Tag: Syria
Belgian FM meets with Syrian Orthodox Christians
30/6/13 BRUSSELS, June 29 (KUNA) -- Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders met in Brussels late Friday with representatives of ... Read More
Rumors Denied Over Kidnapped Syria Bishops
29/6/13 The nephew of the one of the bishops kidnapped in Syria has denied rumors that he has been killed, following the circulation of an ... Read More
Letter of Archbishop Matta Roham to Jazirah & Euphrates Archdiocese
28/6/13 Archbishop Mor Eustathius Matta Roham, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Jazirah and Euphrates, addresses his Archdiocese from Vienna, Austria, in an Arabic letter dated on ... Read More
Syrians behead Christians for helping military, as CIA ships in arms
Cheryl K. Chumley The Washington Times - 27/6/13 A priest and another Christian were beheaded before a cheering crowd by Syrian insurgents who say they ... Read More
Outrage over Syrian rebels assaulting catholic monastery, killing hermit
Syrian Turkmen rebels.(AFP Photo / Jm Lopez) 27/6/13 A revered Syrian monk and hermit, Father Franҫois Mourad, has been killed during an assault of the ... Read More
Suicide blast in Christian neighborhood in Syria kills 4
Associated Press - 27/6/13 DAMASCUS, Syria – A suicide attacker blew himself up near one of the main churches in the Syrian capital Thursday, killing ... Read More
Syrian Christians: ‘Why Is America at War with Us’
27/6/13 Syrian Christians are asking why the United States supports extremists who want to turn Syria into an Islamic state. That testimony came during a ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill’s appeal regarding tragic events in Syria
25/6/13 Your Graces the archpastors, all-honourable fathers, dear brothers and sisters! Syria has been suffering from ongoing hostilities for nearly two years. Tens of thousands ... Read More
Syria Militants Behead Two Christians
26/6/13 Two Christians, one of them a priest, have been beheaded by militants because they were suspected of cooperating with the Syrian military. A video ... Read More
Islamist Ultimatum to Syrian Christians: Convert, Leave, or Die
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
Patriarch leads candlelit vigil for Syria’s kidnapped bishops
22/6/13 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Christians in Lebanon held a candlelit vigil on Saturday for two archbishops captured in Syria in April, appealing to their kidnappers ... Read More
Iraqi MP: Syria collapse would endanger all Mideast Christians
World Watch Monitor- 22/6/13 The collapse of the Syrian state would be a jihadist triumph and a threat to Christians throughout the Middle East, says ... Read More
Syriac Christians, Kurds Boost Cooperation in Syria
A Kurdish fighter from the Popular Protection Units (YPG) holds his weapon as he takes position atop a building with a YPG flag in ... Read More
The Truth About Syria: Persecution of Syrian Christians Cries Out For Prayer and Action
By Deacon Keith Fournier 6/21/2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Christians preceded Muslims in calling Syria their home. They must not be forced to leave this ancient ... Read More
Deepening ethnic rifts reshape Syria’s towns
By Alexander Dziadosz and Oliver Holmes - 22/6/13 IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria, June 21 (Reuters) - The villages that dot the valleys and terraced hills of ... Read More
Christians affected by Syrian conflict
18/6/13 (Vatican Radio) Syrian activists say at least 20 soldiers were wounded or killed on Sunday evening when a checkpoint near a Damascus airport was ... Read More
Patriarchs Rahi and Yazigi call on foreign sides to stop interference in Syria
14/6/13 BEIRUT, (SANA) – Cardinal Mar Bechara al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of Maronite Church, and Patriarch John X Yazigi of Antioch ... Read More
Ambassador: Iranian archives about Armenian Genocide are open for historians
12/6/13 “I think, we should order the historians to study the Iranian archives. That means that they can take all the materials concerning the Genocide ... Read More
Pope to Syrian Christians: you have ‘great task’ of remaining
Noujad (far right) lost her husband to the violence in Syria, and her son is still missing. Credit: Bill Lyons for CRS. Used with permission. ... Read More
We cannot abandon Syrian Christians
Jim Wallace - 31/5/13 Allies of al-Qaeda are purging the areas they control of "infidels". Why is the West ignoring this tragedy? The hardest test ... Read More
ON SYRIA, JIHAD, AND KIDNAPPED METROPOLITAN PAUL. AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ORTHODOX PRIEST FROM SYRIA
Deacon Giorgi Maximov Translation by OrthoChristian.com 28/5/13 OrthoChristian.com offers this brief conversation with an Orthodox Syrian, Hieromonk N. from the Antiochian Patriarchate, dedicated to the ... Read More