08/02/2014 Patriarch of Baghdad, Mosul Christians should be able to stay in Iraq, not forced into exile Mar Sako thanks France and Bahrain for the proposal to facilitate visas for Iraqi Christians,…
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Moscow, July 31, Interfax – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations has expressed concern over the current international situation, claiming that the world has…
2014-07-31 (AINA) — The Assyrian population of Hassakah, Syria is leaving the region because of threats from the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), according to a report by the Adnkronos…
by Elise Harris, Vatican City, Jul 31, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News). The Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See has lamented the ongoing persecution of Christians by ISIS forces in Iraq, stating that they…
Mar Behnam (St. Behnam) Syriac Catholic monastery inthe Ancient Assyrian town of Nimrod is now occupied by ISIS. Assyrian International News Agency, 2014-07-29 (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10,…
France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat, BBC 28 July 2014 The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in…
Paul Goble July 30, 2014 With Moscow’s Patriarch Kirill prevented from entering Ukraine, celebrations to mark the Baptism of Kievan Rus’ on 28 July, kept as the founding day of all East…
During the Liturgy on July 13 in Uzhgorod, the Archbishop of Mukachevo and Uzhgorod in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Fedor (Mamasuyev), officially awarded the dean of Uzhgorod Cathedral, Archpriest Dmitri…
Romsin McQuade, 30 Jul 2014 Tim Stanley writes: The religious persecution in Iraq has seen one of the most vibrant Middle East Christian communities almost wiped out – forced to convert, driven…