Syrian Christians concerned about instability at Home

Saydnaya church, 27 kilometers north of Damascus, is second only to Jerusalem for Christian pilgrimage. By Brooke Anderson The Daily Star 7/7/2011 BEIRUT: As an increasing number of Syrians take to the streets to demand sweeping government reforms, many Syrian Christians are still hesitant to do so – afraid of an uncertain future as a minority that has until now been safe under the current secular government. “To be honest, everybody’s worried,” Yohana Ibrahim, archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo told The Daily Star on a recent visit to Beirut

Saydnaya church, 27 kilometers north of Damascus, is second only to Jerusalem for Christian pilgrimage. By Brooke Anderson The Daily Star 7/7/2011 BEIRUT: As an increasing number of Syrians take to the streets to demand sweeping government reforms, many Syrian Christians are still hesitant to do so – afraid of an uncertain future as a minority that has until now been safe under the current secular government. “To be honest, everybody’s worried,” Yohana Ibrahim, archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo told The Daily Star on a recent visit to Beirut

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Syrian Christians concerned about instability at Home

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