Tag: REUTERS

Ultra-Orthodox man arrested in connection to Latrun Monastery vandalism

OCP- July 2, 2013

DANIEL K. EISENBUD, REUTERS - 1/7/13 22-year-old suspected in last year's 'price tag' attack; PM condemns attack, says perpetrator threatens religious freedom. An ultra-Orthodox man ... Read More

Egypt sentences Muslim to death over Copt attack

OCP- March 26, 2013

REUTERS – 26/3/13 In case that underlines sectarian tensions, Muslim man sentenced to death for killing two in dispute with Christians. CAIRO - A Muslim ... Read More

Orthodox Christians mark Epiphany holiday – Photos

OCP- January 19, 2013

A Belarus Orthodox believer plunges into icy waters as a priest blesses him on the eve of the Epiphany holiday in Pilnitsa some 30 km ... Read More

Syrian Christians in 2-week blockade by rebel fighters, residents desperate

OCP- August 27, 2012

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

Copts to shun Islamists in Egypt’s presidential, vote fear sectarian conflicts

OCP- May 15, 2012

By YASMINE SALEH REUTERS CAIRO 15/5/2012 Egypt’s Coptic Christians complained of discrimination under Hosni Mubarak but fear it may get worse if an Islamist takes ... Read More

Bishop killed in Turkey

OCP- June 6, 2010

ISTANBUL (Turkey) - A CATHOLIC bishop was stabbed to death in his home in the Turkish province of Hatay, the state-run Anatolian news agency said. ... Read More