Tag: Lebanon
Berri wants Christian unity on electoral law
The Daily Star 21/9/2012 BEIRUT: If Christian parties adopt the Orthodox Gathering’s electoral proposal Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will most likely accept it, Tyre MP ... Read More
KFC In Lebanon Burned In Anger Over Pope Visit
Reuters 14/9/2012 TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters set alight a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli ... Read More
PROJECTS PREPARING FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE (1915-2015)
3/9/2012 His Holiness Aram I announced the implementation of three projects as part of the preparation of the 100th Anniversary Commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. ... Read More
Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas returned to Lebanon
3/9/2012 LEBANON/BEIRUT:His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas and the delegation returned to Beirut – Lebanon from Germany after the successful surgery on ... Read More
Syrian Christians in 2-week blockade by rebel fighters, residents desperate
REUTERS Khaled Al Hariri 28/8/2012 An estimated 12,000 people have spent two weeks blockaded in the Christian town of Rableh, Syria, near Homs in the ... Read More
Syria Christian refugees in Lebanon fear Islamist rebels
Alexandra Sandels and Patrick J. McDonnell Los Angeles Times 22/8/2012 ZAHLE, Lebanon — For most of the refugees streaming across the border into Lebanon, Syrian ... Read More
Catholicos Aram I meets Lebanon’s Armenian Relief Cross reps
17/8/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - On August 16, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, met with the representatives of the new regional ... Read More
Christian Syrian famlies seek asylum in Lebanon
By Gilane Fatayri Al Arabiya 3/8/2012 As cities of Damascus and Aleppo entered into the confrontation where the Christians demographic weight is at its most, ... Read More
The refugees with nowhere to turn: Syrian Christians share their stories
SyndiGate.info 5/8/2012 George is wounded but he has no scars. It’s pain of an emotional kind that ails him. He feels scorned and humiliated, like ... Read More
Christians Flee from Radical Rebels in Syria
By Ulrike Putz in Qa, Lebanon 25/7/2012 Thousands of Syrians are fleeing into neighboring Lebanon -- not entirely due to fear of the Assad regime. ... Read More
Geagea: Christians must spearhead change
By Nicholas Blanford The Daily Star 11/5/2012 MAARAB, Lebanon: The Christians of the Middle East should not view with trepidation the turmoil engulfing the region ... Read More
Frontpage coverage of the Armenian Genocide in the foreign media opens in Beirut
2/5/2012 A temporary exhibition on “The Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the Foreign Media” opened at the Capuchin Church in Beirut. The exhibition was organized ... Read More
Orthodox Archbishop Audi says Lebanon in need of moral renaissance
The Daily Star 17/4/2012 BEIRUT: Beirut Metropolitan Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi expressed dismay Sunday over the country’s current social and political conditions, calling for a ... Read More
The first ever Armenian Genocide monument to be erected at the Catholicosate of Cilicia
14/4/2012 The first Armenian Genocide monument ever to be erected in the world, memorial for the Martyrs of the 1915 Genocide in the courtyard of ... Read More
Syria uprising lays siege to leading religious figures
By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star 28/3/2012 BEIRUT: The yearlong crisis in Syria which has deepened divisions among Lebanon’s rival political leaders is now spreading ... Read More
TO THE ATTENTION OF ARMENIAN PUBLISHERS AND WRITERS IN DIASPORA
24/6/2012 Every year in November, the Catholicosate of Cilicia organizes a book fair under the auspices of His Holiness Aram I. All books in Armenian ... Read More
Maronite patriarch’s interview on Syria stirs new criticism
The Daily Star 10/3/2012 BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai’s recent remarks on the ongoing developments in Syria and the challenges facing Christians in the region ... Read More
Arab Christians need to feel secure
By Joseph A. Kechichian, Special to Gulf News 7/3/2012 Fleeing native lands is not the answer; they have to insist on equal rights, elect capable ... Read More
Syrian Christians fleeing to Lebanon
7/3/2012 Amid reports that 1,000 Syrians are now fleeing the country daily for Lebanon, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Lebanon described ... Read More
At stake, a Damascus bond – Why fate of uprising will have a bearing on many Indians
K.P. NAYAR IN DAMASCUS 3/3/2012 Much more is at stake for the people of India than for their government in New Delhi in the current ... Read More
Lebanon held commemoration event to honor victims of Sumgait massacres
28/2/2012 BEIRUT. – All Armenian churches in Lebanon held commemoration liturgy for the victims of Sumgait massacres on Feb. 26. After the liturgy in the ... Read More