Tag: Middle East
Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society raising funds for humanitarian aid for Gaza
Moscow, August 11, Interfax - The Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS) has urged Russians to provide whatever help they can to the blockaded residents of ... Read More
Metropolitan Tikhon issues Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence and Extremism in the Middle East
SYOSSET, NY - 12/8/14 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, recently issued a Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence and Extremism in the Middle East. The text of the ... Read More
Archimandrite Christophoros Atallah’s Message to Middle Eastern Christians
August 2014 O Christians of the Middle East, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me" ( St John ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: Middle East and Ukraine – parts of the same strategy
7/8/14 For the Russian Orthodox Church, support for persecuted Christians is a special concern and one of the key areas of external church work. The ... Read More
Statement by Bishop Anba Suriel on the the Horrific Genocide of Christians in the Middle East
2/8/14 Statement from His Grace Bishop Suriel of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Diocese Of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions. The world watches in silence as the ... Read More
Orthodox Christians to join the UN rally in support of Iraqi & Middle East Christians
OCA- August 2014 Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America in the New York City area are invited to attend a rally calling attention to ... Read More
Last Christians Expelled From Mosul, is All of the Middle East Next?
This symbol is the letter "N" in Arabic, and ISIS painted it on Christian homes in Mosul to identify the homes as "Nazarene" (Christian). ... Read More
We ask your prayers for peace and healing in the Middle East
Orthodox Christian Network - 23/7/14 Almighty God and Creator, You are the Father of all people on the earth. Guide, I pray, all the nations ... Read More
A Desperate Cry From Iraq’s Christians
By Katie Gorka http://www.breitbart.com - 21/7/14 Iraq's Christian leaders have just made a desperate cry for help. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head of Iraq's Catholic ... Read More
Putin hopes Orthodox Church will make its contribution to establish peace in Middle East
The Russian president also said that the people of Russia were watching the events in Eastern Ukraine with anxiety and grief. SERGIEV POSAD, July 18. ... Read More
What Future Do Christians Have in the Middle East?
By Michael Glackin http://www.indcatholicnews.com - 12/7/14 I met Saad on a sweltering hot day, 90 degrees in September no less, just as we were both leaving ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I Receives Students from Europe and the United States of America majoring in Middle East Studies
June 2014 26 June 2014. On Thursday 25 students from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America majoring in Middle East Studies ... Read More
Christianity is Essential to the Middle East’s Fabric
General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyanwith Pope Twadharos II (WAM) Mohammed bin Rashid receives Pope Tawadros II Nahyan receives John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch ... Read More
United States fueling Instability in Syria
KATIE GORKA - May 2014 The future of Christians in the Middle East is at stake. A growing number of Syrian Christian leaders are traveling ... Read More
The Tragic Situation of Syria’s Christians
Magdi Khalil - May 2014 Coptic Solidarity The Syrian uprising began as a peaceful protest against an autocratic regime that has oppressed its people for ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: Persecutions against Christians are unprecedented
May 2014 The events in Ukraine have diverted the world community’s attention from the global problem of persecution against Christians, steadily growing in many parts ... Read More
Syriac Gazetter Preserves Endangered Middle East Christian Cultures
David A. Michelson, assistant professor of the history of Christianity at Vanderbilt University and general editor of Syriaca.org www.newswise.com - 27/4/14 Key moments in the ... Read More
An Egyptian Jew’s Message to Threatened Middle East Christians
Bishop Aclimandos leads Coptic Christmas Eve Liturgy at the Virgin Mary church in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of ... Read More
Preparatory commission at Patriarchate of Constantinople
On March 4, the preparatory commission began its work at the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It was chaired by Metropolitan John of Pergamon and attended by ... Read More
Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?
Raymond Ibrahim - February/ March 2014 Why are Christians, as a new Pew report documents, the most persecuted religious group in the world? And why ... Read More
Christians Fight for Middle East Religious Freedom Watchdog
By Ryan Mauro Frontpage Magazine - 20/2/14 Global persecution of Christians, especially in the Muslim world, is one of the most overlooked human rights disasters of ... Read More