Tag: Iraq
FIRST SERVICE AFTER OCCUPATION BY ISIS CELEBRATED IN QARAQOSH, IRAQ
Pravoslavie.ru - 11/11/16 On October 30, 2016, several Christians gathered inside a church in the town of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. The church walls are now ... Read More
Separate Assyrian Churches From State, Says Assyrian Confederation of Europe
Assyrian Confederation of Europe - 11/11/16 The Assyrian Confederation of Europe is concerned by the growing influence of churches in Assyrian politics in Iraq, which has ... Read More
Pope Francis Condemns Mass Killing of Children in Iraq
© REUTERS/ Alessandro Bianchi Sputniknews - 24/10/16 Pope Francis is concerned about the Mosul civilians killings, local media reports. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Pope Francis is ... Read More
The Genocide of Assyrians and Yazidis and the Next American President
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
ISIS demolishes Assyrian church in culture-rich Nineveh, Iraq
© AFP RT.Com - 12/10/16 Also Read: ISIS Destroy Assyrian Church in Iraq Islamic State has demolished an Assyrian church in Karmlis, a town outside Mosul, ... Read More
Dutch Parliament Holds Hearing on Assyrians in Iraq
AINA - 8/10/16 The Hague (AINA) -- A hearing on the situation of Assyrians in Iraq was held at the Dutch Parliament on Thursday. Participants ... Read More
Assyrian Women’s Conference Issues Appeal for Aid
AINA - October 2016 Brussels (AINA) -- An International Assyrian Women's Conference was held in Brussels on September 29. Representatives from Europe and the Middle East ... Read More
General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches Visits Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - September 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received Rev. Fr. Heikki Theodoros Huttunen, General Secretary of the Conference of ... Read More
Assyrian Delegation Attends Conference on Religious Freedom in Washington – D.C.
Assyrian Church News - August 2016 At the invitation of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, and with the express blessing of His ... Read More
India Archdiocese Youth Conference 2016 and Visit of Assyrian Bishops to Thrissur – Kerala
Assyrian Church News - August 2016 The Youth Conference – 2016 organised under the auspices of the Arch-diocese of India was held from 21st to ... Read More
Swedes Demand Assyrian Autonomy to Make Up for Daesh Genocide
© AFP 2016/ MOHAMMED SAWAF Sputniknews - August 2016 After having established a quasi-state in the Middle East, Daesh has been guilty of many evils, including persecution of ... Read More
Swedish Evangelical Church to Bomb Daesh With Bibles
© Photo: Pixabay Sputniknews - August 2016 A Swedish evangelical free church admittedly has plans to use drones to "bomb" Daesh-controlled areas in Iraq with ... Read More
RUSSIA IS PREPARING A CONFERENCE ON DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD THIS AUTUMN, SERGEY LAVROV SAYS
© Alexander Shalgin/The Russian Federation State Duma's press service/TASS. Pravoslavie.ru - 1/8/16 This autumn Russia will hold the second conference on defense of Christians in the ... Read More
Syriac Orthodox Delegation Attends the Great & Holy Synod – Crete
Syriac Orthodox Church - 25/6/15 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II delegated His Eminence Mor Timotheos Moussa Al-Shamani, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mor ... Read More
OCP Secretariat Condemns Attack on Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II & the Christian Community in Qamishli
OCP Delegation with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch & All East OCP News Service - OCP Secretariat- 20/6/16 Read- Suicide Bomber Targets Assyrian Event ... Read More
Statement by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Anthioch & Syriac Catholic Patriarchate on the Eviction of People from Mosul & the Nineveh Plain
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - June 2016 Two Years Since the Eviction of our People from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain: the Wound of Forced Emigration Is Still ... Read More
US General Consul in Erbil Visits Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
Syriac Orthodox Church - June 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received His Excellency the US General Consul in Erbil Mr. Matthias Mitman. ... Read More
Resolution Sent in Protest of Silence Concerning Kidnapped Syrian Bishops
Orthodox Christian Network- Pemptousia Partnership in Pemptousia Partnership - May 2016 PETITION ON THE ABDUCTION OF THE TWO HIERARCHS OF ALEPPO SYRIA CALL TO ACTION: Sign the ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch Criticized for Opposition to Assyrian Military Forces
Assyrian Confederation of Europe - May 2016 (AINA) -- The Assyrian Confederation of Europe is concerned by recent statements made by Mar Louis Sako, Patriarch of ... Read More
Daesh Has Executed 49 in Sirte, Libya Since February 2015 – Rights Watchdog
© AP Photo/ File www.sputniknews.com - May 2016 According to an international human rights organization, at least 49 people have been executed by the Daesh ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch Appeals to Iraqi Leaders to Work for Reconciliation
AINA- May 2016 Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraq's leaders to put an end to the "institutional, economic and security deterioration" in ... Read More