Tag: Middle East
King renews support for Christians in Mideast
Amman Time 25/8/2011 AMMAN (JT) - His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underlined Jordan’s commitment to protecting the Christian presence in the Palestinian territories and ... Read More
King: Jordan model for Muslim-Christian Harmony, Coexistence
Petra News 24/8/2011 Amman, August 24 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II on Wednesday said that Jordan is a model for harmony and coexistence ... Read More
ME Council of Churches meeting to take place in Cyprus
By Argyro Nicolaou 24/8/2011 THE GENERAL Assembly of the Middle Eastern Church Council will take place in Cyprus late in November, Archbishop Chrysostomos announced yesterday. ... Read More
Clerics urged to highlight Baptism Site Authenticity
By Rand Dalgamouni 2/7/2011 BAPTISM SITE - A senior official on Monday called on Christian leaders to help establish beyond doubt that the Kingdom hosts ... Read More
Christians in the Holy Land shouldn’t have to convert to Islam to get divorced
Jill Hamilton guardian.co.uk 22/7/2011 It is time for churches to use their influence to reform family law in the Middle East. "We cannot wait for ... Read More
St. Vladimirs Seminary Trustees Attend Conference on Christian Witness in the Middle East
7/7/2011 Two trustees from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Board Chair Anne Glynn-Mackoul and The Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters, recently attended an international conference titled ... Read More
Religious Leaders Call Obama to Take Bold Action for Middle East Peace
By Daniel Blake | Christian Post Contributor 1/7/2011 Religious leaders from the Evangelical, Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches have called upon President Obama to take ... Read More
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Patriarchate of Moscow launches program for protection of Christians Worldwide
By Nina Achmatova 06/23/201 The World Russian People's Council will regularly publish information about violence and abuse against the community. Orthodox Church concerned over christianophobia ... Read More
Orthodox faith in jeopardy in Middle East – Metropolitan Hilarion
Moscow, June 20, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate has expressed concerns about the situation of Orthodox Churches in the Middle East. "The escalation of Christianophobia ... Read More
MOR THEOPHILUS GEORGE SALIBA, METROPOLITAN OF MOUNT LEBANON OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
9/6/2011 On Wednesday 8 June 2011, His Holiness Aram I met with Metropolitan George Saliba. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian also attended the meeting. The Metropolitan had ... Read More
Syrian Christians Fear Regime Change Could Hasten Extinction
13/5/2011 May 13 (Bloomberg) -- As the Arab Spring protests reach Damascus, Syrian Christians look warily at a future without a time-tested autocrat to protect ... Read More
Middle East Churches Need To Work Together For Peace – Archbishop
22/2/2011 Churches in the Middle East must work together to overcome the problems facing the region in order that “peace can prevail,” Archbishop Chrysostomos of ... Read More
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches
19/2/2011 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches held at Cyprus on 17-18th. ADDRESS BY HIS BEATITUDE ARCHBISHOP CHRYSOSTOMOS OF ... Read More
Egypt’s uprising stirs fears of persecution of minority Coptic Christians
By Michelle Boorstein 4/2/2011 With attacks on Christians already increasing in the Middle East, the populist uprising in Egypt has triggered fears among some that ... Read More
Fate of Copts ignored by the secular West
Angela Shanahan - The Australian 5/2/2011 Egypt's long-suffering Coptic Christians are justified in their fear of an Islamic revolution A DISTURBING feature of the crisis ... Read More
“CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST BELONG TO THESE LANDS AND SHARE THEIR HISTORY AND THE CULTURE”
“CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST BELONG TO THESE LANDS AND SHARE THEIR HISTORY AND THE CULTURE”- Stated Aram I during his meeting with Journalists Fifteen ... Read More
Primates of Orthodox Churches Meet in Cyprus
Cyprus: His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria, His Beatitude Patriarch Theopilus of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch and His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of ... Read More
MUTUAL RESPECT OS IN THE ESSENCE OF ALL RELIGIONS
09/09/2010 Condemning the burning of the Holy book of Islam, the Qur’an, in Florida (USA), His Holiness Aram I said: “Burning the Qur’an attacks the ... Read More
Mor Gabriel Church in Mount Lebanon consecrated by Holy Father
Syrian Orthodox Church Mor Gabriel Church in Mount Lebanon consecrated by Holy Father on August 08, 2010 08 August 2010, Kesrwan, Mount Lebanon:His Holiness the ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS WITH PATRIARCH MORAN MOR IGNATIUS ZAKKA I IWAS OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
07/29/2010 His Holiness Aram I met with HH. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas at the Syrian Orthodox Monastery in Atchané, in the vicinity of St. ... Read More
Persecution Of Christianity In Egypt: Egypt Confronts Coptic Church
By DAVID BEDEIN Middle East Correspondent JERUSALEM – The Middle East Newsline has revealed that the regime of President Hosni Mubarak has decided to confront ... Read More