Category: Middle East

Armenian church in Turkey rings bell for first time in nearly 100 years

obl- April 2, 2013

DİYARBAKIR / ANKARA – Doğan News Agency – 2/4/13 The Armenian community has rung the bells of Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Armenian Church for the first ... Read More

Egyptian Christians losing sense of home

obl- April 1, 2013

Charles M. Sennott 1/4/13 This is the third in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East . CAIRO — Down ... Read More

Egyptian Christians losing sense of home

obl- April 1, 2013

Charles M. Sennott 1/4/13 This is the third in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East . CAIRO — Down ... Read More

Syria’s Christian Community Under Attack

obl- March 30, 2013

30/3/13 Beirut — The plight of Syria’s Christian community has returned to the fore once again this week after opposition forces claimed that the Assad ... Read More

Lamenting Jerusalem: The Armenian Quarter In The Old City

obl- March 30, 2013

BY TAMAR BOYADJIAN – 30/3/13 For the last two millennia, Jerusalem has been represented as a space of desire – a place that has been ... Read More

Lamenting Jerusalem: The Armenian Quarter In The Old City

obl- March 30, 2013

BY TAMAR BOYADJIAN – 30/3/13 For the last two millennia, Jerusalem has been represented as a space of desire – a place that has been ... Read More

Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques – Christian Bishop

obl- March 27, 2013

Metropolitan Luka Damages are seen inside a church in the city of Homs.(Reuters / Yazan Homsy) An interior view of a damaged church in the ... Read More

The holy light of Easter in Jerusalem

obl- March 23, 2013

Woman lights candle in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. This site is holy to Catholics and other Christians, ... Read More

The holy light of Easter in Jerusalem

obl- March 23, 2013

Woman lights candle in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Read More