Tag: Iraq Christian

Assyrian Clergy Near Tears After Militants Cleared From Iraqi Churches

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 11, 2016

Rev. Safyan Yakub, a priest in the Syrian Orthodox Church, was shocked by the damage he witnessed at St. Shmoni Church in Bashiqa, Iraq, on ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III meets the President and the Prime Minister of Iraq

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 13, 2015

October 2015 - Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East  Iraq: His Excellency Fuad Masum, President of the Republic of Iraq received Monday His ... Read More

Iraq’s Christian Communities Living in Fear

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 6, 2014

By Matthew Fisher http://www.canada.com - October 2014 IRBIL, Iraq -- With extremists flying the black flag of Islamic State less than an hour down the road, ... Read More

Iraq’s Christian Minority Feels Militant Threat

OCP- June 27, 2014

Iraqi Christian families who have fled from Mosul and other nearby towns ahead of advances by Sunni militants gather at a social club in a ... Read More