Tag: Lebanon
“We must strengthen the foundations of Christian-Muslim coexistence”, His Holiness Aram I
September 2013 His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan invited the Heads of Christian Communities in the Middle East to meet in Amman from 3-4 ... Read More
Syrian Islamist Rebels Threaten
A Syrian woman holds a banner for saving Maaloula while Lebanese and Syrian Christian Maronites pray for peace in Syria, in Harisa, Jounieh September 7, ... Read More
Lebanon patriarch rejects military action in Syria
The Daily Star - 2/9/13 BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai rejected any military action against Syria in remarks Sunday following his meeting with Greek Orthodox ... Read More
Details Emerge On Kidnapped Syrian Bishops
Mohammad Ballout Translated from As-Safir (Lebanon) 21/8/13 Are the two bishops missing or martyred? What is Jesuit priest Paolo Dall’Oglio‘s relation to the matter? ... Read More
Aleppo, the Bishop and the Martyred City
14/3/13 "I was supposed to be going to the Rimini meeting, but it's not the right time to be travelling". Antoine Audo, Jesuit and Chaldean ... Read More
Lebanon’s Latest Church-State Scuffle
Elie Hajj for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse - August 2013 In a rare instance of solidarity, the hard-line Association of Muslim Scholars endorsed the Lebanese Orthodox Church’s objection to ... Read More
Worries Grow About Fate Of Kidnapped Syrian Bishops
Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yazigi (C) leads a prayer at the Balamand Monastery in Koura, near the north Lebanese city of Tripoli, to call ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I inspects the construction progress of the Genocide Memorial Museum at the Bird’s Nest
August 2013 Accompanied by five members of the construction projects committee, His Holiness Aram I inspected the site with architects Raffi and Viken Tarkhanian and ... Read More
What’s Become of Syria’s Christian Sites?
Rev. Fr. Georges Massouh (Abu-Fadil) Aramaic, Jesus' language, still spoken in Maaloula (Abu-Fadil) Sword dancer outside the Mar Takla Monastery (Abu-Fadil) Devoted Christians drink St. ... Read More
The Ambassador of Armenia in Lebanon meets with His Holiness Aram I
14/7/13 The Ambassador of Armenia met with His Holiness Aram I at his summer residence in Bikfaya. Ashod Kotcharian and His Holiness discussed Armenia-Diaspora relation ... Read More
Syrian Christians flee to Lebanon, become kidnapping targets
A Syrian young girl is in her father's arms during the Palm Sunday procession on April 28, 2013 in the Syrian capital in Damascus. ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I heads delegation to the Presidential Palace
17/6/13 On Saturday morning, 15 June 2013, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by the Diocesan Bishops of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and 30 persons representing ... Read More
Christopher Dekki: A (very) rough guide to the Christians of the Levant
Christopher Dekki 10/6/13 "I challenge you to let this be the first step to understanding the depth of the Middle East’s diversity" Growing up in ... Read More
VAROUJAN VOSKANIAN THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND TRADE OF ROMANIA VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
On Monday 3 June 2013, Minister Varoujan Voskanian, who was on an official visit to Lebanon, met with His Holiness Aram I. They were joined ... Read More
Syrian opposition leader does not know whereabouts of missing bishops
Nuri Kino, World Watch Monitor 24/5/13 Syrian opposition leader Sabra now says he doesn't know of bishops' whereabouts, after giving more certain account two weeks ... Read More
Protesters mark Armenian Genocide, demand compensation
Stephen Dockery The Daily Star 24/4/13 BEIRUT: Thousands marched through Beirut Wednesday to call on Turkey to recognize the genocide that involved the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians ... Read More
Syria’s Christian refugees seeking European future
18/4/13 Christian refugees from Syria have not been in Lebanon for very long. Or at least, you don’t hear much from them, as many are ... Read More
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In Syria, some 300,000 Christian refugees also fleeing from UN camps
04/04/2013 In Syria, Christians are neutral and do not want to be used for photo ops. The United Nations, however, automatically registers them as members ... Read More
Fear of Islamic Extremism Brings Eastern Churches Closer
By: Nasser Chararah for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse 8/3/13 Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi last month ended a four-day visit to Moscow on the invitation of Patriarch of Moscow ... Read More
Religious divides deepen in Syria
Andreas Gorzewski - 24/2/13 The fronts in the Syrian conflict are increasingly hardening along religious lines. But the prospects for the Christian, Druze and Alawite ... Read More
Patriarch John X of Antioch’s enthronement celebrations in Beirut
February 17, 2013 – the Russian Orthodox Church’s delegation led by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, ... Read More