Tag: CHRISTIANS
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PATRIARCH KIRILL’S CONDOLENCES OVER THE MURDER OF THIRTY ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIANS IN LIBYA
April 2015 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed condolences over the murder of thirty Ethiopian Christians. His Holiness Abune Mathias ... Read More
IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS CONDEMNS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
19/4/15 Washington, D.C. — In Defense of Christians (IDC) Executive Director Kirsten Evans today issued the following statement: “On Wednesday April 15th, the European Parliament ... Read More
ALEXANDRIAN PATRIARCHATE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE SLAUGHTER OF 147 CHRISTIANS STUDENTS IN KENYA
April 2015 The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa strongly condemns the senseless act of indiscriminate terrorist violence of so many Kenyan Christian students. These ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION: THERE IS THE GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
On March 29, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who hosts the Church and the World program on Russia-24 TV network, had as his guest the ... Read More
UNITED NATIONS HUMANS RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS THE FIRST EVER STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
On March 13, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council, on the sidelines of its Session XXVII adopted a statement ‘Supporting the Human Rights of Christians ... Read More
JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS UNITE TO REPAIR MOUNT ZION CEMETERIES
An arson attack on a Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem last week is one of a number of suspected hate crimes against Christians and Muslims ... Read More
PRIMATE OF COPTIC CHURCH THANKS HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL FOR CONDOLENCES OVER MASS KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN LIBYA
On 19 February 2015, the head of the Coptic Church, Patriarch Tawadros II, sent the following message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL’S CONDOLENCES OVER MASS KILLING OF COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN LIBYA
18/2/15 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent condolences to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, ... Read More
PACE RECOGNIZES FACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN EUROPE
On 29 January 2015, Resolution 2036 (2015) tackling intolerance and discrimination in Europe was adopted at the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the ... Read More
90 PERCENT OF IRAQ’S ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ARE DISPLACED, ONLY 30 OF 600 ORTHODOX FAMILIES REMAIN IN BAGHDAD
A displaced Iraqi man, who fled from the Islamic State violence in Mosul, poses for the camera with his daughters at Baherka refugee camp in ... Read More
CHINESE CHRISTIANS SWELLING IN NUMBER AS ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY GETS LEFT BEHIND
ChinaTopix - November 2014 China, an officially atheist country that is converting into Christianity at breakneck speed, is bound to become the world's largest Christian country ... Read More
KING OF JORDAN PROMISES TO DEFEND CHRISTIANS FROM ISIS
24/9/14 King Abdullah II of Jordan has reportedly promised to defend Christians from ISIS. King Abdullah believes that presence of Christians in the Middle East ... Read More
ISIS EMPTIES NINEVEH PLAINS – 200,000 ARAMEAN CHRISTIANS FLED
9/8/14 “How many more crimes against humanity does the world wants to see before it finally speaks up? Where are the conscience and the sense ... Read More
THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM CONDEMN PROCLAMATIONS AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ
July 2014 The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is alarmed upon hearing the horrifying statement issued by the Islamic State group, telling Christian communities in the Iraqi ... Read More
THE PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
May - June 2014 On 7th May 2014, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa addressed the Conference for Religious ... Read More
CHRISTIANS FROM SYRIA SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE: HISTORIC CONFERENCE IN GENEVA ON 8 MAY 2014
May 2014 On 8 May 2014, a historic conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, where seven senior religious and secular leaders from Syria’s largest ... Read More
ISRAELI BILL DISTINGUISHES CHRISTIANS FROM 1948 PALESTINIANS
7/3/14 Israel’s legislative branch, known as the Knesset, passed a controversial bill into law that defines 1948 Christians Palestinians as “non-Arabs”, Israeli media reported. The new law – ... Read More
450,000 CHRISTIANS FLEE ATTACKS IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
December 2013 The United Nations is demanding immediate support for the Central African Republic (CAR) during a very difficult period. Apparently over 450,000 people have ... Read More
71 CHRISTIANS KILLED IN NIGERIA IN NOVEMBER
December 2013 At least 71 Christians were killed in November in Nigeria as a result of attacks on Christian villages by the nomadic Fulani people ... Read More
PRO-MORSI FORCES THREATEN CHRISTIANS AGAINST PROTESTING
Raymond Ibrahim - 3/7/13 Hours before the June 30 protests against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, began, the nation’s Christians were, ... Read More
‘IRRESPECTIVE OF DIFFICULTIES, CHRISTIANS WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST’ SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAMI
On Thursday 23 May 2013, the International Conference on “Christian Presence and Witness in the Middle East” opened in Beirut. The conference was organized by ... Read More