Many Christians who kept their racial characteristics maintained the Syrian identity are mainly divided between two groups .
Many Christians adopted an Arab racial identity , becoming indistinguishable from the Arab Christians of pre-conquest era , while those who kept their old racial identity are mainly divided between two groups : *Followers of the Western-rite Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church ; these Syriac-speaking Christians kept the Syrian ( Syriac ) Identity throughout the ages , The Syriac Orthodox Church Official Website though today most of them speak Arabic while retaining their racial identity .
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