Dec 28, 2018
One of the places where Christmas was celebrated on Tuesday is Maaloula, a small town near Damascus, where residents still speak Aramaic, the language used by Jesus Christ.
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One of the places where Christmas was celebrated on Tuesday is Maaloula, a small town near Damascus, where residents still speak Aramaic, the language used by Jesus Christ.
Elderly Syriac monk serving up ethnic discourse.
A Palm Sunday parade in Damascus, Syria. (Credit: Louai Beshara - AFP/Getty)
Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States.
Boys carry a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad through the streets of Damascus, Syria, during Christmas festivities. (Credit: Valeriy Melnikov - Sputnik)
An Easter parade in Bab Sharqi neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. (Credit: Louai Beshara - AFP/Getty)
I don’t know if anyone else appreciates them but Assyrian people are amazing? They don’t even have a homeland (edit: that they can return to) or anything but so many of them know their culture and tongue by heart?? And not to mention many people don’t even realize they exist despite almost going through a mass genocide during World War One by the hands of the Ottoman Empire. They need more representation as a minority group because they have a story that people need to hear.
A Syrian pipe band parading outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. (Credit: EPA)