Syrian Christianity: 2 news reports

Syrian Christian texts preservation project
Report from the MSN website outlining a new project to "trace, catalogue and digitise lost documents relating to religious practices, culture and heritage of Syrian Christians of Kerala"

Threat to Syro-Orthodox monastery
Report from Zenit website on the accusations of proselytism against the monks of the Mor-Gabriel monastery in Turkey (founded in the 4th century AD) and other claims by the local community that are threatening the monastery's survival.
(Zenit is a non-profit Roman Catholic news organisation that aims "to view the modern world through the messages of the Pope and the Holy See")

Christian wedding, Jewish rites (New York Times article)

This feature from the New York Times looks at the growing popularity among evangelical Christians in the USA of incorporating Jewish marriage rituals into wedding ceremonies as a way of connecting to Christianity's Jewish origins. The feature also gives a short overview of the origins and traditions of the Jewish rites