OUR MISSION & VALUES

Antioch, a name that echoes from afar like the golden wave of the sea that bursts loudly on the shores, leaving behind millions of shining pearls carried from the depths of history…

Antiochia Rum aims to preserve the splendor of Greater Antioch, to preserve its spiritual, human and intangible heritage throughout the centuries.

At Antiochiarum.org, our mission is to gather all the written and unpublished narratives of Antioch, to read, understand, discuss, share and disseminate the greatness of its past, to narrate the sad and dark events that have marked its history and to meet the people who forged its glory and those who caused its decline.

Through annual and periodic events and gatherings, seminars and round tables within the framework of a series of thematic conferences, Antiochia Rum aims to ensure the dissemination of knowledge about Antioch and everything related to it, such as the history of the Church of Antioch, the establishment of its Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, its theological, philosophical, cultural and artistic heritage and more.

At Antiochiarum.org, our mission is also to disseminate news from Antioch, the Hatay region in Turkey, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus, the Greek Orthodox Metropolises in Syria and Lebanon, the Antiochian Diaspora in Europe, America, Australia, etc.

“Antiochiarum.org, Light from the East” aims to promote and highlight issues concerning the city of Antioch and its Church.

To highlight the history of Greater Antioch from its foundation to the present day.

To publish news and information from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

To offer seminars and courses in history, Greek language, theology and Byzantine music.

To organize conferences, workshops, exhibitions and other cultural events open to the general public that contribute to the promotion and promotion of the history and cultural heritage of Antioch.

To safeguard collective memory and the exploitation and promotion of the material and intangible tradition of Antioch from antiquity to the Byzantine, post-Byzantine and modern years.