Category: Middle East
Syrian War Especially Hard on Christians, Priest Notes
CARL BUNDERSON/EWTN NEWS 03/22/2013 DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian civil war, which has now begun its third year, has “totally destroyed” a quarter of ... Read More
Syrian War Especially Hard on Christians, Priest Notes
CARL BUNDERSON/EWTN NEWS 03/22/2013 DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian civil war, which has now begun its third year, has “totally destroyed” a quarter of ... Read More
Turkey Invites Wary Minorities To Return From Exile
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, during the international conference on ... Read More
Turkey Invites Wary Minorities To Return From Exile
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, during the international conference on ... Read More
Foreign sponsored bandits pursue power in Syria – Russia Orthodox Church
Moscow, March 11, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate said that foreign forces supporting the Syrian opposition were trying to destroy Christianity in the region. “Unfortunately, ... Read More
Foreign sponsored bandits pursue power in Syria – Russia Orthodox Church
Moscow, March 11, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate said that foreign forces supporting the Syrian opposition were trying to destroy Christianity in the region. “Unfortunately, ... Read More
Fear of Islamic Extremism Brings Eastern Churches Closer
By: Nasser Chararah for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse 8/3/13 Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi last month ended a four-day visit to Moscow on the invitation ... Read More
Holy springs, healing springs: Istanbul’s ayazma
Istanbul has quite a few holy springs, referred to as ayazma from the Greek, meaning holy water. Read More
Egyptian Muslims storm church seeking suspected convert
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, is greeted by Egyptian Christians as he prepares to lead a midnight Liturgy ... Read More