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Watch live as Damascus residents pray at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the first Friday (13 December) after rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syrians are celebrating the demise of Assad ...
The headquarters in Damascus has ancient origins (3rd century). From the 14th century, with the decline of the city of Antioch, Damascus became the seat of the Greek Orthodox patriarchs. Following the schism within the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in 1724 was erected a seat of Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
A first church was built at an unknown time. After the Muslim conquest of Damascus the church was closed until 706 AD when al-Walid ordered that it be returned to the Christians as compensation for the Church of John the Baptist which was turned into the Umayyad Mosque. [1] The church was destroyed and rebuilt several times in later years. [1]
The Archeparchy of Damascus [1] (Latin: Archeparchy Maronitarum Damascena) is an archeparchy of the Maronite Church. In 2013 there were 20,300 [ citation needed ] members. It is currently governed by Archbishop Samir Nassar .
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Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus. Forty Martyrs Cathedral in Aleppo. Saint Mary of the Holy Belt Cathedral in Homs. St. Elias Maronite Cathedral in Aleppo. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus. Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul in Damascus. This is the list of cathedrals in Syria sorted by denomination.
The General Organization of Radio and TV (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون), also known in French as Organisation de la Radio et la Télévision Arabe Syrienne (in short ORTAS), is the state and public broadcaster in Syria and reports to the Ministry of Information.
Damascus is home to many Mosques, each drawing from various periods of its history such as the Umayyad Caliphate (of which Damascus was the seat), Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottoman Empire and finally the modern Syrian Arab Republic. Umayyad Mosque is the Largest in Damascus