Tag: Syria

Belgian FM meets with Syrian Orthodox Christians

OCP- June 30, 2013

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

OCP- June 29, 2013

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

OCP- June 29, 2013

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

OCP- June 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 27, 2013

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’

OCP- June 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 26, 2013

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

OCP- June 24, 2013

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

OCP- June 22, 2013

  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

OCP- June 22, 2013

  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

OCP- June 22, 2013

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

OCP- June 22, 2013

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

OCP- June 18, 2013

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

OCP- June 14, 2013

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

OCP- June 12, 2013

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

OCP- June 5, 2013

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

OCP- June 1, 2013

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

OCP- May 28, 2013

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