(AFP) — After fleeing a rebel assault on the historic Syrian town of Maalula, hundreds of Christian families sheltering in Damascus are preparing for a bleak Christmas away from home. The picturesque…
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Middle Eastern Christians wonder, “If they kill us all, would Western Christians do something then?” By Nina Shea During this holy season, Christians turn their thoughts to that first Christmas and…
By Dina al-Shibeeb | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 25 December 2013 The survival of Aramaic, once the Middle East’s lingua franca, is in jeopardy amid regional turmoil. The United Nations Educational, Scientific…
To all our friends and companions in the search for unity and fullness of communion in the Body of Christ, whose incarnation we celebrate, we wish you a Happy and Holy Christmas.…
The Most Revd Dr George Carey has spent the twelve years of his retirement making constant interventions in the press and public debate by turns undermining or stealing the thunder of his…
In spite of the danger, Christian families have sent their children to Church where the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch said a prayer and offered gifts to the children. There follows His Beatitude’s…
Italian craftsmen have won the Palestinian Authority’s tender to repair the 4th-century church and Unesco heritage site, writes Matthew Kalman in Bethlehem, The Guardian, Monday 23 December 2013 Italian craftsmen have begun…
23 December 2013, by Orla Guerin As Coptic Christians in Egypt prepare to celebrate their Christmas on 7 January, they are still waiting for scores of churches destroyed in August to…
Egypt’s Interim President Adli Mansour has promised he would secure churches during the upcoming holidays and during the time of the referendum and elections. Mina Magdi, coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union…