past regular visitors to St. George's Monastery, north of Mosul, have been saddened and horrified by the acts of destruction by Islamic State members at the...
42 months ago

Thousands of Christians attended the thousand-year-old Holy Fire rite in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre Saturday ahead of the...
17 months ago