Tag: middle east
World pays tribute to Pope Shenouda
Mourning: the body of Pope Shenouda III in state (above, left) observed by the faithful PA Gerald Butt Middle East Correspondent 22/3/2012 MEMBERS of the ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Mourns Pope Shenouda
19/3/2012 Translated using Google translate service. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill expressed his condolences to the members of the Holy Synod of the ... Read More
ADIEU TO OUR BELOVED AND EVER LOVING PAPA SHENOUDA III
POPE SHENOUDA III - The 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ... Read More
Christians angry as Saudi Grand Mufti calls for churches to be destroyed
Egypt's Copts at a service. Joseph Mayton 16/3/2012 Christians across the Middle East are expressing anger and frustration after the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia ... Read More
Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Raymond Ibrahim 16/3/2012 According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz ... Read More
Syrian Bishop Fears Mass Exodus of Christians
Luiza Oleszczuk Christian Post Reporter 16/3/2012 Will Christians in Syria – which has thus far been a relatively safe haven for religious minorities amid recent ... Read More
Historian: Israel safest place in Mideast for Christians
Ryan Jones 13/3/2012 The steep drop in the number of Christians living in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories is often blamed on Israel. But Middle East ... Read More
Amid violence, Egypt’s Christians rely on Muslim friends, worry about future
Christians pray for an end to the violence (Photo by Gorkems) Rob Kerby, Senior Editor 12/3/2012 Burned-out rubble is all that’s left of Christian shopkeeper ... Read More
Christians in Syria live in fear of persecution, say Roman Catholic officials
Young Syrian refugees arrive into Qaa village in northern Lebanon March 4. As temperatures drop to near freezing in Lebanon, Caritas is working to find ... Read More
Turkey moves to fetch Syriac Patriarchates
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 10/3/3012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Turkey has rolled into action to bring the Syriac Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchates in Syria and Lebanon ... Read More