The World Congress of Syriac Studies has opened in Bucharest: More than 400 researchers from 35 countries are participatingtranslated

More than 400 scholars, religious leaders and academics from 35 countries attended the opening of the World Congress of Syriac Studies and the International Conference of Arab Christian Studies on Monday.

The opening ceremony took place in the Ion I. C. Brătianu Hall of the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. The general director of the Institute of Advanced Studies for the Culture and Civilization of the Levant, Cătălin-Ștefan Popa, opened the proceedings of the congress, emphasizing the importance of the Syriac tradition for Christianity.

"Syriac Christianity is the Christian tradition that preserved and transmitted the language spoken by Jesus Christ and His first disciples."

Contribution to the development of Arabic printing IPS NIfon read the message sent by His Beatitude Father Patriarch Daniel. 03.08.2026 Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene The message of the Blessed Father Patriarch Daniel, entitled "Christian mission and evangelical love in the service of peace", was transmitted by His Holiness Father Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște, Honorary Metropolitan and Patriarchal Exarch.

His Beatitude highlighted the historical links between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate...