Category: Middle East

WEA Works on Behalf of Christians Facing Discrimination, The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Thanks

obl- May 19, 2013

By World Evangelical Alliance – Crossmap 19/5/13 The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I., along with several bishops and archbishops of his ... Read More

Christian Persecution is Motivating Muslims ‘To Know Christ’

obl- May 17, 2013

By Janet Parshall , Special to CP 17/5/13 With all of the unrest being reported in countries like Egypt, Syria and Libya, perhaps the real ... Read More

Coptic Pope stresses urgency of Christian unity at Vatican

obl- May 10, 2013

By Estefania Aguirre and David Uebbing 10/5/13 Vatican City, May 10, 2013 / 07:06 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- The Pope of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More

Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

obl- May 6, 2013

5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More

Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

obl- May 6, 2013

5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More

The Copts flee Egypt

obl- May 3, 2013

3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More

The Copts flee Egypt

obl- May 3, 2013

3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More

Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church

obl- May 1, 2013

1/5/13 Raymond Ibrahim Christians throughout the Islamic world are under attack. Unlike Muslim attacks on Christians, which are regularly confused with a myriad of social ... Read More

Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church

obl- May 1, 2013

1/5/13 Raymond Ibrahim Christians throughout the Islamic world are under attack. Unlike Muslim attacks on Christians, which are regularly confused with a myriad of social ... Read More

Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions

obl- April 25, 2013

Peter Kenny – 23/4/13 The Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches have expressed concern about the safety ... Read More