Tag: Syrian Christians

Pope to Syrian Christians: you have ‘great task’ of remaining

OCP- June 5, 2013

Noujad (far right) lost her husband to the violence in Syria, and her son is still missing. Credit: Bill Lyons for CRS. Used with permission. ... Read More

We cannot abandon Syrian Christians

OCP- June 1, 2013

Jim Wallace - 31/5/13 Allies of al-Qaeda are purging the areas they control of "infidels". Why is the West ignoring this tragedy? The hardest test ... Read More

Arab Knights aid Syrian Christians

OCP- May 24, 2013

Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register 24/5/13 TORONTO - Three years ago, Rami Kaai took his family from Toronto to visit relatives in his Syrian birthplace ... Read More

Syrian Christians challenge believers to pray, fast May 11

OCP- April 27, 2013

From New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung staff 27/4/13 On May 11, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Evangelical churches across Syria will unite in one heart to pray and ... Read More

Syria’s Christian refugees seeking European future

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 Christian refugees from Syria have not been in Lebanon for very long. Or at least, you don’t hear much from them, as many are ... Read More

Prelate says Syrian Christians face terrible choice: ‘die or leave’

OCP- April 15, 2013

15/4/13 Archbishop Samir Nassar, the Maronite Catholic archbishop of Damascus, has told the Fides news agency that Syria’s Christians “must choose between two bitter chalices: ... Read More

Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds

OCP- April 13, 2013

13/4/13 Turkey is building two camps along its far southeastern border with Syria to house a growing number of refugees from Syrian minority groups, mainly ... Read More

Syrian Christians for Assad

OCP- March 29, 2013

29/3/13 Metropolitan Ishak, who is an aide of the head of the Syrian Christian Church Patriarch John X, has given an interview to the Voice ... Read More

Remaining Syrian Christians fear chaos

OCP- March 26, 2013

Zeina Khodr - 26/3/13 In town of Yacoubiyah, from which  many of the community have fled, the main fear is lack of authority on the ... Read More

Open Doors Impacting Dislocated Syrian Christians

OCP- March 23, 2013

23/3/13 Emily Fuentes, Communications & Public Relations Coordinator, Open Doors USA, 949-413-6721, emilyf@odusa.org  SANTA ANA, Calif., March 21, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- In the midst of the horrible ... Read More

Syrian Christians Fleeing as Islamists Take Over

OCP- March 8, 2013

8/3/13 Islamic rebels have been taking over Christian villages in Syria and that leaves the Christians facing some tough choices. Recently a Muslim group captured ... Read More

Between Lebanese and Syrian Christians

OCP- February 16, 2013

  16/2/13 "The church, wherever it is, is known not to turn a blind eye to injustice and if it has to, as is the ... Read More

Syrian Christians ‘running out of places to survive’

OCP- February 16, 2013

Michael Carl - 16/2/13 Human-rights activists say the situation for Christians in Syria is growing  more intense and that the ever-shrinking Christian population is near the  ... Read More

Syrian Christians ‘pray for peace’

OCP- December 25, 2012

25/12/12 AFP - In the heart of Damascus, more than 1,000 people attended Christmas mass on Monday, praying for peace to return to Syria, after ... Read More

Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad

OCP- December 24, 2012

BARBARA SURK, Associated Press - 24/12/12 BEIRUT  (AP) — With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to  flee their hometown of Aleppo, ... Read More

Syria Civil War: Syrian Christians Could Suffer if Assad Falls

OCP- December 21, 2012

James Street - 21/12/12 Now even the warmongering Right in America seems to be getting the picture.  In an article on the militant Media Research Center's "CNSNews" ... Read More

Syrian Christians in valley besieged by Islamic militia

OCP- December 14, 2012

13/12/12 About 150,000 Christians are living in fear in western Syria, in a valley that has been subjected to steady artillery fire by Islamic rebels, ... Read More

Germany to offer Syrian Christians asylum

OCP- November 15, 2012

15/11/2012 'It's an act of humanity. I think that we have to be prepared to do so' (THELOCAL.DE) — German politicians from Angela Merkel’s governing Christian ... Read More

Suffering of Syrian Christians at the hands of rebel groups in Syria

OCP- November 11, 2012

BEATRIZ SCHIAVA 12/11/2012 Thursday, November 8. Agenzia Fidesinformed today that the Catholic Church is trying to rescue ten Christians who were abducted by an armed group ... 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

Syrian Christians Fear Violent Backlash From Uprising

OCP- October 12, 2012

Dominic Evans 12/102/2012 Sept 12 (Reuters) - In a walled churchyard in the old city of Damascus, a small group of Syrians debate whether the ... Read More