By Sean Savage/JNS.org, June 19, 2014 For most Westerners, Iraq is a foreboding and dangerous place that is filled with extremists and daily violence. Yet as little as 75 years ago Iraq…
Thursday, June 19th, 2014 | Posted by WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt faces what could be an insurgency abduction campaign in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said Al Qaida-aligned insurgency militias have been kidnapping Christians…
Fleeing Christians find shelter in St. Matthew’s Monastery in northern Iraq, a place of refuge since the fourth century June 17, 2014, by Jane Arraf @janearraf Perched on the side of a…
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have fled, prompting fears of a brewing humanitarian crisis. Most shops in Bartilla are closed. Their owners have either left or don’t bother opening. Business is down;…
Kyiv Greek Catholic archbishop tells “Orthodox brothers” not to believe propaganda, look at the truth by Marta Allevato, 19 June 2014 Through AsiaNews, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk makes an appeal for reconciliation, following…
Contrary to the case presented in this promotional material, there was no such thing as “Orthodoxy”, in the modern sense employed, in the islands of Britain and Ireland prior to 1054. This is…
No comment is necessary. 18 June 2014 – Pravmir To His Excellency Bashar Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic Your Excellency, Dear Mr. President: Kindly accept my heartfelt congratulations on your…
18 June 2014, 15:22 Following the address of Patriarch Kirill on events in Ukraine, UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate (not recgignised as canonical by the Russian Orthodox Church or those in communion with it) Primate…
To His Holiness, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Your Holiness: Grace and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ. Remembering with pleasure our meeting in Washington some years ago, I…
Posted 2014-06-18 22:23 GMT, (AINA) Sources in Tikrit and Mosul have told AINA that ISIS has cut off water and electricity to some parts of the cities. The villages surrounding Mosul have…