Tag: civil society

Christian School Shelled in Syria – 55 Children injured or dead

We have just received a report from the Maronite Archbishop Samir in Damascus of further tragedy. A shell fell in a school yard on Monday, leaving 55 children badly injured or dead. Our contacts…

Message By His All-Holiness to the Devout Ukrainian People on the occasion of the Triumphal Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into the Holy City of Jerusalem | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Your Excellencies, the political and ecclesiastical leaders of the Orthodox people of Ukraine; Beloved and precious Orthodox Ukrainian faithful: Слава Ісусу Христу! The Holy Mother and Great Church of Christ of Constantinople…

Seizure of Syrian Town Recalls Century-Old Turkish-Armenian Dispute

By Dorian Jones, AINA 2014-04-10 ISTANBUL (VOA) — Syrian rebels recently overran Kassab, a town near the Turkish border inhabited by ethnic Armenians. That action has drawn attention to Turkey’s relationship with…

Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Suggests Housing Syrian Refugees in Syria

2014-04-09 (Reuters) — The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Christian Church suggested on Wednesday that Syrian refugees should be housed in camps inside Syria, reflecting growing frustration among Lebanese over the burden imposed…

Iraq Christians Say Homes Seized As Unrest Spikes – AFP

Posted 2014-04-04 (AFP) As Iraq suffers its worst violence in years, gangs claiming ties to powerful militias have been commandeering empty homes in Baghdad with little official sanction, victims and rights groups…