Tag: Syria
US House Hearing Focuses on Christian Persecution in Iraq
September 2014 (AINA) -- A hearing on the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria was convened yesterday at the U.S. House of Representatives. The ... Read More
Eastern Churches Renew Calls to Prohibit Attacks on Christians
Daily Star, Lebanon - 9/9/14 Beirut -- Muslim religious authorities must issue religious edicts prohibiting attacks against Christians and other minorities regardless of circumstance, a ... Read More
Fr Georges Massouh : Prayer Alone is Not Enough for the people of Iraq, Syria and Palestine
September 2014 Prayer alone is not enough. Prayer is a means by which the one praying is enlightened with the divine light in order to ... Read More
Patriarch John X’s Speech at the Groundbreaking for the Hospital in al-Hisn
August - September 2014 Brothers and loved ones, We gather together today at this medical institution, the Patriarchal Hospital of al-Hisn, to lay the cornerstone ... Read More
World ‘Cannot Keep Silent About the Existence of the So-called ISIS,’ Patriarchs Declare
http://www.catholic.org - 2/9/14 Meeting at the Maronite Catholic patriarchate at Bkerke, north of Beirut, Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs convened for a special summit to address the ... Read More
Middle East patriarchs meet diplomats : Call for wiping out terrorists
August 2014 BEIRUT (CNS) — Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs of the Middle East denounced attacks on Christians and called upon the international community to work ... Read More
Demonstration highlighting Assyrian Genocide in Iraq and Syria held in Sydney Australia – Video
August 2014 Demonstration highlighting Assyrian Genocide in Iraq and Syria held in Sydney Australia. Source: Read More
SYRIAN ORTHODOX VILLAGE UNDER THREAT OF DESTRUCTION
24/8/14 The “Jabhat al-Nusra” extremist terrorist group has already for a month been besieging the Syrian village of Muhradah also known as Mhardeh, 25 kilometres ... Read More
“Christians will Remain in the Middle East Irrespective of the Conflicts” says Catholicos Aram I
August 2014 On Monday 18 August 2014, a delegation representing the Churches in Sweden met with His Holiness Aram I at St. Mary’s Monastery in ... Read More
Ecumenical Prayer for the Release of the Abducted Bishops and for the Christians in Syria and Iraq
23/4/14 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over an ecumenical prayer with His Beatitude Patriarch John X in the presence of archbishops and ... Read More
Patriarch John X : Syria shall rise up and shake off the ruin that has come to us from abroad
21/8/14 Patriarch John X's speech welcoming Patriarch Ephrem II to the Monastery of Saint George al-Homeyra My brother, Your Holiness and Beatitude Patriarch Mar Ignatius ... Read More
ISIS EMPTIES NINEVEH PLAINS – 200,000 ARAMEAN CHRISTIANS FLED
9/8/14 “How many more crimes against humanity does the world wants to see before it finally speaks up? Where are the conscience and the sense ... Read More
Hariri backs patriarchs’ call to stem Iraq’s Christian exodus
The Daily Star - 9/8/14 “We call on all Islamic religious authorities, Sunni and Shiite, to issue clear fatwas forbidding assaults on Christians and other innocent ... Read More
Syria’s Christians Under Threat
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
The Desperate Plight of the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and Syria
By Mardean Isaac http://www.fairobserver.com - 8/6/14 Assyrian Christians are the indigenous people of a contiguous region spanning northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northern Iraq. ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill presents toys to Syrian children: Urges Syrian youth to build up a free and independent state
Moscow, August 1, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia spoke to Syrian children who came from Syria for summer holidays in a ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I monitors the Humanitarian Assistance and Rehabilitation Programmes for Armenians in Syria
2/8/14 Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, Prelate of the Diocese of Peria (Syria) recently arrived in Antelias to brief His Holiness Aram I on the situation of ... Read More
Orphans from Syria come to Russia for holidays at the invitation of St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation
31/7/14 At the invitation of St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation and the Center of National Glory, orphaned children from war-stricken Syria have come to Russia ... Read More
ISIS Making Good on Promise to Kill Christians
By Jennifer Jensen http://www.10news.com - 22/7/14 SAN DIEGO -- The radical Islamic group ISIS is making good on its threats to kill Iraqi Christians who refuse ... Read More
Emergency Support for Syria’s Cultural Heritage
Damage to the Eastern Hall of the Ma'arra Museum, Idlib Province, Syria (photo: Ali Othman and the Ma'arra Museum). 18/7/14 - http://www.penn.museum In addition to the ... Read More
U.S. Presbyterian Church recognizes Armenian Genocide
July 2014 PanARMENIAN.Net - In June 20, in Detroit, Michigan, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide, urging congregations to commemorate its ... Read More