Tag: Syriac Catholic
President General Michel Aoun & Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II discuss – ‘the Abducted Archbishops of Aleppo’
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 22/1/17 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met His Excellency the President of Lebanon General Michel Aoun at the Presidential ... Read More
Chaldean Patriarch: State Secularism and Religious Freedom Answer to Fundamentalist Barbarism
By Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako - 1/5/15 Baghdad -- Chaldean Patriarch Mar Louis Raphael I Sako has just returned home from Beirut (Lebanon), where ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Meets Syriac Catholic and Chaldean Catholic Primates
27/4/15 Lebanon: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met with their Beatitudes Syriac Catholic Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan and Chaldean Patriarch ... Read More
Does the West Ignore Iraqi Christians Because They Lack Economic Stake?
Assyrian refugee in Ankawa, Iraq. By John Newton http://www.catholicworldreport.com - 15/12/14 Beirut -- The leader of the Syriac Catholic Church has lashed out at Western governments, ... Read More
ISIS Desecrates Ancient Assyrian Monastery in Iraq
St. Behnam Monastery http://www.fides.org - October 2014 Militiamen from the self-proclaimed 'Islamic Caliphate' have removed the crosses and burned ancient manuscripts in the historic Monastery of ... Read More
ISIS, Kurds Clash Near Assyrian Town: 2000 Assyrian Families Driven From Mosul
23/7/14 (AINA) -- ISIS and Kurdish forces clashed yesterday at about 10 PM on the outskirts of Tel Kepe, an Assyrian town 13 miles north ... Read More
Outrage over Syrian rebels assaulting catholic monastery, killing hermit
Syrian Turkmen rebels.(AFP Photo / Jm Lopez) 27/6/13 A revered Syrian monk and hermit, Father Franҫois Mourad, has been killed during an assault of the ... Read More
Minority sects demand greater representation in Parliament
Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star 15/2/13 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s minority Christian sects demanded greater representation in Parliament Thursday and called on lawmakers to add two more ... Read More