Turkish University Prepares to Offer Syriac Courses

Artuklu University in the southeastern Anatolian city of Mardin has begun preparations to offer an intensive course in the Syriac language and, in the long run, to open a department specializing in the Syriac language and Suryoyo culture. More here.

"The Holy Spirit as Feminine in Early Syriac Literature"

I finally found an online version of Sebastian Brock's article on the femininity of the Holy Spirit in Syriac, "The Holy Spirit as Feminine in Early Syriac Literature." Enjoy!

Turkey's Syriac Orthodox Want Right to Educate Children

Turkey's ethnic Syrians, members of the Syriac Orthodox Church, are struggling to regain the right to educate their children in their own schools. When the last Syriac Orthodox school was closed in 1938 Syriac Orthodox children in Turkey were sent to Armenian and Greek-speaking schools until the Turkish government ended the practice in the 1980s. More here.