Tag: Syria
Foreign sponsored bandits pursue power in Syria – Russia Orthodox Church
Moscow, March 11, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate said that foreign forces supporting the Syrian opposition were trying to destroy Christianity in the region. "Unfortunately, ... Read More
Antakya, Turkey | A Biblical city’s smorgasbord
Vedica Kant 9/3/13 On a map of Turkey, the province of Hatay dangles gently from the line of the country’s southern border. Look closely and ... Read More
Syrian Christians Fleeing as Islamists Take Over
8/3/13 Islamic rebels have been taking over Christian villages in Syria and that leaves the Christians facing some tough choices. Recently a Muslim group captured ... Read More
Syria’s Christians Fear Iraq Scenario
8/3/13 Beirut -- Former President Hafez Al-Assad did not rule in the name of minorities, but in the name of the secular Ba'ath party. Contrary ... Read More
Fear of Islamic Extremism Brings Eastern Churches Closer
By: Nasser Chararah for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse 8/3/13 Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi last month ended a four-day visit to Moscow on the invitation of Patriarch of Moscow ... Read More
Situation of religious minorities in Syria becomes even more menacing
Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service 6/3/13 Alarming news coming from different dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Antioch say that ... Read More
Religious divides deepen in Syria
Andreas Gorzewski - 24/2/13 The fronts in the Syrian conflict are increasingly hardening along religious lines. But the prospects for the Christian, Druze and Alawite ... Read More
Between Lebanese and Syrian Christians
16/2/13 "The church, wherever it is, is known not to turn a blind eye to injustice and if it has to, as is the ... Read More
Syrian Christians ‘running out of places to survive’
Michael Carl - 16/2/13 Human-rights activists say the situation for Christians in Syria is growing more intense and that the ever-shrinking Christian population is near the ... Read More
Armenia tries to help as Christian Armenians flee Syria
Diana Markosian, Special for USA TODAY – 14/2/13 An estimated 7,000 of Syria's Christian-Armenian community have arrived in Armenia since the start of the uprising ... Read More
Bashar Assad Meets new Greek Orthodox Leader
Naharnet Newsdesk 12/2/13 President Bashar Assad met on Monday with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Yuhanna X Yazigi, state media reported, a day after the newly-enthroned leader ... Read More
New Greek Orthodox Patriarch enthroned in Syria
Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East The Associated Press - 10/2/13 DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria's Greek Orthodox Church enthroned a new patriarch during ... Read More
Damaging Christian Symbols in Ras Al-Ayn, Syria – Exclusive
Archbishop Eusthathius Matta Roham Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Jezira and Euphrates OCP News Service- OCP Exclusive 7/2/13 Syria: Damaging Christian Symbols in Ras Al-Ayn Seventy-five ... Read More
Christians in Syria Fleeing Country as Crisis Reaches ‘Unprecedented Levels of Horror’
Children carry the body of a friend that was killed by shelling during heavy fighting between the Free Syrian Army and the forces of Syrian ... Read More
The destruction of St. Mary’s Church and Al-Wahda School in Dair Al-Zor, SYRIA – Exclusive
St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church in Dair Al-Zor - SYRIA His Eminence Eustathius Matta Roham Metropolitan of Jazirah & Euphrates Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch ... Read More
Syrian rebels destroy Shi’ite site, loot churches: HRW
Alexander Dziadosz | Reuters - 25/1/13 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels in Syria have burned and looted the religious sites of minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, ... Read More
One ethnic Armenian kidnapped, another taken prisoner in Syria
25/1/13 Reports from Syria say at least two ethnic Armenians have been kidnapped or taken prisoner amid a continuing civil war in this Middle Eastern ... Read More
Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, Confer on Syria
15/1/13 This morning, Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ghandafar Abadi paid a visit to Antelias and briefed Catholicos Aram I about Iran’s conceptualization of how to ... Read More
In Syria: A War Against People & Trees – Exclusive
Archbishop Eustathius Matta Roham Archbishop of Jezira and the Euphrates Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch OCP News Service 16/01/2013 SYRIA/GLOBAl: The OCP Secretariat received another ... Read More
Syria At Threshold Of Religious War
By Konstantin Garibov and Alexey Lyakhov - 12/1/13 A report recently published by international Christian human rights organization “Open Doors” says that at present, Syria ... Read More
Anti-Christian violence in Syria can trigger mass exodus – report
10/1/2013 Syria’s ongoing turmoil has turned the country into a dangerous place for Christians, an international missionary organization Open Doors says. According to its World ... Read More