Tag: Syria
Nativity & New Year Greetings from OCP Chairman (2016-2017)
The Executive Council – December 2016/January 2017 – OCP News Service Dear All Nativity and New year Greetings from Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE. Christ is Born, ... Read More
Terrorists Reportedly Shell Christian District in Syria’s Damascus at Christmas
Sputniknews - 26/12/17 Christian district al-Qassa’a in the Syrian capital city of Damascus was subject to terrorist attack with three mortar shells Sunday, media reported ... Read More
WAVE OF DESTRUCTION HITS CHRISTIAN STATUES IN GERMANY
Photo: http://www.christiantoday.com/ Pravoslavie.ru - 22/12/16 “Not a day goes by” without Christian statues being defaced or destroyed in the small German town of Dülmen and its ... Read More
Explosion Hits Christian District of Aleppo During Liberation Festivities
© AFP 2016/ GEORGE OURFALIAN Sputniknews - 21/12/16 Explosion hits Syrian city during liberation festivities, according to Ria Novosti corespondent. A blast rocked the predominantly ... Read More
RT: Explosion disrupts Christmas celebrations in Aleppo
RT.Com - 21/12/16 A well-attended Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in the Syrian city of Aleppo was rocked by an explosion meters away from the gathered crowd. ... Read More
“Love Unites Us” Concert – Damascus
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 17/12/16 Under the theme of “Love Unites Us”, St. Aphrem Patriarchal Choir, in the collaboration with UNDP, organized a concert at ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill, Hollande Discussed Conflicts in Ukraine, Syria
© Sputnik/ Irina Kalashnikova Sputniknews - 6/12/16 According to reports, Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill on Monday had a productive discussion on a number ... Read More
‘Western laws now clash with moral nature of man’ – Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (RT EXCLUSIVE)
RT.Com- 22/11/16 In an exclusive interview with RT, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, shared his ideas on the difficult situations of ... Read More
Holy Qurobo at Mor Yuhanon Church – Sao Paolo
Syriac Orthoodx Patriarchate - 6/11/16 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated the Holy Qurobo at Mor Yuhanon Church in Sao Paolo. Their Eminences ... Read More
The Life of Saint Luke
Church of Serbia - 1/11/16 Saint Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile in Antioch, Syria. He was a physician and it is believed ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II & the Syriac Orthodox Delegation Meets President of Brazil
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 28/10/16 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met His Excellency the President of Brazil Mr. Michel Temer at the Presidential ... Read More
Bishops Abducted in Syria in 2013 Alive, Currently in Raqqa
© REUTERS/ Rodi Said Sputniknews - 28/10/16 According to preliminary data, Syrian bishops abducted in the vicinity of the country's northern city of Aleppo in ... Read More
RUSSIAN PATRIARCH SAYS WAR ON TERRORISM IS ‘HOLY WAR FOR ALL’
TASS - 19/10/2016 Warfare on terrorism is a holy war which should be a common cause for all countries, not only Russia, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ... Read More
Assyrian Organizations Submit Report on Syria to UN
AINA- 5/10/16 (AINA) -- A joint report by the Assyrian Universal Alliance, the Assyrian Human Rights Network and the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) has been ... Read More
General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches Visits Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - September 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received Rev. Fr. Heikki Theodoros Huttunen, General Secretary of the Conference of ... Read More
High-Level UK Delegation Visits Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate- September 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received a delegation from the United Kingdom, at the Patriarchate in Bab ... Read More
NO RUNNING WATER FOR TWO MILLION SYRIANS IN WAR-RAVAGED ALEPPO
The civil war ravaging Syria has left two million people in the city of Aleppo without running water. IOCC with its Syria partner, DERD, the ... Read More
SYRIAN FAMILIES DISPLACED IN HASAKEH
IOCC- August- September 2016 It was only a year ago that Syrian families living in besieged villages near the city of Hasakeh sought refuge there ... Read More
Assyrian Soldier Killed By ISIS Buried in Syria
Basil "Akkad" Talya with his wife. The day that Mariam Talya was released from the Islamic State's hands. https://philosproject.org - August 2016 Today, yet another young ... Read More
President of Poland met the Patriarch of Antioch: Discussions on the situation of the Christians of the Middle East
Iulian Dumitrascu - Basilica News Agency - August 2016 Wednesday, 17 August 2016, His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President of the Polish Republic met His Beatitude John, ... Read More
Tragedy continues for Christians in Aleppo: You can help them
A young girl in Syria, who needed to fill containers with water, sat and cried as they were too heavy for her to carry home. ... Read More