Tag: middle east
Islamists force 50,000 Christians to flee from Syrian city of Homs
Damascus: April 16, 2012. (PCP) The Syrian Orthodox Church, which represents over half of Syrian Christians, issued a statement saying revolutionary fighters had expelled some ... Read More
One Armenian’s Fateful Escape from the Titanic
Krekprian rarely spoke about his experience on the Titanic Armenian Titanic survivor Neshan Krekorian (seated left) with his wife, Persape (seated right), daughter Angie (center), ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I CONDEMNS THE BREACH OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF GREEK ORTHODOX BY THE ILLEGAL REGIME OF THE TURKISH OCCUPIED CYPRUS
12/4/2012 On April 11 2012, His Holiness Aram I received a letter from the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, informing ... Read More
After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations
By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to ... Read More
Coptic church denies lifting ban
By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians ... Read More
Obama-backed Syrian Rebels “Ethnic Cleansing” Christians
ALEX NEWMAN 2/4/2012 Armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria supported by the Obama administration and Western governments seeking to oust “President” Bashir al-Assad are engaged ... Read More
Orthodox Primates Stress Need for Peace and Stability in Middle East
30/3/2012 On the invitation of His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II, and in the framework of the pastoral care of the Senior Patriarchates of ... Read More
The Plight Of Egypt’s Coptic Christians
29/3/2012 A Question Of Faith – Religion In The Modern World is a weekly column by Wolff Bachner about the quest for religious identity and ... Read More
America and the plight of Christians in the Middle East: mistake or evil intention?
Babich Dmitry 28/3/2012 What has happened to the religious freedoms in the Middle East 10 years after US president George W. Read More
90% of Christians Driven Out of Homs, Syria
26/3/2012 Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Assyrian International News Agency President Obama condemned the Syrian government for trying to protect Alawites, Christians, the role ... Read More