Today, Christianity is rarely associated with the Arabian Gulf. However, the Church of the East, also known as the Nestorian Church, once thrived in this region. Its presence declined as Islam ...

Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac ...

The discovery of a Nestorian cross engraved on a rock in Anuradhapura and another unearthed in Sigiriya some years ago led Prof. Senarath Paranavitana to speculate whether Kasyapa and any other Lankan ...

The Church of the East, also known as the Assyrian or Persian Church, as well as the Nestorian Church, traces itself back to the apostle Thomas. It was the church which housed Nestorius after he ...