Mar Behnam (St. Behnam) Syriac Catholic monastery inthe Ancient Assyrian town of Nimrod is now occupied by ISIS. Assyrian International News Agency, 2014-07-29 (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10,…
France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat, BBC 28 July 2014 The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in…
Paul Goble July 30, 2014 With Moscow’s Patriarch Kirill prevented from entering Ukraine, celebrations to mark the Baptism of Kievan Rus’ on 28 July, kept as the founding day of all East…
During the Liturgy on July 13 in Uzhgorod, the Archbishop of Mukachevo and Uzhgorod in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Fedor (Mamasuyev), officially awarded the dean of Uzhgorod Cathedral, Archpriest Dmitri…
Romsin McQuade, 30 Jul 2014 Tim Stanley writes: The religious persecution in Iraq has seen one of the most vibrant Middle East Christian communities almost wiped out – forced to convert, driven…
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, The Catholic Herald France has offered asylum to the Iraqi Christians forced to flee from Mosul. The BBC reports this, and so does…
07/30/2014, Gianni Valente, Rome The Israeli military offensive has reignited conflicts within the Jerusalem Patriarchate which has organized a Catholic-Orthodox theological summit on supremacy to be held in Amman this coming September…
30 July 2014 Dindigul/Tamil Nadu/India: It was a golden moment in the history of the Indian Malankara Orthodox church as well as churches with the Apostolic Succession of MAR JULIUS I (Arch…
His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, called the major countries and the international community to investigate the crimes against humanity that are committed…
28/07/2014, RIA Novosti 28th of July is celebrated in Russia as the Day of Baptism of ancient Rus (the proto-state of Eastern Slavs with the capital in Kiev). Although the original event…