Tag: Syria
Inside Embattled Syria: More Hostility Towards Christians
6/12/2011 Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- While much of the world's attention is ... Read More
Patriarch Hazim: AL Sanctions against Syria Unprecedented, Syrians Independent for Their Livelihood
1/12/2011 Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch and All the East for Greek Orthodox stressed Wednesday that the Arab League (AL) sanctions on Syria will ... Read More
Syria’s Christians Side with Assad Out of Fear
By Bastian Berbner 30/11/2011 Many of Syria's 2.5 million Christians are supporting President Bashar Assad amidst ongoing protests in the country. They prefer a brutal ... Read More
Mor Nicodemos Dawood Consecrated
Syrian Orthodox Church 28/11/2011 MA`ARAT SAYYIDNAYA, DAMASCUS: Rabban Dawood Matti Consecrated as Mor Nicodemos by Holy Father Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas as Archbishop ... Read More
Christian support for the Baathists
By ABDULHAMIT BILICI 27/11/2011 According to classic templates that abound, one would really expect this article to discuss how a Muslim group was supporting an ... Read More
Antioch Patriarch Denies Syria Violence to Bulgarian Delegation
22/11/2011 The Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius IV, has stated that international media lie regarding the situation in Syria, where according to him there is no ... Read More
What’s to become of Mideast Christians?
By Henry Srebrnik 22/11/2011 The Arab awaking has been, at best, a mixed blessing for the Middle East’s Christian Arab minorities. The uprisings in Libya ... Read More
Regime-change calls stir Syrian Christians’ unease
Gerald Butt 18/11/2011 THE minority Christian community in Syria is feeling increasingly uncomfortable and nervous as the country becomes squeezed more and more by Arab ... Read More
Church groups condemn US-NATO Plot against Syria
Global Research 18/11/2011 The National Progressive Front on Wednesday condemned the Arab League resolution to suspend Syria participation in its meetings, describing the move as ... Read More
Archbishop Hanna: Arab League Should Correct Its Mistake against Syria
17/11/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALM, (SANA)- Archbishop of the Sebaste Roman Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, stressed the sinister conspiracy hatched against Syria targets its principled and supportive ... Read More
The Patriarch: not a Politician, but a Peacemaker
Milena Faustova 15/11/2011 From November 12 to 15, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visited Syria and Lebanon. At present, these two ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Lebanon
Beirut, November 14, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived in Lebanon from Syria. During his visit to the Antiochian Orthodox ... Read More
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad
14.11.2011 On 13 November 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad at the Presidential ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill links religious extremism to poor knowledge of religion
Damascus, November 14, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin have reached an agreement to meet in ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill serves liturgy in Damascus
13/11/2011 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antiochand All the East have conducted a liturgy at the Assumption Cathedral ... Read More
Russian Orthodox patriarch begins Syria peacemaking Bid
13/11/2011 Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill on Saturday started a peacemaking bid to unrest-swept Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and other leaders, ... Read More
Syrian Christian archbishop backs Assad – Newspaper
11/11/2011 (Reuters) - A senior cleric from Syria's Christian minority said "everyone loves" President Bashar al-Assad and that he was still the best man to ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill to visit Syria, Lebanon
Moscow, November 11, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is expected to visit Syria and Lebanon from November 12-15, Moscow Patriarchate spokesman ... Read More
For Lebanon’s Christians, the fear is what might come next
Lebanese security stand gurad as people gather outside the Syrian embassy to show their support for President Bashar al-Assad in Beirut on Oct. 30, 2011. ... Read More
Patriarch Hazim rejects foreign calls for protecting Christians in Syria
Mazen 7/11/2011 DAMASCUS, (SANA)-Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for Greek Orthodox Ignatius IV Hazim said that the foreign sides which claim that Christians ... Read More
Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the whole East Calls for Ending Conspiracy, Congratulates Muslims on Eid al-Adha
R. Milhem 6/11/2011 DAMASCUS, (SANA) - Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the whole East on Sunday expressed hope that the voices of good in the ... Read More