My grandmother’s odd tattoos
A filmmaker makes a journey into her own family’s history to investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother’s odd tattoos and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War. Aired on the Al-Jazeera. Movie length (on youtube) 47:23. Armenian Genocide – Grandma’s Tattoos (documentary, in english)
Read MoreLight from the Theological Schools of Persian Christianity (An Early Asian Church) Dr. Y.C. Liong
Introduction Whether in the Roman Empire (Western) or Persian Empire (Asian), the growth and expansion of Christianity during the initial centuries AD were at best difficult. Often, Christians were persecuted by individuals, groups or rulers. Sozomen (A.D. 323~425), an early church historian, captured our hearts with the following report concerning the martyrdom of Christians in Persia: .. I think that I have said enough of … martyrs who suffered in Persia during the reign of Sapor; for it would be difficult to relate in detail every circumstance respecting them, such as their names,...
Read MoreThe Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch At A Glance / Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 1983 / Translated by: Emmanuel H. Bismarji.
The Syrian Orthodox Church is the Church of Antioch, whose foundation goes back to the very dawn of Christianity, when Antioch was the capital of Syria1 and one of the three capital cities in the Roman Empire.2 The gospel was first preached in Antioch by some of Christ’s own disciples who fled Jerusalem after the Jewish persecution. Following the martyrdom St. Stephen the deacon ca. 34 AD., Antioch was visited by Barnabas, one of the seventy preachers, as well as St. Paul the Apostle. Both stayed in Antioch for an entire year preaching the gospel after St. Peter who preached the gospel...
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