Tag: Syria
Syrian Christians fear Islamist rule if Assad goes
15/5/2012 Damascus: Christians living in conflict-torn Syria are afraid their community would fall victim of religious extremism if President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapses and Islamists ... Read More
A Statement issued by their Holinesses and Beatitudes the Patriarchs of Syria
11/5/2012 We, Ignatius Hazim IV Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox, Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas Patriarch of Antioch and ... Read More
Geagea: Christians must spearhead change
By Nicholas Blanford The Daily Star 11/5/2012 MAARAB, Lebanon: The Christians of the Middle East should not view with trepidation the turmoil engulfing the region ... Read More
Clerics from all over the world come to say goodbye to bishop
Sussex Courier 4/5/2012 CHURCH leaders from across the world– including Syria – gathered in Uckfield to mark the retirement of the Bishop of Chichester. The ... Read More
Archbishop Hanna: Syria Will Be Victorious against Conspiracy
17/4/2012 R. Raslan/ Ghossoun DAMASCUS, (SANA) – The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Atallah Hanna, Stressed that Syria will achieve victory thanks to the awareness ... Read More
Islamists force 50,000 Christians to flee from Syrian city of Homs
Damascus: April 16, 2012. (PCP) The Syrian Orthodox Church, which represents over half of Syrian Christians, issued a statement saying revolutionary fighters had expelled some ... Read More
Syria’s Christians caught in the middle
7/4/2012 As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both ... Read More
After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations
By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to ... Read More
Requiem for Repose of Souls of Syrian martyrs Held in Brazil
R. Raslan/ Ghossoun 5/4/2012 SAO PAULO, (SANA) – Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in Brazil, His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop, Damaskinos Mansour, held a requiem for ... Read More
Why we all should defend Christianity in the Middle East?
By Dr Amer Al Sabaileh 3/4/2012 Although not a Christian myself, I feel that no one can doubt the important role of the “Christians of ... Read More
Obama-backed Syrian Rebels “Ethnic Cleansing” Christians
ALEX NEWMAN 2/4/2012 Armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria supported by the Obama administration and Western governments seeking to oust “President” Bashir al-Assad are engaged ... Read More
Land Day Anniversary in Syria
(Dp-news - Sana) 1/4/2012 Syria - With the participation of crowds of Syrians in addition to representatives of Syrian, Palestinian, Arab and international sides, the ... Read More
Orthodox Primates Stress Need for Peace and Stability in Middle East
30/3/2012 On the invitation of His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II, and in the framework of the pastoral care of the Senior Patriarchates of ... Read More
America and the plight of Christians in the Middle East: mistake or evil intention?
Babich Dmitry 28/3/2012 What has happened to the religious freedoms in the Middle East 10 years after US president George W. Bush embarked on his ... Read More
Syria uprising lays siege to leading religious figures
By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star 28/3/2012 BEIRUT: The yearlong crisis in Syria which has deepened divisions among Lebanon’s rival political leaders is now spreading ... Read More
90% of Christians Driven Out of Homs, Syria
26/3/2012 Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Assyrian International News Agency President Obama condemned the Syrian government for trying to protect Alawites, Christians, the role ... Read More
Syria: Church protests over ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Christians from Homs
21/3/2012 While the Syrian opposition forces have been guilty of violence, abuse and torture - as stated in a report released yesterday by the NGO ... Read More
Maronite patriarch’s interview on Syria stirs new criticism
The Daily Star 10/3/2012 BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai’s recent remarks on the ongoing developments in Syria and the challenges facing Christians in the region ... Read More
Martyrs of Terrorist Blasts Escorted to Final Resting Place
19/3/2012 DAMASCUS, (SANA) - In a solemn official and popular procession, the martyrs of the two terrorist blasts which occurred in Damascus on Saturday were ... Read More
Bombings kill 30 in Syria as Christian districts targeted
MICHAEL JANSEN 19/3/2012 A CAR bomber yesterday targeted a security headquarters in a Christian district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing three and ... Read More
Syrian Bishop Fears Mass Exodus of Christians
Luiza Oleszczuk Christian Post Reporter 16/3/2012 Will Christians in Syria – which has thus far been a relatively safe haven for religious minorities amid recent ... Read More