Tag: Syria
Fate of Orthodox Bishops Seized in Syria Still Unclear
25/4/13 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The fate of two Syrian Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria earlier this week remained unclear on Wednesday, with ... Read More
Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Peter Kenny - 23/4/13 The Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches have expressed concern about the safety ... Read More
Protesters mark Armenian Genocide, demand compensation
Stephen Dockery The Daily Star 24/4/13 BEIRUT: Thousands marched through Beirut Wednesday to call on Turkey to recognize the genocide that involved the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians ... Read More
Christian Armenians voice deep affiliation to Syria
Xinhua - 24/4/13 While marking the 98th anniversary of the Armenians' Martyrs Day, Scores of Christian Armenians participated in the prayers ceremony that was held ... Read More
Kidnap of Syrian bishops sparks global concern
23/4/13 DAMASCUS — The kidnapping of two Syrian bishops, reportedly by Chechen fighters, sparked international concern on Tuesday, as rebels battled regime and Hezbollah forces in ... Read More
Awqaf Ministry Condemns Abduction of Bishops in Aleppo
23/4/13 DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) condemned the terrorists' abduction of Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Iskenderun, Bishop Paul Yazigi, and the Syriac ... Read More
Early Reports of Bishops Release Premature
23/4/13 The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch has made the following statement on Facebook: "Beloved, do not pass around news here and there that play ... Read More
Syrian bishops in hands of ‘Chechens’: church sources
Agence France-Presse - 23/4/13 The kidnappers of two Orthodox bishops seized in northern Syria are Chechen fighters, sources in the Syriac and Greek Orthodox dioceses ... Read More
Govt calls for release of Syrian Orthodox archbishops
The Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi 23/4/13 Concern after the kidnapping of Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox archbishops of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi and ... Read More
Syria: Old Franciscan church destroyed
20/4/13 A violent explosion destroyed the church and convent of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars in Deir Ezzor, in Mesopotamia on 15 April, Fides reports. Fr ... Read More
Syria’s Christian refugees seeking European future
18/4/13 Christian refugees from Syria have not been in Lebanon for very long. Or at least, you don’t hear much from them, as many are ... Read More
Syria’s Christian Minority Lives in Fear of Kidnapping and Street Battles
The bell tower of a church in Ras al Ayn, which was used as a base for snipers. (Danny Gold) The mural on the ... Read More
Prelate says Syrian Christians face terrible choice: ‘die or leave’
15/4/13 Archbishop Samir Nassar, the Maronite Catholic archbishop of Damascus, has told the Fides news agency that Syria’s Christians “must choose between two bitter chalices: ... Read More
Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds
13/4/13 Turkey is building two camps along its far southeastern border with Syria to house a growing number of refugees from Syrian minority groups, mainly ... Read More
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In Syria, some 300,000 Christian refugees also fleeing from UN camps
04/04/2013 In Syria, Christians are neutral and do not want to be used for photo ops. The United Nations, however, automatically registers them as members ... Read More
Syria’s Christian Community Under Attack
30/3/13 Beirut -- The plight of Syria's Christian community has returned to the fore once again this week after opposition forces claimed that the Assad ... Read More
Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques – Christian Bishop
Metropolitan Luka Damages are seen inside a church in the city of Homs.(Reuters / Yazan Homsy) An interior view of a damaged church in the ... Read More
Remaining Syrian Christians fear chaos
Zeina Khodr - 26/3/13 In town of Yacoubiyah, from which many of the community have fled, the main fear is lack of authority on the ... Read More
Syrian War Especially Hard on Christians, Priest Notes
CARL BUNDERSON/EWTN NEWS 03/22/2013 DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian civil war, which has now begun its third year, has “totally destroyed” a quarter of the country ... Read More
Continued violence in Syria will lead to humanitarian catastrophe – Russian Patriarch Kirill
15/3/13 Russian Patriarch Kirill has warned that continued violence in Syria will create a humanitarian catastrophe, cost countless lives and leave the country in ruins. ... Read More
Orthodox Church in Syria provides aid to conflict victims
13/3/13 The Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development (DERD) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East has delivered around 75,000 humanitarian ... Read More