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• Regional: Middle East: Christianity  (4)
• Christianity  (76,546)
• Christianity: Denominations: Orthodox: Church Jurisdictions: Non-Chalcedonian: Syrian  (5)

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo  alepporthodox.org Multilingual site with sermons and writings (PDF format), history, information on activities, Sunday bulletin (in Arabic) and information on the Monastery of St Symeon the Stylite.

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East  www.antiochpat.org Manages the See of Lebanon and Syria from Damascus. Includes information about their history, faith, organization, and monastic tradition. [English and Arabic]

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria, and of Jerusalem  www.pgc-lb.org Official web site in English and Arabic offers information about the church, its structure, liturgy and history; also includes news and an online chapel. Based in Damascus, Syria. [Catholic - Eastern Rite]

Our Lady of Soufanieh  www.soufanieh.com An account of apparitions of the Virgin Mary and miracles at a church in Damascus; includes a petition for Christian unity, a calendar of events, and brief profile of Mary Kourbet Al-Akhras. [Multilingual]

Overview of Religious History of Syria  www.ewtn.com/library/CHISTORY/SYRIAHIS.HTM Offers a chronology of Christianity in Syria, with profiles of the different communities; also includes brief oulines of the Muslim, Druze and Jewish communities.

Syria's Christian legacy  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1313724.stm Feature article from the BBC describing the Christian community of Syria, as a background to the visit of Pope John Paul II. (May 5, 2001)