This 5,000-year-old hillside village in Maaloula, Syria, is one of the last remaining native Aramaic-speaking communities in the world. "Aramaic is on the verge of extinction,” warns a specialist in the language spoken in the time of Jesus - threatened by devastating civil wars and the mass exodus of Aramaic-speaking Christians from the Middle East.

Aramaic (air-uh-MAY-ick) is an ancient language deeply rooted in the Middle East, and the native tongue of Yeshua - Jesus - and his family, friends, and followers.

The Christian Lord's Prayer ("Our Father"), written in a form of Aramaic script. Like all Middle Eastern languages, Aramaic is read from right to left. The word commonly translated as "Our Father" - abwoon - appears in the top right corner. 

... a journey of discovering the spiritual riches hidden within the Aramaic words of Yeshua (Jesus) that have been all but lost over more than two thousand years of translation, transcription, and interpretation

... an exploration of the historical, cultural, and language context of Yeshua's world, so we can hear his message with "Aramaic ears" and understand his spiritual vision with an "Aramaic heart"

... the story of the Aramaic-speaking community in the 21st century - dispersed worldwide, struggling to keep their rich and unique language, history, and traditions alive in the face of oppression, exile, and persecution 

... a celebration of the unity we reclaim when we strip back 20 centuries of denominational differences and distinctions, and return to the heart of the common heritage of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.