Tag: Baghdad

Christians in Iraq celebrate Christmas in Kurdistan

OCP- December 26, 2012

Hermione Gee  - 26/12/12 Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is home to one of the world's oldest Christian communities. In the last decade it has also welcomed ... Read More

Iraq’s Armenian Primate Visits US

OCP- September 13, 2012

By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator 12/9/2012 NEW YORK — He takes care of his flock in one of the most dangerous countries in ... Read More

Series of attacks in Iraq, dozens of dead. Church of St Mathew in Baghdad targeted

OCP- March 21, 2012

21/3/2012 Asia News A bomb exploded near the Syrian-Orthodox church in the capital, killing two guards and wounding five others. Across the country there were ... Read More

Syria: Christians Caught Between Two Fires, See Iran’s Hand

OCP- February 10, 2012

10/2/2012 MISNA “Of course Syrian Christians are afraid. They have much to lose and they know it, Even if this absurd conflict that pits brothers ... Read More

Iraq confirms death sentences for church attack

OCP- February 4, 2012

By AFP BAGHDAD 2/2/2012 An Iraqi appeals court confirmed the death sentences for three men convicted in connection with a massacre at a Baghdad church ... Read More

10000 ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS HAVE LEFT IRAQ SINCE 2003

OCP- January 21, 2012

10/1/2012 (AGI) Baghdad - At least 10 thousand Armenian Christians have fled Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, said Father Shahinian, head of the Orthodox ... Read More

The Halloween Horror: One Year Since Baghdad Cathedral Attack

OCP- November 3, 2011

2/11/2011 The Anniversary: I scanned the congregation from my seat at the altar of the little church in Paris, Notre Dame de Chaldée. Their faces ... Read More

Fears of ‘unchecked Islamic persecution’ in Iraq

OCP- October 31, 2011

31/10/2011 A year after the massacre at the Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad left 58 dead, an Assyrian news agency is expressing concern about the ... Read More

Christian churches attacked or bombed in Iraq since June 2004

OCP- October 27, 2011

26/10/2011 This list compiled from sources provided by the Assyrian International News Agency and news sources that document the violence against Christians in Iraq. Seventy ... Read More

Blast Near Church in Kirkuk, Iraq Injures 13

OCP- August 4, 2011

3/8/2011 Christian leaders say senseless violence designed to confuse, shock. ISTANBUL, August 3 (CDN) — A car blast outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, ... Read More

IOCC: Combating the ‘Silent Killers’ Among Syria’s Iraqi Refugees

OCP- March 25, 2009

ALEPPO, SYRIA -- On a rainy evening in this ancient city famed for its pistachios and historic mosques and churches, 120 Iraqi refugees gather in ... Read More