First, there follows an editorial from the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), entitled “99 Years of Turkish Genocide”. In the title of this post, we changed this to make it clear that…
Tag: civil society
Monday, April 21, 2014, By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News BAGHDAD, IRAQ (Worthy News) – Gangs in Baghdad are seizing homes left vacant by Christian families who have been forced to flee from sectarian…
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…
April 19, 2014 For the first time since 1922, the Greek Orthodox Church of Agia Fotini was granted the permission to hold its Good Friday Epitaphio Service outside on a public street…
by MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, 04/19/2014 FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus (AP) — An unexpected moment during the Good Friday service in a long-abandoned church in Cyprus’ breakaway north illustrated how religion is helping to bring together…
By Ron Prosor, Wall Street Journal Posted 2014-04-18 This week, as Jews celebrate the Passover holiday, they are commemorating the Bible’s Exodus story describing a series of plagues inflicted on ancient Egypt…
By Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News Posted 2014-04-18 Young Christian women are facing a greater risk of being kidnapped by extremists, tortured, and even forced to convert to Islam since the Arab Spring…
Once again we approach Holy Thursday, when, on the way to His crucifixion and opening the doors to resurrection, our Divine Saviour established the Holy Mystery of the Priesthood. In relation to…
Damascus Old City: 60 children injured by shell-fire from criminal armed bands Palm Sunday, 13 April 2014 The Church of Damascus celebrated in joy and hope Jesus Christ’s victory, this Palm Sunday,…
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…