Tag: Middle Eastern
Sermons Delivered by Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II in Germany
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 26/10/17 Speech of His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II - Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal ... Read More
Russian Orthodox-Roman Catholic Church Relations Enter New Phase
© Sputnik/ Sergey Pyatakov Sputniknews - 24/8/17 Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill said that relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches are entering ... Read More
Trump’s pre-election remarks ‘give hope’ for dialog with Russia – Patriarch Kirill to RT
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill © Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik RT.Com - 19/11/16 US President-elect Donald Trump’s statements show that he is willing ... Read More
Bishops Abducted in Syria in 2013 Alive, Currently in Raqqa
© REUTERS/ Rodi Said Sputniknews - 28/10/16 According to preliminary data, Syrian bishops abducted in the vicinity of the country's northern city of Aleppo in ... Read More
Pope Francis criticizes Western interference in Middle East, Africa
Pope Francis © Tony Gentile / Reuters www.rt.com - May 2016 Pope Francis has criticized Western powers for attempting to export democracy to countries in the ... Read More
Assyrian Organizations Send Open Letter to U.S. Presidential Candidates
12/4/16 (AINA) -- An open letter by eleven Middle Eastern, European and American Assyrian organizations has been sent to the crop of U.S. presidential candidates. ... Read More
“Lasting Peace in Middle East Linked to Justice, Not Violence” – Patriarch Kirill
http://www.pravmir.com/ www.sputniknews.com - 22/2/16 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said that he felt the "pain of all Christians who are oppressed today" inside the ... Read More
METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK MEETS WITH YAZIDI LEADERS
On 10 November 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with the Yazidi community ... Read More
REPRESENTATIVE OF PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA VISITS SYRIA WITH RUSSIAN DELEGATION
27/10/15 A prayer at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Syria for peace in this longsuffering land marked the beginning of a visit ... Read More
A Future for Minorities in the Middle East?
The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on an Assyrian home in Mosul. By Peter Ahern - 16/10/15 (AINA) -- Consider this ... Read More
The Christians of the Middle East will not Melt Away – Metropolitan Silouan of the British Isles & Ireland
By Bilal Slaytin - September 2015 - notes on Arab Orthodoxy - Patriarchate of Antioch The Bishop of Britain to as-Safir: The Christians of the Middle ... Read More
Assyrians: From Mosul to Motor City
By Aaron Foley https://foreignpolicy.com - 6/3/15 DETROIT -- It's easy to miss Tigris Restaurant in Detroit's Chaldean Town, a tiny stretch of businesses and residences on ... Read More
“Middle Eastern Religious Leaders Bear the Historical Responsibility to Promote a Culture of Living Together” Catholicos Aram I
October 2014 11 October 2014. On Saturday, Bishop Shahé Panossian, the Prelate of Lebanon, represented His Holiness Aram I at a conference organized by Adyan, ... Read More
US Lawmaker on Persecution of Middle Eastern Christians: ‘It Is Genocide’
By Penny Starr http://cnsnews.com - September 2014 Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday that the persecution and slaughter of Christians at the hands of Islamic ... Read More
Five Middle Eastern Patriarchs Visit North Iraq in Solidarity With Christians
From left: Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II Karim, Patriarch Louis Rafael Sako, Patriarch Bechara Boutros AlRai, Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Youna, Patriarch Gregorius III Lahham. 21/8/14 ... 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
The Coming Antiochian Unity Conference: A Ray of Light towards Long-Awaited Hope
June 2014 We have no future if we do not not understand the constant factors and engines of change in the world today and the ... Read More
European Commission Research on Middle Eastern Christians in Europe
From left to right: Dr Lise Paulsen Galal (Roskilde University, Denmark), Torsten Moritz (Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe), Dr Fiona McCallum (University of St ... Read More
Middle Eastern primates to meet in Cyprus to discuss the future of Christians in the region
17/10/13 October 15, 2013. (Romereports.com) The primates of the increasingly fragile Greek Orthodox Churches in the Middle East plan to meet in Cyprus to talk ... Read More
Archbishop Condemns Slaughter of Middle Eastern Christians, Calls for Christian Leaders to Unite
15/10/13 Greek-Orthodox Archbishop Antoine Shedrawi, the Metropolitan of Mexico and Central America, condemned the daily killing and harassment of Christians during a visit this week ... Read More
One ethnic Armenian kidnapped, another taken prisoner in Syria
25/1/13 Reports from Syria say at least two ethnic Armenians have been kidnapped or taken prisoner amid a continuing civil war in this Middle Eastern ... Read More