Tag: Syria
Christian City in Syria Attacked By “Freedom Fighters”
By Brad Hoff http://www.globalresearch.ca 13/2/14 This past Thursday, February 6, monasteries and churches in the ancient Christian city of Saidnaya held special celebrations for the ... Read More
Maronite Patriarch: negotiations for Syrian nuns’ release have ‘stumbled’; new video appears
CWN - 13/2/14 The patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church said that the release of a dozen kidnapped Syrian nuns appeared imminent until recently. In December, ... Read More
Lebanese PM Optimistic on Release of Kidnapped Nuns
Daily Star, Lebanon - February 2014 BEIRUT -- Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati voiced optimism late Friday over the case of the group of nuns kidnapped ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk expresses concern over sufferings of Christians in Syria during the meeting with representatives of Syrian opposition
February 2014 On 5 February 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, received representatives of the National ... Read More
Turkey’s Role in the Kidnapping of the Syrian Bishops
Dikran Ego - 2/2/14 (AINA) -- On April 22, 2013 Bishops Yuhanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazici were kidnapped in Syria. During the kidnapping their driver ... Read More
Extremists have no place in Syrian political processes – Russian and Antioch church leaders
Moscow, January 30, Interfax - The leaders of the Russian and Antioch Orthodox Churches have called for peace in Syria and its independence. "The two ... Read More
Common Statement by John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
31/1/14 At the invitation of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East John X paid his official visit ... Read More
Syria’s Assyrian Christians Find Refuge With Turkish Neighbours
By Jane Burgess http://themedialine.org - 28/1/14 MIDYAT, Turkey -- Miydat's Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. ... Read More
Common appeal to the Geneva II International Conference on Syria by His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
On 26 January 2014 His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All ... Read More
Patriarch John X: Nuns seized in Syria are fine
26/1/14 HERMEL/BEIRUT: The group of nuns seized in the ancient Syrian town of Maaloula last month are doing well, Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yazigi said Saturday, and a security ... Read More
Christians in the Middle East must preserve their past and protect their present and future stated Aram I
26/1/14 During the Ecumenical and International Consultation on Syria organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) 15-17 January in Geneva, participants also discussed the ... Read More
Primate of the Church of Antioch meets with members of the Russian parliamentary delegation
On 21 January 2014, the Divine Liturgy, celebrated at the church of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Representation in Damascus after a long break, marked the conclusion ... Read More
Christians and Kurds Form Coalition in Syria
Ann Buwalda Jubilee Campaign - January 2014 Jubilee Campaign USA and Jubilee Campaign Netherlands are jointly announcing with Law & Liberty Trust the alliance of the Syriacs ... Read More
Pro-government Forces Find a Haven At Syrian Town’s Christian Monastery
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
Patriarch Kirill, head of Antioch Church to discuss protection of Christians in Middle East
Moscow, January 24, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet with Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East in ... Read More
Healing The Hidden Wounds Of War In Syria
January - 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Joumana will never forget the day she, her husband and two children abandoned their home in the war-torn ... Read More
Confirmed: U.S. Chief Facilitator of Christian Persecution
Sen. John McCain meets with “Syrian rebels,” many of whom are not Syrian, and one of which is a known kidnapper (L – Muhammad ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I at the Ecumenical and International Consultation on Syria organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC)
21/1/14 Between 15-17 January 2014, Catholicos Aram I took part in the consultation held at the WCC in Geneva Switzerland. The participants included religious leaders ... Read More
All shrines of Ma’loula either destroyed or desecrated
20/1/14 A radical Jabhat al-Nusra "opposition" group, which occupied the small Christian town of Ma'loula in Syria in the last months of 2013, desecrated absolutely ... Read More
Dutch MP asks Representation of Syria’s Christians during Peace Talks in Geneva
On 17 January 2014, Dr. Pieter Omtzigt, the Dutch MP and Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has requested all countries ... Read More
Syria: Christian Stabbed with Crucifix, Decapitated
Image of deceased Raymond Ibrahim - 18/1/14 According to an Arabic report published today onAleteia.org, back on January 8, 2014, yet another Christian man was ... Read More