Tag: Assyrian Christians

New Memorial Erected for Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Benyamin XXI

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 5, 2018

Assyrian Church of the East - 5/3/18 New memorial is erected at Montrose Cemetery, Chicago in memory of 100 years of the martyrdom of His ... Read More

The Unethical Prosecution of an Assyrian Attorney

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 14, 2018

Attorney Robert DeKelaita speaking at a rally. AINA - 14/1/18 On January 2, 2018, Judge Goldsmith from the federal court in Michigan ordered the release ... Read More

Assyrian Umbrella Organization Asks UN to Support Assyrians in North Iraq

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 22, 2017

cdn.pixabay.com AINA - 22/9/17 (AINA) -- The Assyrian Universal Alliance, an umbrella organization for Assyrians worldwide, has sent a letter to the Secretary General of ... Read More

SYRIAN CLERGY COLLECTED RANSOM TO SAVE OVER 200 CHRISTIANS FROM ISIS

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 8, 2016

http://blackchristiannews.com/ Pravoslavie.ru - 8/12/16 More than 200 abducted Assyrian Christians taken hostage by ISIS in February 2015 were saved by a Syrian priest who managed ... Read More

The Genocide of Assyrians and Yazidis and the Next American President

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 12, 2016

St. Barbara Assyrian church in Karemlis, Iraq was bombed by ISIS on Sunday, October 10. AINA -  Nahren Anweya - 12/10/16 (AINA) -- In November ... Read More

Assyrians in Sydney Demonstrate Against Kurdish Occupation of Assyrian Villages

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 9, 2016

Assyrian Universal Alliance - May 2016 Sydney -- Over 500 people descended on Martin Place in a public demonstration organised by the Assyrian Council of Australia. ... Read More

Rescued at Last: Christian Villages in Syria Liberated from Daesh

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 10, 2015

Over 30 Christian villages in Al-Hasakah province were completely devastated during the initial attack by Daesh forces. Despite being threatened by Daesh extremists, the local ... Read More

A Vicarious Letter to Obama From the Assyrian Hostages

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 29, 2015

Assyrians in Chicago rally in support of Assyrians in Syria and Iraq. By Peter Ahern - 29/10/15 (AINA) -- Dear President Obama: After months of ... Read More

Assyrian Children Bear Scars Of War – Face New Challenges In Exile

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- June 23, 2015

Learning math and reading in French instead of their native Arabic has been a challenge for Syrian refugees Cynthia, 9, and her classmate, David, 8. ... Read More

US State Department Says No to Iraqi Christians

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 18, 2015

By Faith J. H. McDonnell - May 2015 Writing in April in USA Today about the murder of 12 Christian migrants thrown into the sea ... Read More

Indicted Assyrian Attorney Faces Trial

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 17, 2015

Attorney Robert DeKelaita, who has been indicted for immigration fraud, will stand trial on May 19. May 2015 Chicago (AINA) -- Hundreds of supporters are ... Read More

The Lives of Assyrian Christians – Can We Imagine?

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 11, 2015

http://a.abcnews.com/ By Sargis Sangari http://www.assistnews.net ISIS' claim of responsibility for the shooting in Garland, Texas, was proof of its ability to capitalize on terrorist sympathizers ... Read More

Syrian City Surrounded By Jihadists – 232 Assyrians Held Hostage

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- May 2, 2015

http://www.indcatholicnews.com - 2/5/15 Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of Archieparchy in Hassaké-Nisibi said: "We are going through a terrible time. The jihadists of the Islamic State ... Read More

Assyrians, Isis, and Kelecha — Celebrating Easter in Iraq

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 5, 2015

Assyrian women preparing Keleche, a traditional Assyrian pastry. By Erin Wilson http://www.preemptivelove.org - April 2015 Floury hands move quickly, mixing ingredients, kneading rough pastry into smooth ... Read More

Assyrians: From Mosul to Motor City

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 6, 2015

By Aaron Foley https://foreignpolicy.com - 6/3/15 DETROIT -- It's easy to miss Tigris Restaurant in Detroit's Chaldean Town, a tiny stretch of businesses and residences on ... Read More

Assyrians: Remembering ‘The Year of the Sword’

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 4, 2015

By Lela Gilbert http://philosproject.org - 4/3/15 I recently spent some time in New York City with Juliana Taimoorazy, a courageous and outspoken champion of the world's ... Read More

USCIRF Condemns Abduction of More Than 200 Assyrian Christians and Urges Their Immediate Release

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 28, 2015

28/2/15 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians by militants of ... Read More

Hungary Urges International Community to Save Iraq’s Assyrian Christians

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 11, 2014

http://www.politics.hu - 11/814 Hungary proposes that the matter should be included in next week's agenda of NATO's North-Atlantic Council, Szijjarto said. Hungary will also initiate that ... Read More

The Desperate Plight of the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and Syria

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 7, 2014

By Mardean Isaac http://www.fairobserver.com - 8/6/14 Assyrian Christians are the indigenous people of a contiguous region spanning northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northern Iraq. ... Read More

Syria’s Assyrian Christians Find Refuge With Turkish Neighbours

OCP- January 28, 2014

By Jane Burgess http://themedialine.org - 28/1/14 MIDYAT, Turkey -- Miydat's Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. ... Read More

Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds

OCP- April 13, 2013

13/4/13 Turkey is building two camps along its far southeastern border with Syria to house a growing number of refugees from Syrian minority groups, mainly ... Read More