From the Melkite Greek Patriarchate in Damascus: A list of churches and monasteries and shrines damaged in the Syrian crisis, as at 22-11-13

This list has been assembled by the Patriarchate after exhaustive research and accompanies Patriarch Gregorios’ plea (see the following post): “Why attack places of worship?”

To this list, His Beatitude adds this question: “Must all churches, mosques, homes and villages be destroyed in order to end the war on Syria?!”

A list of churches and monasteries and shrines damaged in the Syrian crisis 22-11-13
Number	Church or shrine	Denomination	Governorate / Region	Place
1	Patriarchate	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Bab Sharqi
2	St Vincent de Paul’s Church	Roman Catholic	Damascus and district	Bab Touma
3	St Paul’s Cathedral	Syriac Catholic	Damascus and district	Bab Sharqi
4	St Cyril’s Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Qassa’a
5	Holy Cross Church	Greek Orthodox	Damascus and district	Qassa’a
6	Cathedral	Armenian Orthodox	Damascus and district	Bab Sharqi
7	Prophet Elias’ Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Zabadani
8	Church of Our Lady of Peace	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Harasta
9	Prophet Elias’ Church	Greek Orthodox	Damascus and district	Harasta
10	Sts Peter and Paul’s Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Daraya
11	Church	Greek Orthodox	Damascus and district	Daraya
12	Monastery of Sts Sergius and Bacchus	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
13	St George’s Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
14	St Leontius’ Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
15	St Elias’ Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
16	Sts Cosmas and Damian’s Church	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
17	Saint Thomas’ Shrine	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
18	St Saba’s	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
19	Shrine of the Holy Cherubim	Greek Catholic	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
20	St. Barbara’s Shrine	Greek Orthodox	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
21	Shrine of Mar Elias	Greek Orthodox	Damascus and district	Ma’alula
22	Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation	Greek Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Al-Hasakah
23	Church of the Martyrs	Armenian Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Ar-Raqqa
24	Christian Education Centre	Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Ar-Raqqa
25	Family fraternity (care centre for the disabled )	Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Deir al-Zur
26	Sts Sergius and Bacchus’ Church	Greek Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Al-Tabaqah
27	St Gregory the Illuminator’s Church	Armenian Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Al-Hasakah
28	Church and Monastery of the Capuchin Fathers	Roman Catholic	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Deir al-Zur
29	Church of Our Lady	Syriac Orthodox	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Deir al-Zur
30	New Church of Tabaka	Interdenominational	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Madinat al-Thawra
31	Holy Cross Church	Armenian Orthodox	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Tell Abiad
32	Church of Our Lady	Syriac Orthodox	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Qamishly
33	St Thomas’ Church	Syriac Orthodox	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Hasaka – Ras al-Ain
34	Our Lady’s Church	Armenian Orthodox	Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Deir al-Zur	Nasra (al-Hasakah)
Number	Church or shrine	Denomination	Governorate/ Region	Place
35	Church of Sts Constantine and Helena	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Yabrud
36	Church of Our Lady	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Yabrud
37	Church and monastery of al-Husn	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Christian Valley
38	St Joseph’s Church	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Jwar Al-‘Afs
39	Church of St John Chrysostom	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Hawash
40	Church of Our Lady’s Girdle	Syriac Orthodox	Homs and districts	Homs city
41	St Michael’s Church and Cemetery	Greek Orthodox	Homs and districts	Homs
42	St George’s Church	Syriac Orthodox	Homs and districts	Sadad
43	St Michael’s Church	Syriac Orthodox	Homs and districts	Sadad
44	St Sergius’ Church	Syriac Orthodox	Homs and districts	Sadad
45	Mar Elias Monastery	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Rablah
46	Mar Elias Church	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Al-Qusayr
47	Monastery of Saint James the Mutilated	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Qara
48	St. Michael’s Church	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Qara
49	Our Lady of Peace Cathedral	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Homs – Bab asiba’
50	Church of the Dormition of Our Lady	Greek Catholic	Homs and districts	Homs – Bab asiba’
51	Monastery of the Jesuit Fathers	Roman Catholic	Homs and districts	Homs city
52	Church of the Forty Martyrs	Greek Orthodox	Homs and districts	Homs city
53	Archbishopric	Greek Catholic	Aleppo	Aleppo
54	Cathedral of the Dormition	Greek Catholic	Aleppo	Aleppo
Number	Church or shrine	Denomination	Eparchy	District
55	Chakra Church	Greek Catholic	Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Arab	Hauran – Chakra
56	Church of the Annunciation	Greek Catholic	Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Arab	Hauran – Namir
57	Sts Peter and Paul’s Church	Greek Catholic	Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Arab	Hauran – Rakham
58	St John of Damascus’ Church	Greek Catholic	Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Arab	Dar’a

Patriarch Gregorios: Why attack places of worship, and especially churches?

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