The references to martyrdom are in part diplomatic. They are to the mass persecution of ethnic and racial minorities in the dying years of the Ottoman Empire, of whom by far the…
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Vatican City, May 06, 2014 (Zenit.org) His Holiness Karekin II, head of the of the Catholicate of Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will visit Rome from 7 to 9 May to…
Antelias – 03 May 2014. On Sunday His Holiness Aram I will leave for Bahrain where he is invited to be the keynote speaker at the conference on “Dialogue of Civilizations” initiated…
Turkey’s Armenian Christians living near Syrian border are deeply fearful Stephen Starr, Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 01:00 In the hills overlooking the Mediterranean sea’s most easterly shoreline, a group of elderly men sit…
Antelias – 29 March 2014. On Saturday morning, Cardinal Kurt Koch, accompanied by his staff from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Gabriele Giordano Caccia, visited…
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The Armenian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Aleppo was hit by a missle while the faithful were attending mass. The attack damaged the dome and broke…
Michel Constantin – CNEWA’s regional director for Lebanon, Syria and Egypt On Friday 21 March 2014, fighters from the Islamic Front and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front launched a surprise attack from…
Beirut (Agenzia Fides ) – “There are more than three hundred Armenian families who have fled from Kessab. They have now found shelter in the Armenian Orthodox parish in the city of…
KESSAB, Syria (A.W.)—The predominantly Armenian-populated town of Kessab has been emptied after rebels associated with Al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra Front, Sham al-Islam and Ansar al-Sham attacked the region in a bid to control strategic…
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Introduction When it comes to news reports on Christians in Syria, the general focus is on the concerns Christian civilians have about their future, if any, in the…