Tag: Syrian Christian

ANALYST: PROTECTION OF SYRIAN CHRISTIANS RAISES PUTIN’S RATINGS IN EUROPE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 30, 2017

Pravoslavie.ru - 30/3/17 President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings in Italy and in other Western European countries have grown lately, which likely reflects Europeans’ reactions to ... Read More

A Syrian Christian Reflects on Four Years of Conflict, Deprivation and Suffering

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 19, 2015

http://www.crossmap.com - 19/3/15 A letter from a Barnabas partner living in Aleppo, Syria, describes the plight of Syrians and especially Syrian Christians during the current conflict ... Read More

Turkey ‘Aided Islamist Fighters’ in Attack on Syrian Christian Town

OCP- April 15, 2014

A severely damaged house in the Armenian Christian town of Kasab (Photo: REUTERS). By Ruth Sherlock The Telegraph - 15/4/14 Turkey facilitated an attack carried out ... Read More

Al-Qaida-linked rebels battle army for control of Syrian Christian town

OCP- October 22, 2013

    Associated Press - 22/10/13 BEIRUT — Syrian government forces battled Tuesday with al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to capture an ancient Christian town north of ... Read More

Russian Church hopes Syrian Christian clerics abducted in April are alive

OCP- October 11, 2013

Moscow, October 10, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate hopes that the abductors of two Syrian Christian leaders in Aleppo will somehow air their demands and ... Read More

Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence

OCP- October 5, 2013

Loveday Morris - 5/10/13 When radical Islamists tore down a cross and hoisted a black flag above a church in the northern Syrian city of ... Read More

Jihadists re-take historic Syrian Christian village as stand-off continues

OCP- September 9, 2013

9/9/13 Islamist Nusra Front forces have re-captured Syria’s oldest Christian community from government troops in a night of fighting. The small village of Maaloula, once ... Read More

Gunmen Kill 11 Near Syrian Christian Villages

OCP- August 22, 2013

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press - August 2013 Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on ... Read More

The Sad Plight of Syrian Christian Migrants – Exclusive

OCP- May 17, 2013

16/5/13 OCP News Service Exclusive Dear all On 16th May 2013, OCP Secretariat received an email from Archbishop Eustathius Matta Roham, Of Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese ... Read More

Muslim clerics in Syria urge release of kidnapped bishops

OCP- April 28, 2013

By Patrick J. McDonnell - 27/4/13 BEIRUT — In a strong message of solidarity, Muslim clerics across Damascus on Friday denounced the kidnapping earlier this ... Read More

Syrian Christian refugees turn to churches for help

OCP- March 28, 2013

James Martone  Catholic News Service 28/3/13 ISTANBUL Churches and monasteries in Turkey are struggling to shelter a rising number of Syrian Christian refugees who are reluctant ... Read More

Beleaguered Syrian Christians Face Growing Threat From Jihadists

OCP- November 9, 2012

8/11/2012 Amid the ongoing Syrian civil war, Syria’s Christian community has come under growing threat as foreign jihadists and Muslim radicals increasingly play a role ... Read More

Christians ’emptied from Middle East’

OCP- October 6, 2012

Syrian Christian abbess, Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix, pictured at St Patricks church in Melbourne during a visit to Australia. Picture: Stuart Mcevoy Source: The ... Read More

Indian Orthodox (Malankara Syrian Christian) Association meet held in Pathanamthitta

OCP- March 8, 2012

  Indian Orthodox Church 7/3/2012 Snaps: The meeting of Malankara Syrian Christian Association was held at the Catholicate College grounds here on Wednesday afternoon. Fr ... Read More

Syrian Christian archbishop backs Assad – Newspaper

OCP- November 11, 2011

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