On 8 May 2014, an historic conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland, where seven senior religious and secular leaders from Syria’s largest Christian churches spoke in a unified voice on the situation in their…
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On 30 May 2014 at the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, London, Dr Sotiris Roussos, director of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Department of Political Studies…
Pascha 20 April 2014, Damascus (issued 25 April 2014) The relics of St Thekla have disappeared After the liberation of Ma’alula from occupation by terrorist groups on Monday, 14 April 2014, Melkite Greek Catholic…
By Catholic News Service on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham and Orthodox Patriarch John X visit the ancient Christian town of Maaloula, Syria, on Easter Sunday (CNS)…
04/22/2014, by Fady Noun The patriarch visited the village of Ma’aloula after the army took it back from the Islamist al-Nusra Front. “”An apocalyptic spectacle presented itself,” he said. The West is…
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) – After the reconquest of the Christian village of Maalula – 55 km northeast of Damascus – by the Syrian government army, the images and descriptions released by government…
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Syrian army loyal to President Assad have retaken control of the town of Maalula, 50 kilometers from Damascus. The news comes from Syrian security sources, according to…
As the Syrian civil war drags on, one issue that has been neglected is the status of the remaining Christians within the country. Media reports have generally focused on the concerns Christian…
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, with great sadness, announces the passing unto life eternal of His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Philip (Saliba), Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan…
by Gabriel S. Sanchez, 14 March 2014 Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, raised eyebrows within and beyond the Catholic world for what the Sovereign Pontiff had to say on things economic.…