Tag: Syria
Statement by Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II regarding the attack on the Christian villages in the Khabour region in Syria
27/2/15 Holland: Statement by His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II - Patriarch of Antioch and All East regarding the attack on the Christian villages in ... Read More
Assyrians Captured By ISIS Now At 150, Negotiations for Their Release in Progress
Assyrians killed by ISIS, from left: Milad Sammy Adam, Julian Osi, Tamir Darwish, Marius Hurmiz (AINA photo). Simon Somo, killed fighting ISIS. Killed fighting ISIS, ... Read More
Assyrian Church Leader After ISIS Abductions : ‘We Only Have the Almighty Left to Protect Us’
http://www.algemeiner.com - 26/2/15 The Vice President of the Assyrian Church in Lebanon, Father Yatroun Colliana, lamented the plight of his coreligionists in neighboring Syria following Monday's ... Read More
Assyrian Hostages in Syria Are ‘Safe’, Says ISIS Member
An Assyrian woman and her children who fled from Tel Tamar because of the attacks by ISIS. 25/2/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- ISIS attacked ... Read More
ISIS Attacks Assyrian Villages in Syria, 4 Killed, Dozens Captured, Churches Burned
The Assyrian church of Mar Bisho on fire, in Tel Shamiran, Syria. Assyrians fleeing ISIS take shelter in St. Mary's Church in Hasaka, Syria. Damage ... Read More
Syrian Kurdish Militia Arrests Assyrians, Including a Priest
23/2/15 Hasaka, Syria (AINA) -- Nearly 400 Asayish (Kurdish security) members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party in Syria surrounded the Malikiyya neighborhood yesterday and ... Read More
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Encyclical – February 2015
February 2015 IN THE NAME OF THE SELF- EXISTENT SEMPITERNAL OF NECESSARY EXISTENCE THE ALMIGHTY IGNATIUS PATRIARCH OF THE HOLY SEE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE ... Read More
ISIS Threatens Assyrians in Syria, Women and Children Evacuated
Assyrian fighters mounting the cross on the Church of St. Pithew in Tel Hurmizd (AINA photo). Assyiran fighters guard the church in Tel Hormizd, Syria, ... Read More
ISIS Enters Assyrian Town in Syria & Removes Church Cross
The church in Tel Hormizd, Syria and the cross that was removed from it by ISIS. Photo of ISIS members in Tel Hormizd, Syria. ISIS ... Read More
Catholicos Aram I reassures Armenians in Syria of his continuing prayers and support
22 January 2015. On Thursday his Holiness Aram I met with the two Armenian Primates in Syria, Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, from the Catholicosate of Cilicia ... Read More
Two Assyrians in Homs – Syria Killed in Car Bombing
Assyrians Gabriel Bassam Gabro (L) and Zahi Saad, killed in Homs, Syria. 24/1/15 Homs, Syria (AINA) -- Two Assyrians have been killed in a ... Read More
Old Armenian Catholic Church Bombed in Syria
Raymond Ibrahim - January 2015 A number of Christian churches, some around 200 year old, were bombed by Islamic rebels last Friday in Aleppo, Syria. ... Read More
Syrian Religious Leaders Denounce Violence
http://www.syriaonline.sy - 15/1/15 Minister of Religious Endowments "Awqaf" Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed stressed that whoever legitimizes the killing, terrorism and massacres has nothing to do with the ... Read More
“My message today to the entire world is: stop the war in Syria and against Syria” – Patriarch John X
January 2015 Our prayer today is for Palestine and for Palestine's neighbors. Our prayer is for the cradle of Christ, for Jordan, for Egypt, for ... Read More
Patriarch John X from the United Nations Headquarters affirms: The need for a prompt action to restore peace in Syria, and the non-selectivity when applying the principle of nations rights to self-determination
New York - December 2014 His Beatitude John X from the United Nations Headquarters affirms: The need for a prompt action to restore peace in ... Read More
President Basahr-al-Assad of Syria receives Orthodox Patriarch’s of Antioch & Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun
Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE,Gulf and Levant Regions OCP News Service - 22/12 14 Beirut: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II along ... Read More
Seminar on “Christians of the East: Is there a hope for the future?” takes place in Brussels
On 2 December 2014, a seminar on “Christians of the East: Is There a Hope for the Future?” organized by the Thomas More Institute took ... Read More
Historic Armenian Church in Deir el-Zour – Syria destroyed
Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE, Gulf and Levant) OCP News Service – 3/12/14 Read article here: The historic Armenian Church dedicated to the memory ... Read More
Christians Hold Out in Syria’s Aleppo Despite Jihadist Threat
Syrian Christans look on during Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian government controlled area of Aleppo on November 16, 2014 (AFP). ... Read More
The Patriarch of Antioch and Patriarch of Romania at Cotroceni Palace
December 2014 On 28 November 2014, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All Orient and His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania were received ... Read More
Patriarch John X from Syria Coming to Enthrone New Head of Antiochian Church in America
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America - 30/11/14 The head of one of the oldest churches on earth will come to America to enthrone ... Read More