Videos

Nearly twenty percent of Middle Eastern residents were Christians at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, only eleven million Christians still exist, out of 320 million Muslims. The fact that there are still Christians living at the cradle of Christianity may seem like a miracle.

Syriac Christians of Qaraqosh, Iraq, rebuild their town after its liberation from Islamic State.

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Part 2 of a German-language documentary about Christianity in China.

What will happen to Christians in the Middle East if Islamicist parties take power?

This is a short clip of a documentary film by Robert Alaux, The Last Assyrians, a 53-minute film about the identity and history of Aramaic-speaking Christians.

This is a short clip of a documentary film by Robert Alaux, The Last Assyrians, a 53-minute film about the identity and history of Aramaic-speaking Christians.

This conference sought to engage with the various modern and contemporary challenges and contexts that the Eastern Christian tradition confronts today.

Abbot Gabriel works with Christian refugees in northern Iraq. Joseph Yunis is one of them. He was kidnapped by Islamist terrorists and only released after a ransom of 20,000 dollars was paid.

Nestorian Stele, Assyrian Church of the East in China by Martin Palmer.

Restoration of the history of the Eastern Church in Central Asia.

Emperor Heraclius. The Persian Wars and the rise of Islam. Monoenergism and monofelizm. St. Sophronius of Jerusalem. Maxim the Confessor. VI Ecumenical Council. The rules of the Trullan Cathedral as the basis of modern church legislation.

Interviews with Sebastian Brock, the foremost authority in the field of Syriac language, on features of the Syriac tradition, Syriac Christology, the best Syriac authors and the leading centres for the study of Christian Syria.

The Sasanians ruled a large empire in Central and Western Asia, stretching from the Oxus River to the Euphrates and from the Hindukush to Eastern Arabia, for over 400 years.

This one-day seminar on “The Syriac Christian Churches” brings together leading scholars on Syriac history, literature, theology and culture.

Mark Dickens from King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta, presented “The Church of the East along the Silk Road Network.” Jonathan Loopstra from the University of Northwestern, St Paul, presented “The Church of the East and the Transmission of Ancient Knowledge.” Tala Jarjour from the University of Notre Dame presented “Syriac Chant as Cultural Heritage.”

Richard Payne, the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, presents “The Rise of Christianity in Iran”.

More than 100 years ago in Tashkent, on the far outskirts of the Russian Empire, construction began on a Roman Catholic cathedral.

These videos are aimed at general Christian education about the churches of the East that were conquered by Islam. Organised by the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students and Tabor College.

Report from the entrustment of Kazakhstan and Central Asia to the Mother of God, the Queen of Peace, on July 3, 2011.

A documentary about the Church in Kazakhstan and the visit of the Holy Father John Paul II.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Petropavlovsk is a unique sign of God’s victory over evil and has its dramatic history.

The film is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the stay in Kyrgyzstan of a great shrine that has come to our lands from Mount Athos.

Video tells a story about catholics in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan lies in Central Asia. Most of the 25-million population admit to a Muslim religion. On 1 April 2005 the Holy Father John Paul II created the Apostolic Administration in Uzbekistan, appointing Polish Franciscan Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz its first bishop.