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…
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04/15/2014 Obama calls Putin over Ukraine; Orthodox Church warns against separatism Tension rises in the south-east of the former Soviet republic, while Moscow rejects accusations of interference. Metropolitan Atony of Boryspil and…
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…
Paschal Letter 2014 20 April 2014 Of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Of Alexandria and of Jerusalem I You too have a resurrection …
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…
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…
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…
04/08/2014, by Nina Achmatova Metropolitan Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate talks about a message personally written by the Church’s pro temp head Onufry to the Russian president. As Kyiv launches…
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…
31 March 2014 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In an articulated press conference held in Cairo on Sunday, March 30, representatives of the Egyptian political and academic world rejected the false accusations of…