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…
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By Peter Oborne, Maaloula 10:18PM BST, 15 Apr 2014 It has stood for centuries above the ancient settlement at Maaloula, one of a handful of villages in the mountains northeast of Damascus…
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…
By Augin Kurt Haninke, 2014-03-27 Stockholm (AINA) — On the same day I received the news that Patriarch Zakka had passed away in a hospital in Germany (AINA 2014-03-21), I was invited…
DAMASCUS (AP) — The patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, who led one of the world’s oldest Christian sects, was buried in a village near Damascus on Friday after an elaborate memorial…
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…
Posted 2014-03-21, Assyrian International News Agency Germany (AINA) — His Holiness Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of the Assyrian Orthodox Church, died Friday morning from a heart attack in a hospital in…
Israeli Christian Lobby Posted 2014-03-20 On March 17th, a coalition, representing a large array of different Israeli Christian Sects, sent a letter to the Head of the EU Delegation to Israel, Mr.…
by Paul Dakiki The release took place around midnight, hours after the news first broke. The Lebanese and Qatari security chiefs Abbas Ibrahim and Ghanim al- Kubaisi were key mediators. The nuns…