Category: Middle East
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE HEADS OF ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES MEETS IN CAIRO
07/04/2011 On Monday 4 July 2011, the Members of the Standing Committee met in Cairo. The Committee was established in 1998, upon the decision of ... Read More
Evolving Armenian Realities and the Surp Giragos Dikranagerd Church
This church had more than 200 deeds showing that a significant portion of the Diyarbakir city center belonged to the church prior to 1915. At ... Read More
Syria’s Minorities Fear Sectarian Split Amid Protests
Rev. Fr.Gabriel Daoud is a Syriac Orthodox priest in Damascus Read More
Archbishop Of Canterbury Angers Palestinian Christians – OpEd
By Stuart Littlewood 23/6/2011 Kairos Palestine, the voice of Palestinian Christians, has given the Archbishop of Canterbury a strong ticking-off for remarks he made during ... Read More
Patriarchate of Moscow launches program for protection of Christians Worldwide
By Nina Achmatova 06/23/201 The World Russian People’s Council will regularly publish information about violence and abuse against the community. Orthodox Church concerned over christianophobia ... Read More
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