Tag: Syria Christians

Syria’s Christians Under Threat

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 9, 2014

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg - 9/8/14 The wildfire victories of the Islamic State (IS, formerly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) in northern Iraq and Syria have left ... Read More

Pro-government Forces Find a Haven At Syrian Town’s Christian Monastery

OCP- January 25, 2014

Frederik Pleitgen - January 2014 Damascus (CNN) -- An 80-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ stands atop of a hill overlooking the Syrian Christian town of Saidnaya, about ... Read More

‘They aren’t real Muslims’: Radical mercenaries kidnap, kill both Syria Christians and Muslims

OCP- October 11, 2013

Syrian Orthodox Christians light candles before a mass marking the Palm Sunday in the Syrian capital in Damascus (AFP Photo / Louai Beshara) 11/10/13 Nadezhda ... Read More

Islamist Ultimatum to Syrian Christians: Convert, Leave, or Die

OCP- June 26, 2013

June - 2013 (AINA) -- Syria's Christians fear an Islamist takeover should the current government be overthrown. During the ongoing civil war there has been ... Read More

Syria Christians Attacked Ahead Of Presidential Speech

OCP- January 7, 2013

Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Correspondent – 6/1/13 DAMASCUS, SYRIA (Worthy News)– Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to deliver a speech on Sunday, January ... Read More

Syrian Christians feel vulnerable as country descends into civil war

OCP- June 22, 2012

Syria Christians Sister Verona, the head of the Sednaya Covent, shows journalists a damaged room which was attacked by gunfire in Sednya, north of Damascus. ... Read More

Syria Christians fear for religious Freedom

OCP- May 18, 2011

By REUTERS 05/18/2011 Minority fears change in secular Syria, concerned over plight of Christians in Iraq, Egypt; community says it has Biblical roots. BEIRUT - ... Read More