Tag: Syria
Vladika Nicholas, Nun of Maaloula, I.A.O and Doroteusz Fionik wins Ostrogski Awards 2013
17/1/14 Paweł Cecha Read more on the award here: Dmitry (Drozdou) – Vladika of Vitebsk and Orsha, Nicholas (Chatzinikolaou) – Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Mesogaia ... Read More
Two Christians beheaded in Idlib in Syria
January 2014 Islamists from "DAASH" ("The Islamic State of Iraq and Great Syria") have beheaded two Christians detained by them—Armenians from the village of Deir ... Read More
Armenian Slaughtered for Refusing to Renounce Christ
Raymond Ibrahim - 11/1/14 Following the other day’s news that two Armenian families in Syria had been compelled to convert to Islam at the hands ... Read More
Fire of extremism devours decades-old Orthodox Christian library in Lebanon
Middle East Online Lebanon - 4/1/13 Unknown assailants torch Saeh Library in Tripoli, destroying two thirds of some 80,000 books and manuscripts housed there. TRIPOLI ... Read More
Putin named Times’ International Person of the Year
RTV - December 2013 One of Britain’s most influential newspapers has named Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘Man of the Year.’ The Times awarded the title ... Read More
Pontifical Message of Blessings to the Syrian-Armenians for the Feasts of New Year and Christmas
December 2013 On the occasion of the feasts of New Year and Christmas, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, expressed ... Read More
Helping Armenian Families In Syria Must Be Our Priority, says His Holiness Aram I
December 2013 Thursday, 19 December 2013. Mr. Serop Ohanian, the director of the Howard Karagueuzian Foundation for the Middle East, met with His Holiness Aram ... Read More
Syrian rebels have taken iconoclasm to new depths, with shrines, statues and even a tree destroyed – but to what end?
December 2013 Compared writing poetry to the sex act? May he be turned to dust! Eccentricity marks the path to heaven or hell. Take the ... Read More
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin donates $100 thousand to Syrian Armenian schools
December 2013 The situation in Syria and the hard condition of Syrian Armenians remain in the focus of attention of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme ... Read More
Patriarch Yazigi: We will never submit to those who transgress against sanctities
24/12/13 Damascus, (SANA) – Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi affirmed that there will be no submission to those ... Read More
Patriarch Iwas: Terrorism in Syria targets Muslims and Christians alike
24/12/13 Damascus, (SANA) – Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I ... Read More
Awkaf Minister, Patriarch Yazigi: Syria will triumph thanks to Syrians’ unity
24/1/13 Damascus, (SANA) – Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al- Sayyed stressed that Syria will triumph thanks to the unity of its people, ... Read More
World Turns Away as Rebel Massacres of Syrian Christians Intensify
Alex Newman - 23/12/13 The world media is increasingly losing interest in the foreign-fueled war still raging in Syria between the Assad regime and an assortment ... Read More
A Point of View: A long winter for Christians in the Middle East
23/12/13 The last decade has been catastrophic for the Middle East's the 14 million Christians, says William Dalrymple. It won't be much of a Christmas ... Read More
What the Middle East would be like without Christians
'A Christian Exodus' is the cover story for the issue of The Christian Science MonitorWeekly magazine for Dec. 16, 2013. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters/File Christa Case Bryant, ... Read More
‘Whole families murdered’: Syrian rebels execute over 80 civilians outside Damascus
19/12/13 Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military ... Read More
Prince Charles visits Coptic Church in Stevenage
18/12/13 Prince Charles visited Stevenage today (December 17) to pay tribute to the “remarkable” tolerance of worshippers at the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre. Visiting the ... Read More
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Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate: ” No news of the 13 Ma’aloula nuns, we do not trust the video”
16/12/13 According to video released by Al-Jazeera the women religious held in Yabrud were to be released on December 9. The Greek -Orthodox Patriarchate "concerned" ... Read More
Syrian Christians fear extremist rebels
The deaths of four children in a mortar attack has shaken Christians in Damascus Bishop Armash Nalbandian said his community felt safe under Assad's rule ... Read More
Christians fall victim to the Syrian carnage
14/12/13 Most of the armed conflicts in the Middle East go down to religious confrontation. Syria is a glaring example of this. Christians make up ... Read More
Bishop: Syrian Christians called to “take up arms”
10/12/13 A senior Orthodox Church official has urged Christians to take up arms to defend themselves and their holy places in the wake of the ... Read More