Tag: middle east
A small church service in Diyarbakır signals bigger Reconciliation
Surp Giragos’ restoration was widely supported by Istanbul Armenians, although the Turkish Culture Ministry, Diyarbakır’s Sur Municipality and diaspora Armenians also contributed to refurbishing the ... Read More
Anti-Christian Violence in Muslim World
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister for minorities affairs and a Christian, was in this car when he was killed by gunmen on March 2. AP Photo ... Read More
Syrian Christians Fear Regime Change Could Hasten Extinction
13/5/2011 May 13 (Bloomberg) — As the Arab Spring protests reach Damascus, Syrian Christians look warily at a future without a time-tested autocrat to protect ... Read More
At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More
Easter cancelled in Syria
By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent 21/4/2011 Good Friday and other Easter processions and festivals have been cancelled across Syria as street unrest boils over ... Read More
Syria’s muted Easter Celebration
Christians in Syria give great prominence to Easter. Here a Syrian girl lights a candle during the Palm Sunday celebrations. Photograph: Youssef Badawi/EPA Thomas McGee ... Read More
His Holiness Patriarch meets with the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I
Ecumenical Patriarchate- Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate Eastern -Oriental Orthodox ISTANBUL, TURKEY: On Friday, April the 1st, at 10:00AM, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, ... Read More
Jerusalem, City of Religions and Divisions
By Wladimir 14/3/2011 While gazing towards a huge mosque and its surroundings from the Mount of Olives at the Dominus Flevit Church, a Christian guide ... Read More
Chrysostomos of Cyprus: no desire for “human rights” war with Turkey
NAT da Polis 31/3/2011 The Orthodox archbishop talks to AsiaNews about the situation on the island occupied by Turkey, the risks to Christianity in the ... Read More
Lebanon: Bomb against church in Zahle as fear of a resurgence in terrorism grows in Lebanon
Asia News 28/3/2011 The blast occurred overnight on Saturday against Our Lady Syro-Orthodox Church in Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley. Read More