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